Tara Basro

Andi Mutiara Pertiwi Basro, known professionally as Tara Basro, is an Indonesian actress and musician. Born in Jakarta on June 11, 1990, to a father employed in the airline industry, she entered the entertainment field in 2005 through the Indonesian teen modeling competition Gadis Sampul. She subsequently relocated to Australia with her parents to further her education, eventually graduating from TAFE NSW.

After returning to Indonesia, Basro struggled initially during film auditions before securing her breakthrough role in the 2011 film Catatan (Harian) Si Boy, which earned her a nomination for Best Female Newcomer at the Indonesian Movie Awards. The following years saw her appearing in the horror anthology Hi5teria (2012), Make Money (2013), and the feature Rumah dan Musim Hujan, which was later released in 2018 under the title Hoax.

Basro expanded her filmography in 2014 with appearances in the historical silat project The Golden Cane Warrior, the action film Killers, the romantic drama The Right One, and the family anthology film Princess, Bajak Laut & Alien. In 2015, she headlined the surrealist feature Another Trip to the Moon, which competed at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and featured in the documentary Flutter Echoes and Notes Concerning Nature. Her performance as Sari in Joko Anwar's A Copy of My Mind brought her critical acclaim, earning her the Citra Award for Best Leading Actress after premiering at major international festivals in Venice and Toronto.

Her career continued with diverse television and film ventures. In 2015, she appeared in the HBO series Halfworlds and the NET. television series The East. She later portrayed archer Kusuma Wardhani in the biographical sports drama 3 Srikandi (2016) and starred in the musical drama Three Sassy Sisters (2016). That same year, she co-hosted The Amazing Race Asia 5 alongside Allan Wu. In 2017, she starred as Rini in Joko Anwar's horror hit Satan's Slaves, which became the highest-grossing domestic Indonesian release of that year, and performed on stage in the theater production Perempuan-Perempuan Chairil. She later held a main role in the 2018 digital series Halustik, followed by roles in Anwar's 2019 films Impetigore and Gundala.

In addition to acting, Basro has engaged in musical projects. She performed on five songs for the Three Sassy Sisters soundtrack, featured on Petra Sihombing's 2018 track "Jawaban," collaborated with producer Greybox on the 2019 track "Green Kit Kat," and featured alongside FLEUR! on Diskoria's 2021 single "Suara Disko." She married Czech-born Indonesian actor Ken Danuja in Bandung, West Java, on June 17, 2020.