Jefri Nichol: The Life Story Behind Indonesia's Bold Star
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Jefri Nichol is one of the boldest young actors in Indonesia, and bold is the right word for him. He does not play safe. He started as a teenage model, he became a romantic lead in a hit film, he tried horror, he tried action, he made mistakes in public, and he came back. His story is not a smooth climb. It has sharp turns, hard falls, and a return that took real work. That is why people still talk about him. A smooth story is easy to forget. A story with a fall and a comeback is harder to forget, because it feels human.
He was born on 15 January 1999 in Jakarta, Indonesia, as Jefri Nichol. Jakarta is a big, fast city, and a boy growing up there learns early how to be noticed. Jefri learned that lesson well. He was good looking, he was confident, and he was not afraid of a camera. As a teenager, he began modelling, and modelling took him into the world of fashion, photographs, and public attention. He liked that world, and it liked him back, but he wanted more than photographs. He wanted to act, and acting would ask him to be more than a face.
What makes his story different from many teen stars is the speed and the range of his early work. In a single year, 2017, he appeared in a teen romance, a horror film, and other projects, and he became a name that young Indonesians knew. He was eighteen, he was famous, and he was working almost without stopping. That speed can be exciting, and it can also be dangerous, because a young person who works without stopping does not always have time to think. Jefri’s story shows both sides of that speed: the success it brought, and the trouble that followed.
A Jakarta Teenager Who Loved the Camera
Jakarta in the late 2000s and early 2010s was a city full of malls, social media, and new ideas, and a teenager growing up there could see many different lives at once. Jefri Nichol grew up in that city, in an ordinary family, going to school and spending time with friends. He was not born into a film family. He did not grow up on a set. He grew up the way many Jakarta teenagers grow up, with a phone in his hand, with dreams in his head, and with a wish to be seen.
As a teenager, he began modelling, and he was good at it. He had a strong face, a confident walk, and a way of looking at a camera that made photographs feel alive. Modelling gave him his first taste of fame, and it also gave him his first lessons in the entertainment world: how to work with photographers, how to wait, how to take direction, and how to handle being watched. Those lessons are useful, but they are not the same as acting lessons, and Jefri would soon learn the difference.
He also became active on social media, where he shared his life with fans and built a following that grew quickly. Social media can be a gift for a young star, because it lets you talk directly to your fans, but it can also be a trap, because it never stops, and it never forgets. Jefri learned that lesson the hard way, in the years that followed, when his public life and his private life became tangled in ways he did not expect.
His early years in Jakarta also taught him how to be bold. He was not a shy teenager. He was confident, he spoke his mind, and he was willing to take risks. That boldness helped him in acting, because an actor must be willing to be seen, to be judged, and to fail in public. It also made his life harder, because boldness without patience can lead to mistakes. Jefri’s story is, in many ways, a story about learning to balance boldness with patience, and that balance took him years to find.
Dear Nathan and a Sudden Hit
Jefri Nichol’s breakthrough came in 2017, in Dear Nathan, a teen romance based on a popular novel. He played Nathan, a troubled high school boy who is known for fighting, for skipping class, and for breaking rules, and who slowly changes when he meets a girl named Salma. The story follows Nathan as he learns to care, to study, and to be a better person, and Jefri played him with a mix of toughness and softness that made audiences believe in the change. It was not a simple romantic lead. It was a boy with problems, and Jefri played those problems honestly.
Dear Nathan was a success, and it made Jefri famous among young Indonesians. Teenagers saw themselves in Nathan, or they saw someone they knew, and they loved the film for its honesty about school, friendship, and first love. The film also gave Jefri a character that fans would remember for years. Nathan was not a perfect hero. He was a boy who made mistakes and tried to fix them, and that is a more interesting hero than a perfect one. Jefri understood that, and he played Nathan as a real person, not as a poster.
A sequel followed, Dear Nathan: Hello Salma, in 2018, and Jefri returned as Nathan, continuing the story of the young couple as they grew older and faced new problems. Sequels are a test. If the first film was a lucky hit, the second one often fails. If the audience truly cares about the characters, the second one succeeds. Dear Nathan’s sequel succeeded, and it gave Jefri a second famous role to stand beside his first. He was now known as Nathan, and that name would follow him for years.
