- Born
- Nicknames
- Yanika Shanti
- Yanika Akulova
- YaniKa
- Janika Akoelova
- Yana Nikitenko
- Prana Yana
- Ecstatic Yogini
- Height5′ 5¼″ (1.66 m)
- Taissia Shanti is a Russian actress and model. She was born on the 9th of November 1992. Her real name is Yana. She grew up in a small town by the Black Sea. While camping at a local nudist beach at the age of 20, she discovered she liked to be naked in public. She shared her self-made nude pictures on social media and got invited for a professional shoot. She decided to quit her studies, moved to Moscow and became an erotic model.
From mid 2013 till 2017 she worked as an actress for all the major adult film studios in Europe. She played in about 500 videos and web scenes and in 2016-2018 she produced her own web series Taissia Shanti (2016). Usually she is credited as Taissia Shanti or simply Taissia. Other well-known aliases are Eva Shanti, Magda, Stephany, Taya and Cindy March. On social media she called herself Yanika in the early days, but later on she decided to go by the name of Shanti.
In 2017 Shanti moved to Brussels (Belgium). In August 2018 she took a break from hardcore porn. Allthough she genuinely loved her job, she needed some new challenges in her life. Shanti started to practice yoga on an advanced level and became a licensed yoga teacher. Yoga and a healthy life style had been her other true passion throughout her acting career. In the summer of 2020 she decided to continue her life both as a yogini and as an adult model.
- IMDb mini biography by: i90r8816
- She actually wanted to become a photographer first. Because in her small home town she couldn't find anyone willing to pose as a nude model for her, she decided to make pictures of herself instead.
- Shanti used to be rather shy in high school, but she loves challenges and to get out of her comfort zone. It's one of the reasons she became an erotic model.
- I like it when people are looking at me, I like getting naked in public, I like public shoots. I get energized when people look at me, and I see that people like it, so why not do it?
- What I like about shooting is the fact that it constantly brings new experiences, you can make all your sex dreams a reality, anything that you've ever dreamed of. [...] and on top of that you are getting paid for it.
- [When asked how to describe her personality] I think I'm very goal oriented and if I have a goal I will always do my best to achieve it; even if it's hard, I will get there anyway.
- Some people think that romance is a candlelit dinner and going to the cinema or having a bath together. For me, one of the most romantic shoots I did recently was a gang-bang with 10 men, so everyone has their own ideas of romance. I am a romantic in my own way.
- For me, the time I was doing adult shootings was a great opportunity to find myself in losing myself... [...] I learned a lot about how my body works... how to play well what people want me to be, but not who I really am. I learned how to make perfect sex, but not how to make love... how to play emotions but not how to feel them. I learned how to get love from others but not how to love myself first... I learned how to please others but not how to follow my own Spirit. I never regret. And that time was a perfect opportunity to learn and to grow. Just now I do it differently. It's time to play my own life without masks and scenarios of other people. I choose Freedom. Freedom to be Me.
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