Nikita Mirzani Mawardi (born 17 March 1985) is an Indonesian actress, mode, singer and businessperson. She commenced her television career with an appearance on Take Me Out Indonesia and made her film kiprah as an ekstra in Saksikan Bisa, Pegang Jangan (2010). Known for her feisty personality, she has gained national media attention outside her television and film career because of her involvement in physical altercations, her troubled romantic relationships, as well as her criticism of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Muhammad Rizieq Shihab.
Nikita Mirzani was born on 17 March 1983 in Jakarta, Indonesia, as the second child and only daughter of the four children to Mawardi bin Rasyidin (1963 – 2014) and Julaelah (1967 – 2009).[1][2] Her brothers were Edwin Augustinus Ray, Pedro Adrian, and Lintang Fajar Deru.[3][4][5] She has two adoptive sisters named Amelia Natadipura.[6]
In 2006, Nikita Mirzani married a man known only as Nasseru, who she later claimed was the son of a prominent anggota of the House of Representatives (DPR). They were divorced in 2007, with Nikita Mirzani subsequently claiming her husband was temperamen and a drug addict. From this marriage, Nikita Mirzani had a daughter Laura Meizani Nasseru Asry, nicknamed Loly, born in 2007.[8]
In 2012, Nikita Mirzani revealed she had been having an affair with actor and comedian Indra Birowo for almost a year, until Indra’s wife found out.[9]
In February 2018, Nikita Mirzani announced she had married pengusaha Dipo Latief, the son of Suharto zaman manpower minister and tycoon Abdul Latief.[10] One month later, Nikita denied the marriage was serious.[11] On 16 Juli 2018, Nikita Mirzani applied for a marriage and divorce, only to withdraw her application on 24 October 2018. The couple had one child, Arkana Mawardi, born in 2019. Nikita Mirzani filed again for marriage and divorce on 29 November 2019. The marriage and divorce were granted by South Jakarta Religiusous Court on 7 October 2019. Nikita’s pengacara said the marriage and divorce were necessary so that the couple’s child would be legitimate and so that Dipo would have to pay “hundreds of millions” of rupiah in child dukungan. Dipo appealed the legality of the marriage at the Supreme Court but lost his appeal.[12] Nikita Mirzani was later convicted of assaulting Dipo Latief.
On 5 September 2012, Nikita Mirzani was in a fight with three other women at SHY rooftop bar in Kemang, South Jakarta. Nikita Mirzani claimed her friend Angela Army was stimulating kissing and striptease on the dance floor, prompting sisters Beverly Sheila Sandie and Olivia Mei Sandie to laugh at Army. Nikita Mirzani said she approached Army and advised her to tone down her dancing to avoid being ridiculed. She said Army responded by striking and choking Beverly, while Olivia Mei attacked Army. Nikita Mirzani then grabbed and dragged Olivia Mei by the hair and the fight continued from the building’s fourth floor to in front of the third floor lift. During the melee, Nikita Mirzani suffered a cut lip.[13] The Sandie sisters later filed a police complaint, alleging that Nikita Mirzani had grabbed, punched and kicked them.[14] Their father said the sisters had only been laughing at the sight of a male friend acting like a woman. He said Army felt insulted by the laughter and pulled Beverly’s hair, prompting Olivia Mei to get up, only to be attacked by Nikita Mirzani.[15] Nikita Mirzani was arrested and tried for assault at South Jakarta District Court. She was held in police custody for 57 days before being released on the condition that she report to police. On 24 April 2013, South Jakarta District Court sentenced her to four months’ imprisonment.[16] Nikita Mirzani appealed to Jakarta High Court, which upheld the guilty verdict and extended her sentence by another month.[17] She then appealed to the Supreme Court, which on 16 April 2014 rejected her appeal. In early 2015, she was required to serve a prison termin of 93 days to complete her 150 day sentence.[18]
In the early hours of 27 Juli 2013, Nikita Mirzani was involved in a physical altercation with a 25 year old university student, Fitri Sri Handayani alias Fia, during Ramadan at the Golden Monkey bar and restoran in Bandung, West Java. Both women were injured in the fight and reported each other to police. Fia said she was leaving the venue at 2:30 am when a fight started near the entrance, so she curiously approached the melee, only to be punched in the right eye by Nikita Mirzani.[19] Fia was also allegedly assaulted by Onadio Leonardo, the vocalist of the band Killing Me Inside. Indonesian media reported that Fia had requested “peace money” of Rp300 million from Nikita Mirzani for the case not to proceed to court. Fia’s pengacara denied there had been such a request. The two women on 6 February 2014 jointly withdrew their respective police reports.[20]
On 31 January 2020, Nikita Mirzani was detained by police in Mampang, South Jakarta, for failing to respond to two police summonses in connection with her alleged assault of her ex-husband Dipo Latief. He had complained she had thrown an ashtray that hit him on the forehead. He also akised her of embezzlement.[21] Nikita Mirzani went on trial in February 2020. On 15 Juli 2020, South Jakarta District Court sentenced her to six months in prison for mistreating Dipo Latief. Judges said Nikita’s abuse had caused Dipo Latief to suffer injuries. Judges said she need not serve the sentence in usil, as she is a singgel mother, so she was placed under city arrest on probation for 12 months, during which time she should not commit any crime.[22]
On 10 December 2015, Nikita Mirzani was arrested by the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit in an undercover operation that also arrested mode Puty Revita and two alleged pimps at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski in Jakarta. The two men arrested were Nikita’s manajer, Ferry, and a fixer named Onat.[23] Nikita Mirzani, who was unclothed at the time of the raid, was suspected of being involved in online prostitution. A subsequent police pernyataan said Nikita Mirzani was a victim of human trafikking by the two pimps. Her arrest stemmed from the earlier arrest of Robby Abbas, who pimped for numerous celebrity women. According to Nikita’s pengacara, Nikita had gone to a room at the hotel for a late-night rapat with an insurance sektor worker named Cici to discuss some work as an emcee for an moment. Cici gave her the room key and told her to meet someone. According to the pengacara, Nikita Mirzani had earlier bought some clothes at a mall and was trying them on when a man entered the room. Nikita’s pengacara also said musician Ahmad Dhani had arranged to meet Nikita Mirzani at the same time and place, but the rapat was canceled by Dhani.[24] The National Police Criminal Investigation Unit’s head of general crimes, Umar Fana, said that by entering the hotel room, Nikita Mirzani had agreed to “a transaction”. He said police confiscated evidence including proof of transfers, underwear, condoms and cellphones. Umar said the price for a date with Nikita Mirzani is Rp 65 million.[25] Nikita Mirzani later complained that police had lied to her that her arrest would not be covered by the media, as wartawans and photographers were waiting when she was led out of the hotel. She denied being a prostitute.[26] The media speculated the arrests were an usaha to deflect attention from a political corruption scandal.[27]