The success of Dear Nathan also brought him more work, more fans, and more attention, and he took it all with a confidence that many people admired. He was eighteen, he was a star, and he was working in films, in television, and in public life, almost without stopping. That speed felt exciting at the time, and it was exciting, but it also left little time for rest, for thought, or for learning. The years that followed would show what happens when a young star moves too fast.
Jailangkung and the Horror Turn
In the same year as Dear Nathan, 2017, Jefri appeared in Jailangkung, a horror film about a haunted doll and a family in danger. The film was part of a popular Indonesian horror series, and it gave Jefri a chance to show a different side: not a romantic boy, but a young man facing fear. Horror is a different kind of acting. It asks for running, for screaming, for a face that shows terror, and for a body that is tired and hurt, and it asks for all of that to feel real. Jefri gave it his full effort, and the film was a hit.
Jailangkung showed that Jefri was not only a romantic lead. He could also work in horror, and he could handle a film that was darker and scarier than a teen romance. That range is valuable, and it is one of the reasons directors kept casting him. He was not being kept in one box. He was being asked to try different things, and he was trying them, even when they were hard. A young actor who only plays one kind of role will soon be forgotten. A young actor who tries many kinds will be remembered, and Jefri was trying.
The horror film also connected him with a wider audience, including older viewers who liked horror and younger viewers who liked to be scared. It showed that his fame was not only among teenage girls who loved Dear Nathan. It was also among horror fans, action fans, and people who liked a good scare. That wider fame gave him more choices, and more chances to grow, and he took them.
In the years after Jailangkung, he worked in other films, including Pertaruhan, an action drama, and he kept building a film list that was varied and busy. He was working a great deal, and he was becoming one of the most recognisable young actors in Indonesia. But the busy schedule also had a cost, and that cost would become clear in 2019, when his life took a sharp turn that no one had expected.
A Public Fall and a Hard Lesson
In July 2019, Jefri Nichol was arrested in Jakarta in connection with drugs, a story that was widely reported in Indonesian media. He was twenty years old, at the height of his early fame, and the arrest shocked his fans, his family, and the film industry. It was a public fall, and it was a hard one, because it happened in front of millions of people who had watched him as Nathan, as a romantic hero, and who now saw him in a very different light. The details of the case were reported at the time, and Jefri later spoke about the need to face what had happened and to learn from it.
He underwent rehabilitation, as ordered, and he spent time away from the public eye, working on himself and on his health. That time away was not easy. A young star who disappears from the news can be forgotten quickly, and a star who returns after a scandal can be judged harshly. Jefri knew that, and he faced it with an honesty that many people respected. He did not hide, and he did not pretend that nothing had happened. He accepted what had happened, and he tried to move forward.
The fall taught him a lesson that no film role could teach: that fame is fragile, and that choices have consequences. A young person who is famous can feel invincible, as if the rules do not apply to him, and that feeling can lead to mistakes. Jefri’s mistake was public, and it cost him work, trust, and time. But it also gave him something: a chance to grow up, to think, and to return as a more serious person. Many people who fall do not return. Jefri did, and that return is a large part of his story.
His family, his friends, and his fans played a part in that return. Some fans left, but many stayed, and they waited for him to come back. That loyalty is not given lightly. It is earned by honesty, by hard work, and by a willingness to change. Jefri earned it by working, by taking on new roles, and by showing, film by film, that he had learned. The comeback was not instant. It was slow, and it took years, and that slowness is part of why it feels real.
Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens in New York
In 2021, Jefri Nichol appeared in Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens, a Netflix film about a young man named Ali who travels to New York to find his mother, and who is helped by a group of Indonesian women living there. Jefri played a young man in that story, in a film that was warm, funny, and sad at the same time, and that was watched by audiences in Indonesia and abroad. It was a different kind of film from Dear Nathan or Jailangkung. It was about family, about being far from home, and about finding kindness in a strange city, and Jefri played his part with a gentleness that surprised people who only knew him as Nathan.
The film was a success on Netflix, and it gave Jefri a new kind of fame: international streaming fame, where a viewer in another country could find his film without knowing anything about Indonesian cinema. That was a new audience, and a new chance, and Jefri took it. He showed that he could work in a film that was not only for teenagers, but for families, for adults, and for people who had lived far from home. That wider range is important, because it means his career is not limited to one age group.
Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens also showed his growth as a person. He was twenty-two, he had been through a public fall, and he was now playing a young man who is looking for his mother, who is lost, and who needs help. That story of searching and finding must have felt personal to him, in a quiet way, because he too had been lost and had needed help to find his way back. He did not say that in interviews, but the performance carried a warmth that felt lived, not acted, and audiences noticed it.
