Soimah Pancawati

Biography

Soimah Pancawati (born 29 September 1980) is an Indonesian comedian, singer, pesindhèn, and presenter from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She sings in several genres, including campursari, pesindhèn, ketoprak, Java pop, hip-hop, and dagelan. She grew up in a coast village at Tayu, Pati, Central Java.

Career

After graduation from junior high school, Soimah decided to continue her education at SMKI (Indonesian Musical High School). She won several singing competitions, including Bintang Karaoke Dangdut in Central Java-Yogyakarta, Bintang Televisi, and Dara Ayu.
She joined the group Jogja Hip Hop Foundation as a pesindhèn singer, and has appeared as a singer on the ANTV television show Seger. On 9 January 2012, she joined the talk show @Show_Imah. She has also appeared on Indonesia Mencari Bakat, Comedy Project, D'academy Asia 2 and Opera Van Java.

Personal life

Soimah Pancawati was born on 29 September 1980, in Pati, Central Java. She is the fifth of seven children of Hadinarko and Kasmiyati. She married Herwan Prandoko (also known as Koko) on 27 December 2002, and they have two sons.