Chelsea Islan

Chelsea Islan was born in Queens, New York City,She is the only child in her family to an Indonesian mother and an American father, Islan moved to Jakarta to start elementary school and stay until she finished high school at the Mentari Intercultural School. As an elementary student, she appeared in a stage play of Once on This Island.She made her feature film debut in the 2013 drama film Refrain alongside Afgansyah Reza and Maudy Ayunda before achieving mainstream success with the action film Street Society and the biographical film Merry Riana: Mimpi Sejuta Dolar as well as the sitcom Tetangga Masa Gitu in 2014.

Before this, in 2005, she had starring Wall's ice cream commercial.

She appeared opposite Boy William in the historical drama Di Balik 98 in 2015 and another biographical drama Rudy Habibie in 2016. Both roles garnered Islan consecutive nominations at the 2015 and 2016 Citra Awards in the Best Actress category, which she lost to Tara Basro (A Copy of My Mind) and Cut Mini (Athirah) respectively.

For her role in the 2016 biopic film 3 Srikandi, Islan won the 2016 Maya Award for Best Supporting Actress, the 2017 Indonesian Movie Award for Favorite Supporting Actress, as well as a Best Actress Award at the 2016 Bandung Film Festival. Also in 2016, she appeared as a doctor in the Mo Brothers' action film Headshot.

She was cast in the lead role of Alfie for Timo Tjahjanto's solo directorial debut May the Devil Take You, which was released in 2018 to critical and commercial success. She reprised the role in the 2020 sequel May the Devil Take You Too and is set to appear in the third installment May the Devil Take You: Dajjal.

Islan has appeared in multiple commercials for brands such as L'Oreal, Garnier, Tokopedia, Pizza Hut, Oppo, Magnum, Rexona, and Matahari Department Store.