Cut Mini is a highly-regarded actress from Jakarta, Indonesia, who began her career as a model in the late 1980s. Over the last two decades she has appeared in many popular and long-running television series and soap operas, but her big screen breakthrough came in 2003 with the ensemble comedy The Gathering. In 2008 she first worked with director Riri Riza and producer Mira Lesmana in box office hit The Rainbow Troops, which earned her the Best Actress Award from the 36th Brussels International Independent Film Festival. In 2015, Mini reunited with Riza and Mira for Emma’ (Mother). Set in 1960s Indonesia, it was shot predominantly in the director’s homeland of Makassar, South Sulawesi.
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