Niniek L. Karim
Niniek L. Karim Niniek L. Karim is an Indonesian actress who has won two Citra Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Karim was born in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on 14 January 1949. Initially intending to be a teacher or journalist, after graduating from senior high school she instead enrolled at the psychiatry faculty of the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. She became interested in theatre whilst in Jakarta, and joined a campus troupe. In 1970, after a performance at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Teguh Karya asked her to join his theatre company, Teater Populer. Although the theatre troupe had been active in film since 1971, Karim only made her feature film debut in 1985, with Karya's Ibunda. Owing to her previous experience in Karya's Teater Populer, she found that she didn't need any special coaching for the film: she knew what the director expected. Her next film, Pacar Ketinggalan Kereta, was also directed by Karya. In it, Karima played a secretary named Retno who is assu...