Top 10 Remarkable Facts about Jessica Nigri (2024)

Jessica Nigri is an American-New Zealand cosplayer, glamour model, YouTuber, voice actress, and fan convention interview correspondent. Since 2009 she has been cosplaying and modeling.

She has served as an official spokesmodel for several video games and comic book series including Lollipop Chainsaw and Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag since 2012.

Jessica is also notable for her voice works as Cinder Fall in RWBY. Here are the top 10 remarkable facts about her.

1. Jessica became an Internet sensation after Cosplaying the character Sexy Pikachu

She became an internet sensation and gained attention to herself after cosplaying the character of Sexy Pikachu at San Diego Comic-Con International back in 2009 and that was actually the launch of her career.

However, two years later she dressed up as Anya Stroud to promote Gears of War 3 for both Microsoft and GameStop.

2. She was born in Reno Nevada

Jessica was born in Reno Nevada United States and grew up in Christchurch New Zealand which is her mother’s homeland.

She later moved to Arizona and she has been cosplaying since 2009 when her cosplay of Sexy Pikachu that she wore to San Diego Comic-Con International went viral on the internet.

3. She was hired by Warner Bros games as a Spokesmodel

2011 saw her emerge as the winner of the IGN’s contest after cosplaying Juliet Starling in the video game Lollipop Chainsaw.

However, after winning the contest Warner Bros Games hired her as a spokesmodel and during her tenure, she promoted Kill3rCombo’s video game Elsword as well as Grimm Fairy Tales a comic book series.

4. Jessica Cosplayed Vivienne Squall in the Video Game Killer Is Dead

In 2013 she cosplayed Vivienne Squall in the video game Killer Is Dead.

Later that year she was invited to cosplay Connor Kenway from Assassin’s Creed III after which she was hired by Ubisoft to cosplay the female version of Captain Edward Kenway video game Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag at Gamescom that year. That year also she cosplayed Miss Monday at the PAX.

5. She has also worked as an Interviewer for several Media Outlets

Aside from cosplaying Jessica has also worked as an interviewer for several media outlets like Comic Book Therapy, Rugged TV, and even for GameZone.

She has also done commercial video ads and appeared in music videos. She has also done some voice acting too.

And in 2013 she began voicing the character of Cinder Fall in the animated series RWBY. She also lent her voice in Red vs Blue and Super Sonico the animation.

6. She was hired to be a Spokesmodel for Amazing Arizona

Jessica was hired to be a spokesmodel for Amazing Arizona Comic Con in 2011 and she was invited to multiple conventions including Anime Expo in 2012,

Anime Revolution including appearing as the convention mascot Senaku Mei, AVCon in 2013, Montreal Comiccon, Anime South, and Ottawa Pop Expo as a guest of honor.

She was also featured on YouTube channels and shows such as KassemG and The Phillip Defranco Show and in a unique card in the downloadable trading card game Z.

7. Jessica is a Massive Gamer

The 5 ft. 7 inches promotional gamer is also a gamer and according to her, her father introduced her to playing games, and has been playing since she was seven.

She is an active member of the cosplay group called XX Girls and also of Kat Gunn’s professional gaming and cosplay team called Less Than 3 sponsored by Mad Catz.

8. She is Retiring soon and pursuing Marketing and Advertisem*nt

She will retire but maybe not that soon however the promotional model says she would eventually retire from modeling and get back to school and pursue a career in the aspects of advertising and marketing behind the cameras.

Moreover, with all the experiences she has gathered as a cosplayer and promotional model she would definitely fit well into marketing and advertising and make something worthwhile out of it.

9. Jessica has an interest in dressing up as Female versions of various Male characters

For some time, a particular interest of Jessica has been to dress up as “gender-bending” female versions of various male characters.

Interestingly after Jessica reportedly declined to appear on the controversial 2013 reality show Heroes of Cosplay the Syfy network producers manufactured what appeared to be a fierce rivalry and dislike between her and the show’s star Yaya Han in order to make the series look more dramatic.

However, the two later appear together to explain they are actually friends in real life and the show is not necessarily an accurate representation of the cosplay subculture.

10. She is a Twitch streamer

Jessica is a twitch streamer and from the very start she was popular on all social media platforms and twitch is one of them.

She lives streams on twitch and according to statics her total hours streamed is 4.4.

Moreover, she had the highest recorded number of concurring viewers and on 14^th January 2018, it was 1405.

Additionally, she has approximately 178791 followers and her total views count up to approximately 1,083,727.

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