The film’s success helped his comeback. It showed directors, producers, and audiences that Jefri was still here, still working, and still able to give a good performance. A comeback needs a good film, and Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens was a good film. It gave him a new start, and he used it well, by choosing more roles that were different, serious, and adult.
Jakarta vs Everybody and a Tougher Image
In 2022, Jefri appeared in Jakarta vs Everybody, a drama about a young man who comes to Jakarta with dreams of becoming an actor, and who finds a city that is harder, darker, and more tempting than he expected. Jefri played the lead, a young man named Dom, and the film was a gritty, honest look at Jakarta life, at ambition, at friendship, and at the choices that can lead a person astray. It was not a light film. It was a film about a city that can lift you up and bring you down, and Jefri played it with a rawness that felt close to his own story.
The film was shown at festivals and in cinemas, and it was praised for its honesty about Jakarta. It did not pretend that the city was only glamorous. It showed the small rooms, the late nights, the drugs, the parties, and the hard mornings after, and it showed a young man trying to survive in that world. Jefri’s performance was central to the film, and he gave it everything he had. He was not playing a hero. He was playing a young man who is trying, failing, and trying again, and that is a harder role than a hero.
Jakarta vs Everybody also showed his interest in boxing and in physical training, which became a visible part of his public image in those years. He trained hard, he posted about his workouts, and he built a strong, fit body that fitted the tougher roles he was now playing. That physical change was not only for show. It was part of his new image: a young man who had fallen, who had trained, and who had come back stronger. The gym became a symbol of his comeback, and fans noticed it.
The film did not make him a superstar overnight, but it gave him a different kind of respect. He was now an actor who could carry a serious, adult drama, not only a teen romance. That respect is valuable, because it opens doors to better films, better directors, and better roles. Jefri had earned it by working, by choosing hard films, and by being honest about his own life.
Still Bold, Still Working
Today, Jefri Nichol is in his late twenties, with a career that is still going, and a public image that is still bold. He continues to act in films, he continues to train, and he continues to be followed by millions on social media. He has not become a quiet, safe star. He is still outspoken, still willing to take risks, and still willing to be himself, even when that self is not always easy to like. That boldness is part of who he is, and it is part of why people still watch him.
He has also become a figure that young Indonesians look to when they talk about second chances. His story shows that a fall does not have to be the end, and that a person can return if they are willing to work, to learn, and to be honest. That message is important, because many young people make mistakes, and they need to know that a mistake is not a life sentence. Jefri’s life says: you can fall, you can learn, and you can come back, but you must do the work. That is a hopeful message, and it is one that his fans have taken to heart.
His recent work includes films and series that keep him in the public eye, and his fans continue to ask about his next project. He is no longer only Nathan from Dear Nathan. He is also Dom from Jakarta vs Everybody, and the young man from Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens, and many other characters, and those roles together give him a fuller picture. He is a working actor, with a past, a present, and a future, and he is still writing his story.
In the end, Jefri Nichol’s story is a story about boldness, about falling, and about returning. He was bold as a teenager, he was bold as a star, he fell boldly, and he returned boldly. That boldness is both his strength and his weakness, and it is what makes him interesting. A safe actor is easy to forget. A bold actor, who takes risks and learns from them, is harder to forget, and Jefri Nichol is hard to forget.
What a Comeback Really Takes
Jefri Nichol’s comeback teaches a simple lesson: a comeback is not a single moment. It is a long process, made of many small choices: choosing a good film, training, being honest, working hard, and doing it again the next day. He did not come back in one film. He came back in many films, over many years, and each one added a little trust back. Young people who want a quick comeback should look at Jefri and see that quick comebacks rarely last. Slow comebacks, built on work, do last.
His story also teaches that boldness needs patience. He was bold as a young star, and that boldness helped him, but it also hurt him, because he moved too fast. He learned to be bold and patient at the same time, to take risks in his work, but to be careful in his life. That balance is hard to find, and it took him years to find it, but he found it, and his recent work shows it.
Boxing, Discipline and the Gym
In the years after his public fall, Jefri Nichol became known for his love of boxing and physical training, and that training became a visible part of his comeback. He trained hard, he posted about his workouts, and he built a strong, fit body that fitted the tougher roles he was now playing. Boxing is a hard sport. It asks for early mornings, for sore muscles, for discipline, and for a willingness to keep going when you are tired. Jefri did that work, and he spoke about it with a pride that felt real, not performed.
