Meriam Bellina

{{Infobox person

| name = Meriam Bellina

| image = Meriam Bellina on Ini Talkshow Netmediatama.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name = Ellisa Meriam Bellina Maria Bamboe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|04|10}}

| birth_place = Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

| nationality = Indonesian

| spouse =

| children = 2

| parents =

| known_for =

| occupation = Actress
Singer

| awards = Citra Award for Best Leading Actress

1984 Cinta Di Balik Noda

1990 Taksi

Citra Award for Best Supporting Actress

2007 Get Married

}}

Ellisa Meriam Bellina Maria Bamboe (born 10 April 1965),{{Cite book |title=JAKARTA JAKARTA |year=1991 |location=Jakarta |language=id}} or better known by her stage name as Meriam Bellina, is an Indonesian actress who has won three Citra Awards and acted in more than 50 films. Born and raised in Bandung, she dropped out of senior high school to begin a career as a model and actress. By the mid-1980s she was recognised as a "sex bomb" and "fantasy girl". During the 1990s she focused mostly on television series, but she has produced several feature films since 2007. She is known to have mixed Austrian and Bugis Bone blood.

Biography

Meriam was born in Bandung, West Java, on 10 April 1965. Born to G.H. Bamboe and Maria Theresia, she has five siblings, she is of mixed European, Buginese Sundanese descent. She initially wanted to become a stewardess for the airline Garuda Indonesia, but began acting, modelling, and singing while studying in Dago Catholic High School, Bandung.{{sfn|TIM, Meriam Bellina}} She made her feature film debut in Perawan-perawan (1981) before rising to fame after starring as the titular character in Ami Priyono's 1982 film Roro Mendut, an adaptation of the traditional legend as told by Y. B. Mangunwijaya; after performing sexualised scenes with costar Mathias Muchus, she was dubbed Indonesia's sex bomb.{{sfn|TIM, Meriam Bellina}}{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Meriam Bellina}}{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Roro Mendut}} For Perkawinan 83, also released that year, Meriam found further critical claim.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Meriam Bellina}}

Owing to her increasingly busy schedule, Meriam dropped out of senior high school while in her second year in order to focus on her career.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Meriam Bellina}} During the 1980s she released several albums: Simfoni Rindu, Untuk Sebuah Nama and Belajar Menyanyi. These were often collaborations with Pance F. Pondaag.{{sfn|TIM, Meriam Bellina}} Her films of this period often included steamy scenes; one, in Wim Umboh's Pengantin Pantai Biru, had her having sex while on a deserted island inhabited by savage natives.{{sfn|Heider|1991|pp=127–128}} Bruce Emond of The Jakarta Post later described her as "the fantasy girl come true for the movie-going public".{{sfn|Emond 2009, Pretending}}

Meriam had a surge of popularity again in 1987 after starring alongside Didi Petet in Catatan Si Boy.{{sfn|TIM, Meriam Bellina}} Her films of this period included several romances and comedies, some featuring the troupe Warkop. In the 1990s she acted in several films, including Arifin C. Noer's Taksi.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Filmografi Meriam Bellina}}

Following a decrease in proceeds from the domestic cinema, in the early 1990s Meriam began to focus on television series. She received an award for her role in the series Aku Mau Hidup in 1994; other series included Atas Nama Cinta dan Anakku (1995), Wanita (1996), and Bundaku Terpidana.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Meriam Bellina}} Between 1993 and 2006 she only acted in a single feature film, Kafir (2002).{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Filmografi Meriam Bellina}}

Beginning in 2007 Meriam returned to regular film production when she took a supporting role in Hanung Bramantyo's comedy Get Married portraying the main character Mae's mother.{{sfn|Suara Pembaruan 2009, Ayo Hamil}} This was followed by a series of comedies, including two sequels to Get Married (in 2009 and 2011) and the Raditya Dika-written film Cinta Brontosaurus.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Filmografi Meriam Bellina}}

