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Susan Lankester

  • Actress
  • Producer
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Aileen - Raintown, feature film. 2023
The pandemic struck. Producers of the Asian Academy Awards faced the challenge of producing the awards show online across Southeast Asia, an impressive achievement that highlighted the power of technology. The audio was delayed, hence my blur expression when the voice over announced my name. The clip is where my character, MAMA DON, decides to sneak in to clean her daughter's caravan and regrets it.
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Best Comedy Performance - AACA Awards 2021
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Susan Lankester is an award-winning actress and producer from Malaysia. She began her illustrious career in 1983 with the ground breaking film Mekanik and has not looked back since.

Is a Malaysian actress first known for the film titled Mechanic where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the 4th Malaysian Film Festival. In the movie, Susan is best known through the iconic dialogue Orang putih ke, Orang hitam ke, Orang choclat ke, Orang biru ke, Kita semua Orang Malaysia kan? which is still being used in adverts & social commentary til today.

She was nominated again and won the award of Best Supporting Actress through her outstanding role as the editor in chief of a women's magazine in the film, Femina.

Her role as Sara, in the 2 + 1 situational comedy television series qualified her to compete in the Popular Female Comedy Artist category.

After the success of the sitcom and many drama telemovies, she decided to take a break from television and film as she often had cliché characters and was disappointed in the lack of creativity in scripts. She chose to focus on theatre and other business projects.

In 2010, she appeared in the role of Adeline Hunter Bertorgh in a theatrical drama, Natrah, held at Istana Budaya, selling out a 2 week performance .

She also appeared in a mocumentary-themed sitcom titled Keluarga Iskandar where she was nominated for Best Female Comedy Actor.

In 2014 she embarked as Producer & Actor on her 1st indie film production Take Me To Dinner, giving birth to BWC Pictures, her little film production company.

She decided to try the corporate life and joined (VIU) Vuclip Malaysia as Consultant Head of Production to start up their production arm for their Original online content. She has to date 7 show titles under her belt. She & the ensemble team of Keluarga Baha Don, a program that she helped produce for VIU, and acted in, won Best Comedy Program in the Grand Finals for the Asian Academy Creative Awards held in Singapore.

She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the series Azam & Johan in Pesta Perdana, MediaCorp Suria.

She won Best Comedy Performance for Keluarga Baha Don (as Mama Don) in the Grand Finals for the Asian Academy Creative Awards held in Singapore.
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Rain Town (2023)
    Rain Town
    7.2
    • Aileen Choo
    • 2023
    Femina (1994)
    Femina
    8.6
    • Anita
    • 1994
    Keluarga Baha Don (2019)
    Keluarga Baha Don
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Mama Don
    Mekanik (1983)
    Mekanik
    7.6
    • Nina
    • 1983

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Taiping Adagio
      • Dr. De Souza
      • Post-production



    • Irfan Zaini, Karnan G. Crack, and Kuben Mahadevan in Macai (2025)
      Macai
      7.3
      • Ibu
      • 2025
    • Padu (2024)
      Padu
      5.1
      • Julie
      • 2024
    • Naim Daniel in I.D (2024)
      I.D
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Nadi Ilana
      • 2024
    • Chiron
      TV Series
      • Shelly
      • Shelley
      • Andrea Shelley
      • 2024
    • Bront Palarae in WOW+ (2023)
      WOW+
      Short
      • Executive Producer Paul
      • 2023
    • Rain Town (2023)
      Rain Town
      7.2
      • Aileen Choo
      • 2023
    • Rahsia (2023)
      Rahsia
      6.2
      • Datin Sri Mary Abdullah
      • 2023
    • Sofia Jane in Maryam Pagi Ke Malam (2023)
      Maryam Pagi Ke Malam
      7.2
      • 2023
    • Proksi (2021)
      Proksi
      3.7
      • Ms Rose
      • 2021
    • Projek: Anchor SPM (2021)
      Projek: Anchor SPM
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Puan Rokiah
      • 2021
    • Ik, mensenhandelaar (2019)
      Ik, mensenhandelaar
      Short
      • Greta
      • 2019
    • Tony Eusoff and Juria Hartmans in Shadowplay (2019)
      Shadowplay
      4.8
      • Louise Numan
      • 2019
    • Keluarga Baha Don (2019)
      Keluarga Baha Don
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Mama Don
      • 2019
    • Hari Terakhir Seorang Pengurus (2018)
      Hari Terakhir Seorang Pengurus
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Clarice
      • 2018
    • Susan Lankester in Marathon (2017)
      Marathon
      Short
      • Alex
      • 2017

    Producer



    • Black (Malaysia) (2019)
      Black (Malaysia)
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2019–2021
    • Bront Palarae and Rebecca Lim in The Bridge (2018)
      The Bridge
      7.7
      TV Series
      • consulting producer: Viu
      • producer: Viu Team
      • 2018
    • Salon (2018)
      Salon
      6.8
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 2018
    • Dark Triptych (2016)
      Dark Triptych
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Take Me to Dinner (2014)
      Take Me to Dinner
      7.4
      • executive producer
      • 2014

    Videos5

    RAINTOWN trailer
    Demo Reel 1:53
    RAINTOWN trailer
    AACA Awards night - finals 2024
    Demo Reel 4:39
    AACA Awards night - finals 2024
    AACA Awards night - finals 2024
    Demo Reel 4:39
    AACA Awards night - finals 2024
    MACAI trailer 2025
    Demo Reel 2:06
    MACAI trailer 2025
    Best Comedy Performance - AACA Awards 2021
    Demo Reel 2:12
    Best Comedy Performance - AACA Awards 2021
    Susuk (2008)
    Trailer 2:17
    Susuk (2008)

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      • Chinese Film Association of Malaysia
    • Alternative name
      • Susan Lankaster
    • Height
      • 1.63 m
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Pictorials
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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