The gym became a symbol of his return. A young man who has fallen can either stay down, or he can get up and train, day after day, until he is stronger than before. Jefri chose to train, and his body showed it, and his work showed it. Training is a good metaphor for a comeback: you do it every day, you do not see results at once, and you keep going even when it is hard. He kept going, and his fans noticed it, and they respected it, because they could see the work, not only the words.
Boxing also gave him a new kind of role. He played tougher characters, in films that asked for a physical presence, for a man who looks as if he can fight, and who can take a punch. That physical presence is not only about muscles. It is about a way of standing, a way of moving, and a way of looking at a camera that says: I am here, I am strong, and I am not afraid. Jefri learned that presence in the gym, and he brought it to his films, where it made his performances more believable.
His training also helped him in his personal life. A person who trains regularly learns discipline, learns patience, and learns how to handle frustration, because a workout is often frustrating, and you must keep going anyway. Those lessons are useful in any life, and they are especially useful in a life that has been through a public fall. Jefri learned them, and he used them, in the gym and on screen, and that is part of why his comeback feels real, rather than only a story told in interviews.
My Take:
I find Jefri Nichol’s story both exciting and sad, and I want to be honest about both feelings. He is exciting because he is bold, because he takes risks, because he plays characters who are tough and real, and because he does not pretend to be perfect. He is sad because he fell in public, at twenty, in a way that hurt him and hurt the people who loved him. Both feelings are true, and I think it is important to hold both at once. A person can be talented and troubled at the same time, and Jefri is proof of that.
What I admire first is Dear Nathan. I think about Nathan often, because Nathan is a boy many people know: a boy who fights, who skips class, who breaks rules, and who slowly learns to care. Jefri played him with a mix of toughness and softness that felt real. He did not play Nathan as a bad boy who becomes good in one scene. He played him as a boy who changes slowly, with setbacks, with doubt, and with help from others. That slow change is how real people change, and Jefri understood it. I respect that understanding, because it shows that he was thinking about the character, not only about looking good.
Jailangkung is another film I think about, because horror is a hard genre, and Jefri took it seriously. He did not treat it as a joke. He ran, he screamed, he showed fear, and he made the audience feel it. A young actor who can do horror and romance in the same year is an actor with range, and Jefri had range from the start. I wish he had been given more time to grow that range slowly, instead of being pushed to work so fast. He was eighteen, he was famous, and he was working almost without stopping, and that speed left little time for rest or thought. I think that speed contributed to his fall, and I think it is a lesson for the whole industry: do not push young stars too fast.
His fall in 2019 is the hardest part of his story to write about, and I want to write about it with care, not with gossip. He was arrested, he went through rehabilitation, and he faced what had happened. I do not want to dwell on the details, because the details are not the point. The point is that he fell, he accepted it, and he tried to learn. Many people who fall do not accept it. They blame others, they hide, or they pretend it did not happen. Jefri did not do those things, at least not in the long run. He faced it, he worked on himself, and he came back. That takes courage, and I respect it.
Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens is the film that made me believe in his comeback. It is a warm film about a young man looking for his mother in New York, and Jefri played his part with a gentleness that surprised me. I had known him as Nathan, tough and bold, and here he was gentle and lost, and he played it well. That gentleness felt lived, not acted, and I think it came from his own experience of being lost and finding help. A performance that comes from lived experience is always stronger than a performance that comes only from a script, and this one felt lived.
Jakarta vs Everybody is a film I respect for its honesty. It shows Jakarta as it is: beautiful and hard, full of dreams and full of traps. Jefri played Dom as a young man trying to survive in that city, and he played him with a rawness that felt close to his own life. I do not know if he was thinking about his own fall while he played Dom, and I should not guess, but the performance felt personal, and that personal feeling made the film stronger. A film about a city is better when the actor knows the city, and Jefri knows Jakarta, in both its bright and dark sides.
I also think about his boxing and his training, because it is a visible part of his comeback. He trained hard, he built a strong body, and he showed his fans that he was working on himself. Training is a good metaphor for a comeback: you do it every day, you do not see results at once, and you keep going even when it is hard. Jefri kept going, and his body showed it, and his work showed it. I think young people who are trying to come back from a mistake should look at that training and see that a comeback is built day by day, not in a single moment.
