Marina Joesoef

In the early 1960s, Marina joined her parents and brothers to live in Los Angeles and Leiden, Netherlands, where her father, Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, studied urology for six years, including a stint at University of California, Los Angeles. Marina attended schools in Santa Monica and Leiden. After returning home to Indonesia, in 1976 she participated in a Miss Teen pageant organized by Gadis magazine and won the first prize.

• Name — Marina Joesoef • Birth Name — Marina Sastrowardoyo • Born — 24 March 1959 • Birthplace — Jakarta, Indonesia • Occupation — artist photographer • Spouse — Iwan V. Joesoef • Children — Marwan Arie Joesoef Nurfahd S. Joesoef Tiara R. Joesoef • Father — Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo

Ms. Joesoef is the eldest daughter of Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, a physician, surgeon and memoirist, and the late Ina Sastrowardoyo. An older brother, Ariawan Sastrowardoyo, died in 1995. Another brother, Dr. Aswin W. Sastrowardoyo, is a physician who was formerly a guitarist and vocalist with the music group Chaseiro from 1979 to 1983, and a younger sister, Lisa Damayanti Sastrowardoyo (b. 1962). The actress Dian Sastrowardoyo is a niece of Ms. Joesoef. She was married to the late Mr. Iwan V. Joesoef, a businessman, and has two sons Marwan Arie Joesoef (born 26 May 1976), Nurfahd S. Joesoef (born 4 March 1979) and one daughter Tiara R. Joesoef (born 5 July 1999). Her paternal grandfather, Sutejo Sastrowardoyo, traced the family's ancestry back 18 generations to 15th century Java.

Ms. Sastrowardoyo is fluent in Dutch and English, as well her native Javanese and Indonesian.

Her recorded language was Indonesian. She was the child of Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo and Ina Sastrowardoyo. She married Iwan V. 3 children are recorded: Marwan Arie Joesoef, Tiara R. Joesoef and Nurfahd S.