Biography
Nafa Indria Urbach was born 15 June 1980 in Magelang to Ronald Urbach and Neneng Maria Kusuma. Nafa is the third of the couple's four children; she has two older sisters named Farah and Maya and a younger brother named Alam. [3] Her father was an Ashkenazi Jew of Turkish-Uzbek descent from his grandmother on his father's side and German from his grandfather also on his father's side, while his mother was Dutch from his grandmother on his mother's side and Javanese from grandfather is also from the mother's side. [4] She is the aunt of the Indonesian pianist Joey Alexander. [5]
Initially influenced by Elvis Presley, Urbach was in a relationship with Iranian-Indonesian actor Primus Yustisio [ id ], who has made appearances in these music videos, starting with "Hatiku Bagai Terpenjara" and ending with "Tiada Dusta Di Hatiku", from 1997 to 2001. [6] Urbach was born a muslim but after hearing Pastor John Hartman's oath following their separation, she decided to convert to Christianity. [7] Urbach married the Chinese Indonesian actor Zack Lee in Jakarta on 16 February 2007. [8] Urbach had met Lee in a nightclub, four years earlier. [9] Though Urbach and Lee had different religious origins, in September 2003 Urbach announced that she had converted from Islam to Christianity before marrying Lee. [10] [11]
After her wedding Nafa had a miscarriage in September 2007, when she was two months pregnant. [12] She gave birth on 8 February 2011 to a daughter, Mikhaela Lee Jowono. [13] On October 23, 2017 they had officially divorced. [14]
Politics
Urbach ran as a candidate the House of Representatives (DPR) for Central Java's 6th electoral district in the 2024 Indonesian legislative election as a Nasdem Party member, securing 67 thousand votes and winning a seat. She had also run in 2019, but did not win a seat after securing 21 thousand votes. [15]
In August 2025, responding to public outcry against a proposed DPR allowance hike, Urbach defended the hike, citing commuting difficulties for DPR members living out of Jakarta to Senayan. Her response resulted in more outcries, and she posted an apology shortly afterwards, pledging to donate her allowance payments to her constituents. [16] Urbach's statement, along with others made by some DPR members, triggered public outcry, resulting in protests in late August which escalated into civil unrest and rioting across the country. [17] On 31 August 2025, Nasdem announced her suspension from DPR, along with fellow Nasdem legislator Ahmad Sahroni. [18] A house rented by Zack Lee in Bintaro, mistaken as Urbach's house by rioters, was also looted that day. [19]
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