Personal life

Meriam married fellow co-actor Adi Surya Abdi.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Meriam Bellina}} She has been divorced in marital relationships twice and, {{as of|2009|lc=yes}}, has two sons.{{sfn|Emond 2009, Pretending}} In March 2012 she reported her then-boyfriend, lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea, to the police for allegedly physically abusing her and harassing her through text messages and phone calls.{{sfn|The Jakarta Post 2012, Hotman Downplays}} After several months of arguments and court struggles the case was settled: Meriam withdrew her report and Hutapea agreed to end their relationship and recant a statement that they had married in Las Vegas.{{sfn|The Jakarta Post 2012, Guess What?}}

Filmography

{{As of|2013|05|17}}, Meriam has acted in 59 films.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Filmografi Meriam Bellina}} During the early stages of her career she was not selective, acting in a variety of genres.{{sfn|TIM, Meriam Bellina}}

Koboi Sutra Ungu (1981)
Perawan-perawan (1981)
Roro Mendut (1982)
Perkawinan 83 (1982)
Dongkrak Antik (1982)
Neraca Kasih (1982)
Pengantin Pantai Biru (1983)
Bumi Bulat Bundar (1983)
Senjata Rahasia Nona (1983)
Sorga Dunia di Pintu Neraka (1983)
Susana-Susana Buktikan Cintamu (1984)
Permata Biru (1984)
Cinta di Balik Noda (1984)
Pelangi di Balik Awan (1984)
Kabut Perkawinan (1984)
Bercinta dalam Badai (1984)
Dia yang Tercinta (1984)
Kerikil-Kerikil Tajam (1984)
Titik-Titik Noda (1984)
Untuk Sebuah Nama (1985)
Tak Ingin Sendiri (1985)
Romantika (Galau Remaja di SMA) (1985)
Kulihat Cinta di Matanya (1985)
Ketika Musim Semi Tiba (1986)
Selamat Tinggal Jeanette (1987)
Tatkala Mimpi Berakhir (1987)
Makin Lama Makin Asyik (1987)
Catatan Si Boy (1987)
Bayar Tapi Nyicil (1988)
Catatan Si Boy II (1988)

Namaku... Joe (1988)
Joe Turun ke Desa (1989)
Si Kabayan dan Gadis Kota (1989)
Bercinta dalam Mimpi (1989)
Catatan Si Boy III (1989)
Nona Manis (1990)
Catatan Si Boy IV (1990)
Sejak Cinta Diciptakan (1990)
Boneka dari Indiana (1990)
Wanita (1990)
Taksi (1990)
Bernafas dalam Lumpur (1991)
Bukan Main (1991)
Peluk Daku dan Lepaskan (1991)
Saat Kukatakan Cinta (1991)
Taksi Juga (1991)
Asmara (1992)
Kafir (2002)
Get Married (2007)
Tulalit (2008)
Basahhh... (2008)
XXL: Double Extra Large (2009)
Get Married 2 (2009)
Love and Eidelweiss (2010)
Kabayan Jadi Milyuner (2010)
Get Married 3 (2011)
BrokenHearts (2012)
Test Pack: You're My Baby (2012)
Cinta Brontosaurus (2013)
Honeymoon (2013)
Slank Nggak Ada Matinya (2013)
Kukejar Cinta ke Negeri Cina(2014)
Hijab (2015)
99% Muhrim: Get Married 5(2015)
Jagoan Instan(2016)
Surat Cinta Untuk Starla the Movie(2017)

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Award

! Category

! Recipients

! Result

rowspan="8"|Indonesian Film Festival

| 1983

| rowspan="6"|Citra Award for Best Leading Actress

| Perkawinan 83

| {{nom}}

1984

| Cinta Di Balik Noda

| {{won}}

1985

| Kabut Perkawinan

| {{nom}}

1986

| Kulihat Cinta Di Matanya

| {{nom}}

1988

| Tatkala Mimpi Berakhir

| {{nom}}

1990

| Taksi

| {{won}}

2007

| rowspan="2"|Citra Award for Best Supporting Actress

| Get Married

| {{won}}

2012

| Test Pack

| {{nom}}

References

Works cited

{{cite news

| date=18 September 2009

| title = Ayo Hamil

|trans-title=Come On, Get Pregnant

|language=Indonesian

|work= Suara Pembaruan

|page=16

| ref = {{harvid|Suara Pembaruan 2009, Ayo Hamil}}

}}

{{cite web

|last=Emond

|first=Bruce

|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/22/%E2%80%98pretending-real-life-worst-part-celebrity%E2%80%99.html

