Sarah Azhari

Sarah Azhari

Azhari at Bali, January 2004
Born (1978-06-16) 16 June 1978
Jakarta, Indonesia
Citizenship Indonesian
Occupation Actress

Sarah Azhari (born 16 June 1978)is an Indonesian model, singer and actress. She is the sister of fellow Indonesian actress Ayu Azhari. Her modeling work has caused a measure of controversy in Indonesia. Detractors have denounced some of Azhari's photo shoots along with those of Sophia Latjuba as pornographic, though Azhari rejected the accusations and considers her work a form of art.[1]

On July 12, 2005, Azhari was accused of assaulting a news reporter at SCTV in Jakarta. Although she was sentenced to four months in prison in 2006, the sentence never carried out because no evident[2] Azhari indicated that she intended to appeal the case all the way to the Supreme Court of Indonesia.[3]

Discography

Citations

  1. Priyo Soemandoyo, "Weak and confined, easy and obscene? Image of women's sensuality in mass media." Taken from Indonesian Women in a Changing Society, pg. 387. Ed. E. Kristi Poerwandari. Women's studies in Asia series. Ewha Womans University Press, 2005. ISBN 9788973006335
  2. Sarah Azhari at Indonesia matters, 2 November 2006. Accessed 31 October 2013.
  3. (Indonesian) Indosiar.com: Sarah Azhari Lecehkan Wartawan (13-Jul-2005)

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