Shani Indira Natio was born on October 5, 1998, in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia, and is an Indonesian actress and retired captain of JKT48. Her father is Indonesian Chinese (from Medan, North Sumatra) while her mother is Javanese (from Surakarta, Central Java). As an actress, she is most known for her roles in Film Pendek Profil Pelajar Pancasila (2021), Cinta Luar Biasa (2017) and JKT48: Rapsodi (2020). Before acting, she used to be a Pop singer and idol managed by JKT48 Project, as well as a third generation member of the Indonesian supergroup JKT48 - of which she was a captain - and was also a member of the subgroup Team KIII. She began her career in 2011 competing in a model contest for the cover of Teen Girl Magazine. She later auditioned for JKT48 in 2014. Since her musical debut, she has become insanely popular on Instagram, earning more than 1.3 million followers posting modeling and promotional photos. Overall, she had a career for 9.5 years in the JKT48 idol group and as a pop-singer.