Ratu Ratu Queens: The Series serves as the prequel to the 2021 film Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens. It follows the lives of four Indonesian immigrants as they form a friendship and navigate life in New York City.[1][2]
Cast and characters
Main cast
Nirina Zubir as Party, a waitress and the breadwinner of her family, who is seeking roommates to share her apartment in Queens.
Happy Salma as Chinta, a socialite married to a foreigner. Party works part time as a cleaner in her house.
Luna Allegra Kurtz as Eva, Ance's teenage daughter who is still struggling to process the grief of her father's death. Aurora Ribero plays the older version of Eva in the 2021 film.
Recurring cast
Michael Notardonato as Luca, a chef and Party's love interest.
Producer Muhammad Zaidy revealed that the idea of a series focusing on the lives of the four characters was conceived in 2015, prior to the 2021 film.[3] In August 2024, it was reported that the prequel series of the 2021 film Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens had been in production, with Lucky Kuswandi returned to direct.[4] It was then announced as part of Netflix's Southeast Asian slate in February 2025.[5]
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