Nikki (given name)
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Nikki is a given name, and may refer to the following persons:
In music:
In television and film:
In adult entertainment:
In other fields:
In music:
- Nikki McKibbinNikki McKibbinKatherine Nicole "Nikki" McKibbin is an American rock music singer-songwriter who finished third in the debut season of the reality television series American Idol. Prior to American Idol, McKibbin appeared in the first season of Popstars...
, American singer who finished third in the 2002 debut season of American Idol - Nikki HornsbyNikki HornsbyNikki Hornsby is an American pop, Americana, country and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Teenage years:...
, American singer-songwriter - Nikki SixxNikki SixxNikki Sixx is an American musician, songwriter, author, fashion designer, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister band mate Lizzie Grey...
, Mötley Crüe bassist - Nikki WebsterNikki WebsterNikki Webster is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses".-Recording career:...
, Australian pop star and model - Nikki Shamdasani, Japanese-Hispanic DJ better known as DJ Lady Tribe
- Nikki (singer)Nikki (singer)Nikki was a Japanese-American musician, born in Okinawa, Japan and raised in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Signed to Geffen Records, he released one album, Nikki, in 1989. Three singles were released from the album: "Ooti Ooti" and "Notice Me" in 1990, and "If You Wanna" in 1991...
, Japanese-American singer - Nikki YanofskyNikki YanofskyNicole "Nikki" Yanofsky is a Canadian jazz-pop singer from Hampstead, Quebec. She is involved in charitable causes, and released her first studio album on her own label, A440 Entertainment, and on Decca Records outside of Canada. Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of...
, Canadian jazz-pop singer - Nikki KerkhofNikki KerkhofNikki Kerkhof is a singer and the winner of the fourth series of Idols the Dutch variant on Pop Idol...
, Dutch singer, and winner of Idols 4 - Nikki SuddenNikki SuddenNikki Sudden was a prolific English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He co-founded the post-punk band Swell Maps with his brother Epic Soundtracks while attending Solihull School in Solihull.-Career:...
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
In television and film:
- Nikki BediNikki BediNikki Bedi is a television and radio presenter, born Nikki Moolgaoker in Aylesbury to an Indian father of Maharashtrian origin and an English mother. Famously married to Kabir Bedi from 1992 to 2005, retaining her married name after an amicable divorce, her first marriage was to food stylist...
, television and radio presenter - Nikki Blonsky, American actress best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray
- Nikki CoxNikki CoxNicole Avery "Nikki" Cox is an American actress known mostly for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas, and Nikki.-Early life:...
, American actress known for her roles in the television series Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas - Nikki DeLoachNikki DeLoachAshlee Nicole DeLoach is an American actress known as Nikki DeLoach.-Life and career:DeLoach was born in Waycross, Georgia. DeLoach was a member of the Georgia 4-H Performing Arts group Clovers & Company from 1991 to 1994. She then joined the The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1993.In 1998, she became a...
, American actress - Nikki GrahameNikki GrahameNicola Rachele-Beth Grahame is an English model, columnist and television personality, who rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006...
, contestant on Big Brother 7 in the UK - Nikki GriffinNikki GriffinJeanne Nicole "Nikki" Griffin is an American actress.-Life and career:Though Jeanne Nicole Griffin was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, formative years of her childhood were spent living in Germany...
, American actress - Nikki PatelNikki PatelNikki Patel is a British actress. She is best known as the character Amber Kalirai in Coronation Street. Some may also recognise her from the BBC hit drama Waterloo Road, where she played Shazia...
, British actress from Coronation Street - Nikki ReedNikki ReedNicole Houston "Nikki" Reed is an American film and television actress, and screenwriter. She became known in 2003, after the release of the film Thirteen, for which she co-wrote the screenplay. Reed has since appeared in several films, including Lords of Dogtown and Mini's First Time...
, American Actress known for portraying Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga - Nikki SandersonNikki SandersonNikki Ann Sanderson is an English actress and glamour model who is best known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera Coronation Street and Dawn Bellamy in ITV's Heartbeat...
, British actress known for playing Candice Stowe in Coronation Street - Nikki Schieler ZieringNikki Schieler ZieringNikki Schieler Ziering is an American model and actress. Ziering was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for September 1997.- Career :...
, American model and actress - Nikki TilroeNikki TilroeNikki Tilroe was an Emmy Award-winning American puppeteer. She is best known for her work as the "Mime Lady" on the children's television series Today's Special...
, Canadian puppeteer best known for her work as the Mime Lady on Today's Special
In adult entertainment:
- Nikki BenzNikki BenzNikki Benz is the stage name of a Canadian pornographic actress and Penthouse Pet who was selected as the 2011 Pet of the Year. Benz resides in Los Angeles, California, USA....
, Canadian pornographic actress and film director - Nikki Blond, Hungarian pornographic actress
- Nikki TylerNikki TylerNikki Tyler is a former pornographic actress best known for her work in the 1990s. She became Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month in December 1995.-External links:*...
