Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja
Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja is an Indonesian American actress who lives in Los Angeles. Her acting in A24's feature film After Yang (2021) opposite Colin Farrell gains rave reviews from critics such as Awards Watch, The Hollywood Reporter and Indie Wire. She is also known for her recurring guest star roles on iCarly (2021) and on Disney Channel shows Coop and Cami Ask the World (2018) and Raven's Home (2017).
Malea is also a singer. Her National Anthem video in LA Galaxy game went viral in 2018 and was included in Google Year in Search in 2018. She was cast as Molly in the star studded Annie musical at the Hollywood Bowl in July 2018 and her performance gained great reviews from media such as LA Times, Times Squares Chronicles and Broadway World. She was invited to sing And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going with Tony and Grammy awards winner, Jennifer Holliday, on Good Morning America and was invited to audition on American Idol and was awarded with golden ticket even though she was too young to compete.
Malea speaks English, Mandarin, Indonesian and Spanish. She plays piano, violin, guitar and ukulele. Malea also loves contortion, gymnastics, dancing and soccer.