Sigi Wimala

Sigi Wimala
Born	June 21, 1983 Jakarta, Indonesia
Nationality	Indonesian
Occupation(s)	Actress, Model

Sigi Wimala Somya Dewi (born June 21, 1983), more popularly known as Sigi Wimala, is an Indonesian model and actress.

Career

In 1999, she won a cover girl contest, GADIS Sampul, a teen magazine in Indonesia. She later joined Elite Models and modeled in Hong Kong for a year. Sigi started her career on the big screen with a starring role in the box office hit Tentang Dia (About Her) directed by Rudy Soedjarwo, which won Best New Coming Actress in Indonesian Movie Award 2007.

While she studied Architecture at Tarumanegara University, she also took photography course. Her photographs were included in numerous group exhibitions such as Trowulan (2006) at Museum Nasional and Singkawang Jade of Equator (2010) at Galeri Salihara, together with artists such as Jay Subyakto, Yori Antar and Oscar Motuloh.

She then came to directing a music video for RAN, an Indonesian pop group and later on directed her first short film, Boy Crush, produced by an award-winning Indonesian film director, Garin Nugroho.

Personal life

In 2009, she married Timo Tjahjanto from the Mo Brothers, film director. They met on the set of Macabre (2010 film). Sigi gave birth to a daughter, Maxine Sara-Tjahjanto, and resides in Jakarta.

Filmography

• Actress
  • Tentang Dia
  • Kalau Cinta Jangan Cengeng
  • Cinta Setaman
  • Krazy Crazy Krezy
  • Rumah Dara
  • Affair
• Director
  • "Friday" (RAN) music video
  • Boy Crush

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result
2005	Indonesian Film Festival	Citra Award for Best Leading Actress	Tentang Dia	Nominated

TVC

• Simpati Telkomsel
• Ponds
• Green Sand
• Oil of Olay
• Nokia 3350
• Pepsi