Indy Barends

Mendya Barends Sarmanella (born 15 January 1972), better known as Indy Barends, is an Indonesian radio personality, television host, presenter, humorist, and actress. She began her career as a radio DJ, and rose in popularity from the talk show Ceriwis at Trans TV. She has also been a judge at the Indonesian Idol and Indonesia's Got Talent shows. Early life Mendya Barends was born on 15 January 1972 in Bogor to Hiras Paimatua Sidabutar and Betty Khusen. She studied in Bogor, completing high school at the Regina Pacis School in Bogor. Career Barends began to work at Jakarta's Hard Rock FM station as a marketing staff, where she was offered a job as a radio DJ by then-senior announcer Meuthia Kasim. In 2001, during her time at the station, she co-hosted continuously with Muhammad Farhan for 32 hours, breaking Indonesian national records, and they went on to hold the record until 2019. Barends and Farhan were later hired by TV station Trans TV to co-host the Good Morning on the Weekend show there. Barends later became famous after she co-hosted the talkshow Ceriwis with starting in 2004, and became a judge in the third season of the Indonesian Idol talent show. In 2019, she announced her retirement from radio presenting.

Aside from being a presenter, Barends has taken on roles in several movies, namely (2005), The Photograph (2007), (2008), Red Cobex (2010), and Glorious Days (2019).

Personal life She married Benyamin Sarmanella in 2001, and the couple has two children.