Nani Widjaja Obituary

Nani Widjaja was an Indonesian actress and model who won the Citra Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She was best known for her role in television, Bajaj Bajuri. She was part of Classical Indonesian Cinema.

She was born on November 10, 1944, in Cirebon, West Java. She took a University education in criminology from the University of Indonesia, and in 1973, she graduated from an acting workshop at Parfi and the Jakarta Art Institute.

During the late 1950s, she became interested in acting. She made her film debut in a bit part in Lilik Sudjio’s Darah Tinggi in 1960. She was highly active in the 1970s and 1980s, often taking multiple roles in a single year.

As of September 2013, Widjaja has acted in 111 films; in many of these, she played the mother of a grandmother. She has won two Citra Awards for Best Supporting Actress, one in 1978 for Yang Muda Yang Bercinta and one in 1983 for biopic R.A Kartini, out of five nominations.

In the latter, she portrayed Mas Agu Ngasirah, the mother of Kartini.

She died on March 16, 2023, at the age of 78.