Nikita Willy

Nikita Purnama Willy (born 29 June 1994) is an Indonesian actress, model and singer of Minangkabau descent.

Early life

Nikita Purnama Willy was born on 29 June 1994, in Jakarta. She is the first child of Henry Willy and Yora Febrine. She has a younger sister, Winona Willy.

Career

Nikita started her career as an advertising model. In 2000, she had the opportunity to star in her first soap operas titled ''Jin dan Jun''. After that, Nikita Willy returned to playing in the soap operas ''Hari Potret'' and ''Ratu Malu and Jendral Kancil''.

In 2003 her name became more famous and managed to steal the attention of television audiences, when she played in the soap opera entitled "''Bulan dan Bintang''". In addition, she received many offers to play in a number of television soap operas, such as ''Habibi and Habibah'', ''Roman Picisan'', ''Nikita'', and ''Safa dan Marwah''. she had earned the nickname "Queen of Indonesian soap operas" with the highest paid. Not only in the world of soap operas, she also played in a number of FTV and films. In addition, she also plunged into the world of singing. Some of the singles that are quite famous are ''Kutetap Menanti'' (2010) and ''Lebih Dari Indah'' (2011).

In 2012 Nikita hosted the Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards and in 2014 she became a director and worked on 2 TV Movie entitled ''Romeo dan Juliet Dipinggir Kali'' and ''Pacar Sewaan''

Nikita trained in mixed martial arts and fitness in the United States. In the United States Nikita became a mixed martial artist, bodybuilder, and fitness model while Nikita trained in the UFC.

On her lavish 17th birthday party in 2011, she was given a new Cadillac with a value of Rp 3.4 billion (US$397,800) as a present from her parents. Keith Martin was also invited and sang several songs with her.

She has chosen her career in showbiz over education, as she dropped out of school in 2011. But on 13 April 2019, Nikita got bachelor's degree in law from Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Hukum "Iblam".

Personal life

Nikita got engaged to Indra Priawan, the son of Chandra Suharto and Karlina Damiri, on 25 July 2020, and they got married on 16 October 2020. They married using Minangkabau custom from West Sumatra. Priawan's grandmother, Mutiara Siti Fatimah, is the owner of the Indonesian taxi company, Blue Bird Group, and he is the third generation of this company alongside his sibling and cousins.

Nikita gave birth to her first son on 7 April 2022, who was named Issa Xander Djokosoetono at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.

In 2008, she performed in Fajar Bustomi's ''Bestfriend''? in which Nikita starred in the lead role.

She is also related to the Indonesian multitalented celebrity, Titi Handayani, who is married to Adrianto Djokosoetono, her husband's cousin.

In her second film in 2008, ''MBA (Married By Accident)'', Willy portrayed the character of Olivia (Ole).

Filmography

Web series

Television

Discography

Albums

Singles

Collaboration

* "Can I stay" (2003) — ''Theme Song of'' Ratu Pelangi, sinetron '' Ratu Malu dan Jendral Kancil''
* "Pantun Nasihat" (2004) — ''feat'' Sulton Max, Dika F.
* "Doa Keselamatan" (2004) — ''feat'' Sulton Max, Dika F.
* "Doa di Waktu Pagi" (2004) — ''feat'' Sulton Max, Dika F.
* "Doa Ayah Bunda" (2004) — ''feat'' Sulton Max, Novi, Dika F.
* "Doa Sebelum dan Sesudah Makan" (2004) — ''feat'' Sulton Max, Novi, Dika F.
* "Mamaku" (2006) — ''feat'' Cindy Valerie
* "Jatuh Cinta Tak Ada Logika" (2015) — ''feat'' Aliando Syarief, Teuku Rassya, Calvin Jeremy, Agnez Mo
* "Bahagia dengan Cinta" (2016) — ''feat'' Aliando Syarief, Teuku Rassya, Calvin Jeremy

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Willy, Nikita
1994 births
Indonesian actresses
Indonesian film actresses
21st-century Indonesian women singers
Indonesian pop singers
Living people
VJs (media personalities)
Minangkabau people
Indonesian female kickboxers
Indonesian female judoka
Indonesian female mixed martial artists
Indonesian Muslims