Marsha Timothy

Marsha Timothy was born on 8 January 1979, the youngest of six children of record executive Eugene Timothy and Erna Hoekwater-Timothy.

In 2002, Timothy was scouted by an advertising agency representative at Plaza Indonesia and asked to attend a casting. She then was chosen as the model of beauty product brand Pond's.

Timothy rose to prominence after starring as an archeologist, Sandhika in her acting debut, Ekspedisi Madewa in 2006. In 2007, Timothy starred opposite Gary Iskak in drama film Merah Itu Cinta. For her performance in the film, she received a nomination for Citra Award for Best Actress. She starred as Talyda in Joko Anwar's The Forbidden Door in 2009. In 2015, Timothy starred as a housewife diagnosed with AIDS, Nada, in drama film Nada Untuk Asa. She was nominated for Citra Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.

In 2017, she starred as the titular role in thriller film Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts. It had its world premiere at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival during the Directors' Fortnight section. For her performance, she won the Best Actress award at the 2017 Sitges Film Festival. She then won the Citra Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film at the 2018 Indonesian Film Festival. In 2022, she starred in a film adaptation of 1996 soap opera The Red Point of Marriage as Ambarwati. Her performance in the film garnered her a fourth nomination for the Citra Award for Best Actress.

In October 2012, Timothy married fellow actor Vino G. Bastian in Jakarta. She later gave birth to their daughter, Jizzy, in July 2013.

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