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Born | Mendya Barends 15 January 1972 Bogor, West Java, Indonesia |
Mendya Barends Sarmanella (born 15 January 1972), better known as Indy Barends, is an Indonesian radio personality, television host, presenter, humorist, and actress. She began her career as a radio DJ, and rose in popularity from the talk show Ceriwis at Trans TV. She has also been a judge at the Indonesian Idol and Indonesia's Got Talent shows.
Mendya Barends was born on 15 January 1972 in Bogor to Hiras Paimatua Sidabutar and Betty Khusen. [1] [2] She studied in Bogor, completing high school at the Regina Pacis School in Bogor. [3]
Barends began to work at Jakarta's Hard Rock FM station as a marketing staff, where she was offered a job as a radio DJ by then-senior announcer Meuthia Kasim. [4] In 2001, during her time at the station, she co-hosted continuously with Muhammad Farhan for 32 hours, breaking Indonesian national records, and they went on to hold the record until 2019. [5] Barends and Farhan were later hired by TV station Trans TV to co-host the Good Morning on the Weekend show there. Barends later became famous after she co-hosted the talkshow Ceriwis with Indra Bekti starting in 2004, and became a judge in the third season of the Indonesian Idol talent show. [4]
Due to changes in Ceriwis's format, Barends left the show in 2010 and moved to tvOne where she again co-hosted with Farhan. [4] She also became a judge at Indonesia's Got Talent in its 2014 iteration. [6] By 2017, she rarely featured in television presenting, and was largely a radio host. [7] In 2019, she announced her retirement from radio presenting. [6]
Aside from being a presenter, Barends has taken on roles in several movies, namely Ariel & Raja Langit (2005), The Photograph (2007), Cinta Setaman (2008), Red Cobex (2010), and Glorious Days (2019). [6] In 2012, she along with several partners opened an Italian restaurant. [8]
She married Benyamin Sarmanella in 2001, and the couple has two children. [6]