10 Facts About Marissa Anita

Marissa Anita was born on in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on 29 March 1983 and is an Indonesian journalist, actress and television news presenter.

Marissa Anita began her acting career as a theatre actress in 2005, but rose to prominence in 2008 as a TV news reporter and later anchor for Metro TV.

Marissa Anita's acting career took off in 2013 with a supporting role in Lucky Kuswandi's drama In the Absence of the Sun, for which she won a Maya Award for Best New Actress.

Marissa Anita is a middle child in her family and she has an older brother and a younger brother.

Marissa Anita graduated top of her class with a bachelor's degree in TESL from Atma Jaya Catholic University in 2005, followed by a master's degree in Media Practice from the University of Sydney in 2007 and another master's degree in Digital Media and Society from Loughborough University in 2017.

Marissa Anita began acting in stage plays in theater with The Jakarta Players community in 2005 while she was still studying in school and has since starred in more than a dozen plays.

In 2010, Marissa Anita starred opposite Atiqah Hasiholan in Broken Vase, a queer short film directed by Edward Gunawan.