Lala Karmela

Lala Karmela

**Karmela Mudayatri Kartodirdjo** or better known as **Lala Karmela** (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 2 April 1985) is an Indonesian actress, singer and songwriter of mixed Filipino and Javanese descent.

## Overview

Born Karmela Mudayatri Kartodirdjo on 2 April 1985, she is known simply as Lala. She is half-Filipino and half-Javanese. Her parents are Eko Kartodirdjo (Javanese father) and Rose Marie Herradura (Filipina mother). She became one of Warner Philippines' recording artists in 2007. Her acting career started in 2002 when she played in some "sinetrons", an Indonesian term for "teleserye". In 2004, she became the lead vocalist of Inersia and together they released an album entitled *Bersama* ("*Together*"). Despite her growing popularity in Indonesia, Lala recently relocated to the Philippines in the hopes of trying her luck in her second motherland.

## Filmography

* *Senandung Masa Puber* - Wulan
* *Seleb Kota Jogja the Movie* - Gendis
* *Ultraman Dyna* - *Mai Midorikawa*
* *Ultraman Cosmos* - *Ayano Morimoto*
* *1001 Cara Menggaet Cowok* - *Shita, Aiya*
* *Ohayou Spank!* - *Futaba Shinoda*
* *Dragon League* - *Tokio*
* *The Monster Kid* - *Utako Ichikawa*
* *Ngenest the Movie* - *Meira Anastasia*
* *Mach GoGoGo* - *Mai*
* *MoveOnAja* *the Movie* - Jessica
* *Laserion* - *Olivia Lawrence*
* *Whistle!* - *Sho Kazamatsuri*
* *Saint Seiya - Saori Kido/Athena*
* *Bukaan 8 the Movie* - Mia
* *Captain Tsubasa the Movie - Tsubasa Ozora*
* *Di Sini Ada Cinta* *- Olla*
* *Partikelir* - Puti
* *Cerita si Angel*
* *Captain Tsubasa*
* *Kamen Rider Kabuto*
* *Lafran the Movie*
* *Kekkaishi* - *Tokine Yukimura*
* *Mashin Sentai Kiramaiger* - *Sayo Oharu/Kiramai Pink*
* *Kamen Rider Zero-One* - *Izu*

## Credits

### Voice acting

* *Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters (Disney Channel Asia (2004))*:
	+ Anzu Mazaki/Tea Gardner
	+ Singer (Singer Original by Aki Maeda)
	+ Ishizu Ishtar (young) (Portrayed by: Keisha Altaira)

## Trivia

* Lala Karmela is an alumni of Al-Izhar Pondok Labu Elementary until High School.
* Lala Karmela was Petra Sihombing's ex-boyfriend long before she got married in late 2021.
* Lala Karmela is one of the actress of *Yu-Gi-Oh!* Series and also a singer for the broadcast on Disney Channel Asia in 2004.
* Lala Karmela had previously auditioned casting yearly for american shows since *Popeye: The Sailor* as Olive Oyl before scrapped them automatically. When he was ultimately cast as Anzu, she cried tears of joy after passing the national exam 2001 during middle school.
* Lala Karmela was auditioned for Mai Kujaku and was a final contender for the role. Though he did rarely & not get the minor character role, she swapped on and was cast as Anzu Mazaki.
* Lala Karmela once released the song "The Sun In My Heart" together with Sandhy Sondoro.
* Lala Karmela has created a new special single song for his a big fans "Siraman Semangat" (Indonesian version of (Energizing Shower) *Yu-Gi-Oh!*: Duel Monsters first ending soundtrack) on 2020s.
	+ This song is sung by several other different *Yu-Gi-Oh!* series cast likes Catherine Alexandra Budiono, Aurélie Moeremans and Naura Ayu.
	+ According to written sources on the online site, Lala filmed a content in this special song sung together by Theo Frederick Salim (Cast of Mokuba Kaiba), who is a Youtube Gaming who likes singing and also as a big fans of Lala Karmela after song of "Kau dan Aku" which was sung together by Dudy Oris released since 2020.
* Both of his roles were a counterpart different roles to Anzu Mazaki from *Yu-Gi-Oh!* on airing in different years who was portraying by same actress and also a singer.

## References

1. ↑ https://style.tribunnews.com/2021/12/22/lala-karmela-chris-hartland-menikah-ijab-kabul-berbahasa-inggris-hingga-mahar-bitcoin-selamat