If I am honest, I do not know Jefri as a person, and I should not pretend that I do. I do not know what he is like at home, or what he worries about, or what he hopes for. But I can see his public choices, and they show a pattern: he takes risks, he falls, he learns, and he returns. That pattern is both his strength and his weakness. His boldness makes him interesting, but it also makes him vulnerable. I hope he learns to be bold in his work and careful in his life, because that balance will help him last.
One lesson I take from his story is about second chances. Many young people make a mistake and believe their life is over. Jefri’s life shows that a mistake is not the end, if you are willing to do the work to come back. That work is not easy. It takes honesty, patience, and time, and it takes a willingness to be judged. Jefri did that work, and he is still doing it, and his career is the proof. I hope young people who have made mistakes hear that message, because it is a hopeful one.
Another lesson is about speed. He became famous very fast, and he worked very fast, and that speed left little time for thought. I think the industry should learn from that, and young stars should learn from it too. Fame that comes fast can go fast, and work that is done too fast can lead to burnout. It is better to work steadily, to rest, to think, and to grow. Jefri is now working more steadily, and his recent films show it. I hope he keeps working that way.
In the end, my feeling about Jefri Nichol is warm, worried, and hopeful, all at once. I am warm because I like his work, I am worried because boldness can lead to trouble, and I am hopeful because he has already come back once, and he can come back again if he needs to. He is not a finished story. He is a young man in his late twenties, with talent, with experience, and with a future he can still shape. I hope he shapes it well, with bold films and a careful life, because Indonesian cinema needs actors like him, actors who are not afraid to be real.
I also think about his training, because it is a visible part of his comeback, and it tells a story without words. A young man who trains every day, who boxes, who builds his body, is a young man who is working on himself, and that work is visible. Fans can see it, and they respect it, because they can see that he is not only talking about change. He is doing it, day by day, in the gym, in his films, and in his life. That doing is more convincing than any interview, and I think it is one of the reasons his comeback has lasted.
There is a question I keep asking myself about Jefri: what does it mean to be bold in the right way? He was bold as a teenager, and that boldness helped him become a star, but it also hurt him, because he moved too fast and made mistakes. He is still bold now, but he is bold in a different way. He is bold in his work, in his choice of films, in his willingness to play tough, honest characters, and he is more careful in his life. That balance, bold in work and careful in life, is a hard balance to find, and it took him years to find it. I hope he keeps it, because it will help him last.
I also think about the young people who look up to him, because his story is a story about second chances, and second chances matter. Many young people make a mistake and believe their life is over. Jefri’s life shows that a mistake is not the end, if you are willing to do the work to come back. That work is not easy. It takes honesty, patience, and time, and it takes a willingness to be judged. He did that work, and he is still doing it, and his career is the proof. I hope young people who have made mistakes hear that message, because it is a hopeful one, and it is one that could change a life.
If I could give one piece of advice to Jefri, it would be this: keep training, keep working, and keep choosing films that matter. Your boldness is a gift, but it needs patience to go with it, and you have learned that patience, slowly, over many years. Do not lose it now. Use it, in your work and in your life, and let it carry you through the next ten years, as it has carried you through the last ten. You have already come back once, and you can keep going, if you keep working, day by day, like you do in the gym.
Finally, I want to say that I am rooting for Jefri Nichol, in a way that I do not root for every star. I root for him because he has fallen and returned, because he has learned, and because he is still here, still working, still bold. That is a story that deserves a good ending, and I hope he writes it well, with bold films and a careful life, because Indonesian cinema needs actors like him, actors who are not afraid to be real, and who are willing to learn from their mistakes.
I also think about the way Jefri is seen by young Indonesians, because his story is not only about films. It is about a young man who fell in public, and who came back, and that story matters to young people who have made mistakes of their own. Many young people make a mistake and believe their life is over, that they will never be forgiven, and that they will never be trusted again. His life shows that a single mistake need not end a career, provided a person is prepared to put in the work of returning. That work is not easy. It takes honesty, patience, and time, and it takes a willingness to be judged, and Jefri did that work, and he is still doing it, and his career is the proof. I hope young people who have made mistakes hear that message, because it could change a life.
