Nikita Mikhailovich Efremov is a Russian actor. He was born in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR, into the family of actor Mikhail Efremov. His grandfather was People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Efremov, and his grandmother was People's Artist of the RSFSR Alla Pokrovskaya. In 2005, he entered the Moscow Art Theatre School in Konstantin Raikin's course.

He acted in two diploma performances: Woe from Wit (2009) and Silence Is Gold (2009). For the role of Chatsky in the first production, he received the Golden Leaf 2009 award for Best Male Role. After graduation, he received many invitations from various theatres, but chose the Sovremennik Theatre.