|title='Pretending in real life is the worst part of celebrity'

|work=The Jakarta Post

|date=22 April 2009

|access-date=17 May 2013

|archive-date=7 March 2013

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307033524/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/22/%E2%80%98pretending-real-life-worst-part-celebrity%E2%80%99.html

|ref={{sfnRef|Emond 2009, Pretending}}

|url-status=dead

}}

{{cite web|url=http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/name/nmp4b86482691aee_meriam-bellina/filmography |title=Filmografi Meriam Bellina |trans-title=Filmography for Meriam Bellina |language=Indonesian |work=filmindonesia.or.id |publisher=Konfiden Foundation |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-date=3 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803065653/http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/name/nmp4b86482691aee_meriam-bellina/filmography |ref={{sfnRef|Filmindonesia.or.id, Filmografi Meriam Bellina}} |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web|archive-date=15 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114510/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/01/guess-what-meriam-hotman-make-peace.html |ref={{sfnRef|The Jakarta Post 2012, Guess What?}} |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/01/guess-what-meriam-hotman-make-peace.html |title=Guess what?: Meriam, Hotman make peace |date=1 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite book

|url=https://archive.org/details/indonesiancinema0000heid

|url-access=registration

|title=Indonesian Cinema: National Culture on Screen

|isbn=978-0-8248-1367-3

|last1=Heider

|first1=Karl G

|year=1991

|publisher=University of Hawaii Press

|location=Honolulu

}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/03/29/hotman-downplays-meriam-s-police-report.html |title=Hotman downplays Meriam's police report |ref={{sfnRef|The Jakarta Post 2012, Hotman Downplays}} |date=29 March 2012 |archive-date=1 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401044020/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/03/29/hotman-downplays-meriam-s-police-report.html |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web|url=http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/name/nmp4b86482691aee_meriam-bellina/filmography |title=Meriam Bellina |language=Indonesian |work=filmindonesia.or.id |publisher=Konfiden Foundation |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-date=1 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901045245/http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/name/nmp4b86482691aee_meriam-bellina |ref={{sfnRef|Filmindonesia.or.id, Meriam Bellina}} |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web

|url=http://www.tamanismailmarzuki.com/tokoh/bellina.html

|title=Meriam Bellina

|language=Indonesian

|publisher=Taman Ismail Marzuki

|access-date=17 May 2013

|archive-date=14 February 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214050640/http://www.tamanismailmarzuki.com/tokoh/bellina.html

|ref={{sfnRef|TIM, Meriam Bellina}}

|url-status=dead

}}

{{cite web

|last=Muryanto

|first=Bambang

|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/09/donny-acha-win-citra-awards.html

|title=Donny, Acha win Citra Awards

|page=2

|work=The Jakarta Post

|date=9 December 2012

|access-date=17 May 2013

|archive-date=16 July 2013

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716052927/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/09/donny-acha-win-citra-awards.html

|ref={{sfnRef|Muryanto 2012, Donny, Acha}}

|url-status=dead

}}

{{cite web|url=http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/name/nmp4b86482691aee_meriam-bellina/award |title=Penghargaan Meriam Bellina |trans-title=Awards for Meriam Bellina |language=Indonesian |work=filmindonesia.or.id |publisher=Konfiden Foundation |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-date=2 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802213554/http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/name/nmp4b86482691aee_meriam-bellina/award |ref={{sfnRef|Filmindonesia.or.id, Penghargaan Meriam Bellina}} |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web

|url=http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-r010-82-768524_roro-mendut

|title=Roro Mendut

|language=Indonesian

|work=filmindonesia.or.id

|publisher=Konfiden Foundation

|access-date=27 April 2013

|archive-date=3 April 2014

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403055057/http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-r010-82-768524_roro-mendut

|ref={{sfnRef|Filmindonesia.or.id, Roro Mendut}}

|url-status=dead

}}