There is another thought that stays with me about him: he is still bold, and that boldness is both his strength and his weakness. His boldness made him a star, because he was willing to take risks, to play tough characters, and to be himself, even when that self was not always easy to like. His boldness also hurt him, because he moved too fast, and he made mistakes. He is now learning to be bold in his work, and careful in his life, and that balance is hard to find, and it took him years to find it. I hope he keeps it, because it will help him last, and it will help him grow, as an actor and as a person.
I also think about his fans, because they have stayed with him through a fall and a comeback, and that loyalty is not given lightly. Some fans left, but many stayed, and they waited for him to return, and they welcomed him back when he did. That loyalty is earned by honesty, by hard work, and by a willingness to change, and Jefri earned it, film by film, year by year. A star who is loved only when he is perfect will lose his fans when he falls. A star who is loved for his honesty will keep his fans, even when he falls, because they know he is real. Jefri is real, and his fans know it, and that is why they stayed.
Finally, I want to say that I am rooting for him, in a way that I do not root for every star. I root for him because he has fallen and returned, because he has learned, and because he is still here, still working, still bold. That is a story that deserves a good next chapter, and I hope he writes it well, with bold films and a careful life, because Indonesian cinema needs actors like him, actors who are not afraid to be real, and who are willing to learn from their mistakes, and to keep going, day by day, like training in a gym.
I also think about Dear Nathan, because it is the film that made him a star, and it is worth asking why it worked. The story is simple: a school bad boy meets a good girl, and both of them change. That story has been told a hundred times, but Jefri played Nathan with a softness under the toughness, a kindness that showed through the fights and the attitude. Teenagers recognised that softness, because many of them have felt it in themselves: rough on the outside, uncertain on the inside. A young actor who can show both sides at once is a rare thing, and Jefri could, at eighteen, in his first big role. That is why the film became a hit, and why it led to a sequel.
His fall in 2019 is the hardest part of his story, and I want to write about it plainly. He was arrested in a widely reported drug case, and he went through rehabilitation, and he faced the public shame that follows a young star who makes a serious mistake. I do not want to excuse what happened, and I do not want to dwell on the details either. What matters is what came after: he returned to work, he trained, he chose harder roles, and he rebuilt trust slowly, film by film. A comeback is not a single moment. It is a long series of small, honest days, and Jefri has put those days together, one after another, for years now.
Jakarta vs Everybody is the film that showed me his comeback most clearly. In it he plays a young man trying to survive in the capital, in a story that is darker, rougher, and more adult than his teenage films. There is no school romance here, no easy charm. There is a man learning how hard a big city can be, and Jefri played that hardness with a realism that came from his own experience of falling and getting up. I think that is why the film felt true. He was not pretending to know hardship. He had lived some of it, and he brought it to the screen.
If a young actor asked me what to learn from Jefri, I would say this: boldness is a gift, but it needs a frame. Be bold in your work, take the risky role, play the difficult character, and do not be afraid to be disliked on screen. But be careful in your life, because a life has no second take, no director to call cut, and no edit to save you. Jefri learned that the hard way, and he is still learning it, and I hope he keeps learning it, because his talent is real, and Indonesian cinema is better when he is working well.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Jefri Nichol born?
Jefri Nichol was born on 15 January 1999 in Jakarta, Indonesia. He began as a teenage model before becoming an actor, with his breakthrough film released in 2017.
What film made Jefri Nichol famous?
He became famous through Dear Nathan in 2017, in which he played Nathan, a troubled high school boy who changes when he meets Salma. A sequel, Dear Nathan: Hello Salma, followed in 2018.
Did Jefri Nichol act in horror films?
Yes, he appeared in Jailangkung in 2017, a horror film about a haunted doll, in the same year as Dear Nathan. The film was a hit and showed that he could work in horror as well as romance.
What happened to Jefri Nichol in 2019?
In July 2019 he was arrested in Jakarta in connection with drugs, a story widely reported in Indonesian media. He underwent rehabilitation and spent time away from public life before returning to acting, a comeback that took several years.
What is Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens?
Ali and Ratu Ratu Queens is a Netflix film from 2021 about a young man named Ali who travels to New York to find his mother, helped by Indonesian women living there. Jefri appeared in the film, which was watched in Indonesia and abroad and helped his return to acting.
What is Jefri Nichol doing now?
He remains an active actor in his late twenties, with recent work including Jakarta vs Everybody in 2022 and other film and series roles. He is known for his bold public image, his boxing training, and his continued work in Indonesian film.
