[2][4] Sandra Dewi got her big break by starring in a role in the 2007 comedy Quickie Express,[4] for which she received the 2008 Indonesian Movie Award for Best Newcomer.

[2] Sandra Dewi has since starred in Indonesian soap operas and music videos, including Mulan Jameela's 2008 hit single "Wonder Woman".

[6] In March 2024, Sandra Dewi's husband Harvey Moeis was identified as a suspect and detained by the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) in connection with corruption allegations related to tin trading permits issued to the state-owned company PT Timah Tbk, where it's believed to have caused environmental damage amounting to 271 trillion rupiahs (US$17 billion), the highest scale of corruption ever recorded in Indonesia.

[7] Moeis was accused of acting as a middleman to help a private firm, Refined Bangka Tin (RBT), illegally manage mining areas belonging to Timah.

[8] Sandra Dewi is at risk of receiving a sentence to either a five-year imprisonment or a penalty amounting to 1 billion rupiah (US$62,900) if she is found guilty of profiting from her husband's corrupt funds.