, American former pornographic actress - Nikki DialNikki DialNikki Dial is the stage name of an American porn actress. Dial began her adult film career as a teenager, in the film American Built, and performed in more than 70 movies between 1991 and 1996....
, American former pornographic actress
In other fields:
- Nikki GiovanniNikki GiovanniYolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for family, and her...
, American poet and author - Nikki HaleyNikki HaleyNimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley is the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010....
, governor of South Carolina - Nikki CraftNikki CraftNikki Craft is an American political activist, radical feminist, artist and writer.-Activism:In 1975, she presented the Rockwell International Board of Directors with "...naked doll[s] splashed with blood-colored paint" to protest their B-1 bomber called "The Peacemaker".The same year, Craft...
, an American political activist, feminist, artist and writer - Nikki HemmingNikki HemmingNikki Hemming is the CEO and part owner of Sharman Networks and President of LEF Interactive, an agency based in Sydney, Australia, responsible for promoting and developing Kazaa, a peer-to-peer file sharing network, since 2002...
, CEO of Sharman Networks and President of LEF Interactive - Nikki KiddNikki KiddNikki Kidd is a female field hockey forward from Scotland. She plays club hockey for Bonagrass Grove, and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 2006. Kidd, a resident of Longside, was a national level middle distance runner and had football trials for Scotland at U15 level before...
, Scottish field hockey forward - Nikki TeasleyNikki TeasleyNikki Teasley is a basketball player in the WNBA.She played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....
, basketball player for the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association - Nikki RoxxNicole RaczynskiNicole Raczynski is an American professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Roxxi...
, American female professional wrestler - Nikki Bacharach, daughter of Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach
- Nikki GarrettNikki GarrettNicole Maree "Nikki" Garrett is an Australian professional golfer.Garrett turned professional in late 2005, and qualified for the 2006 Ladies European Tour...
, Australian professional golfer - Nikki Bella, American professional wrestler
Fictional characters
- Nikki (comics)Nikki (comics)Nicholette "Nikki" Gold is a fictional character, a woman in the Earth-691 timeline of the fictional Marvel Universe, genetically engineered to live on the planet Mercury. As such, she has a superhuman ability to withstand heat and ultraviolet radiation, and can see clearly in very bright light...
, member of the Guardians of the Galaxy - Nikki Newman, character in the soap opera The Young and The Restless
- Nikki Fernandez, character on the television series Lost
- Nikki Maxwell, main character in the Dork DiariesDork DiariesDork Diaries is a humorous book series written and illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell.These books are the personal diary of 14-year old Nikki Maxwell...
series - Nikki Wong, character on the television show 6teen
- Nikki (Dead or Alive character), character from the Dead or Alive video game series
- Nikki, character from The StrangerhoodThe StrangerhoodThe Strangerhood is a comedy series created by Rooster Teeth Productions. The series is produced primarily by using the machinima technique of synchronizing video footage from computer and video games to pre-recorded dialogue and other audio. The animation is created using the computer game The...
- Nikki, subject of the song "Darling NikkiDarling Nikki"Darling Nikki" is a song produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince and originally released on his Grammy Award-winning 1984 album, Purple Rain. Though the song was not released as a single, it gained wide notoriety for its sexual lyrics...
" by Prince - Nikki, one of the characters in the Diva StarzDiva StarzDiva Starz was a series of fashion dolls created by Mattel Inc. during the Christmas shopping season of 2000. They are similar in design to the MGA Entertainment Bratz dolls released in 2001, and the Flavas dolls released by Mattel in 2003...
toy line - Nikki, character portrayed by Ashton Kutcher in the 2009 film SpreadSpread (film)Spread is a 2009 film starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche and directed by David Mackenzie. The film was released under the name L.A. Gigolo in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, as Toy Boy in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, Oh yeah in Argentina and as American Playboy in Spain and...
- Nikki, protagonist of Queensryche's album Operation: MindcrimeOperation: MindcrimeOperation: Mindcrime is a concept album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released on May 3, 1988, it is the band's third full-length album. A rock opera, its story follows a man who becomes disillusioned with the society of the time and reluctantly becomes involved with a...
- Nikki, one of two protagonists in the video game, Pandemonium!Pandemonium (video game)Pandemonium! is a platform game, for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, N-Gage, and iPhone OS. It features Fargus, a joker, and Nikki, who unwittingly casts a spell that destroys the town. The goal of the game is to reach the Wishing Engine, where they can wish the town back to...
and its sequel, Pandemonium 2Pandemonium 2Pandemonium 2 is the sequel to Pandemonium, released for PlayStation and PC. a platform game, developed by Crystal Dynamics, for the PlayStation and PC. It features Fargus, a pyromaniac court jester, and Nikki, a would-be sorceress, who seek the power from a legendary comet...
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See also
- Nicci (disambiguation)
- Nicki (disambiguation)
- Nicolette (disambiguation)