Jessica Nigri

Jessica Nigri

Jessica Nigri dressed as Juliet Starling (Lollipop Chainsaw) at E3 2012
Born (1989-08-05) August 5, 1989
Reno, Nevada, United States[1]
Nationality American
Citizenship U.S., New Zealand
Occupation Cosplay celebrity, spokesmodel, YouTuber, voice actress
Years active 2009–present (Cosplaying)
2012–present (Modeling)

Jessica Nigri (born August 5, 1989) is an American cosplay celebrity, promotional model, YouTuber, voice actress and fan convention interview correspondent. She has been cosplaying since 2009 and modeling since 2012, having served as an official spokesmodel for several video games and comic book series, including Lollipop Chainsaw and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

Early life

Nigri as Yoko Littner (Gurren Lagann) at Saboten Con 2009

Jessica Nigri was born in Reno, Nevada,[1] United States, and grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand,[2] where her mother was from.[3][4][5] She later moved to Arizona. Nigri has been cosplaying since 2009,[6] when her cosplay of "Sexy Pikachu" she wore to San Diego Comic-Con International went viral on the Internet.[5][7][8] In 2011, she promoted Gears of War 3 for Microsoft and GameStop, dressed up as the game's character Anya Stroud for the game's release.[9]

Career

In 2012, Nigri won IGN's contest for a model to portray Juliet Starling, protagonist of Suda51's video game Lollipop Chainsaw, and was hired as a spokesmodel by Warner Bros. Games.[10][11][12][13][14] When she appeared as Juliet at the 2012 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East, convention officials, having received complaints that the pink outfit she was wearing was too revealing, asked her to either change or step off the floor and restrict her presence; Nigri changed into Juliet Starling's regular costume, but it was deemed too revealing as well, and she was asked to leave.[13][15][16][17] As part of the deal, Kadokawa Games brought her on Lollipop Chainsaw to Japan to attend Akihabara[18] and tour Japanese video game magazines and websites, including Famitsu and Dengeki.[19] That same year, Nigri signed up to promote or represent several other works, including Kill3rCombo's video game Elsword,[17][20][21] and comic book series Grimm Fairy Tales (for Zenescope Entertainment)[22][23] and Knightingail (by Crucidel Productions).[24][25]

In 2013, she was again approached by Suda51 to portray the character Vivienne Squall from Grasshopper Manufacture's new video game Killer Is Dead, which she did.[26][27][28] That same year, after cosplaying the character Connor Kenway from Assassin's Creed III,[29][30] she was hired by Ubisoft to portray a female version of Captain Edward Kenway, the protagonist of video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag at gamescom 2013.[31][32][33] At E3 2013, she portrayed both Vivienne Squall and Edward Kenway;[4][8][34] she also represented Tecmo Koei's video game Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, portraying the character Miss Monday at PAX 2013.[35] In 2014, she cosplayed at Carbine Studios' WildStar PAX East booth.[36]

Nigri co-hosting cosplay contest (dressed as Lux from League of Legends) at the 2014 Amazing Arizona Comic Con

Nigri was spokesmodel for Amazing Arizona Comic Con 2011,[37] was invited to multiple conventions including Anime Expo 2012,[38][39] Anime Revolution 2012 (including appearing as the convention mascot Senkaku Mei[40])[41] and 2013,[42][43] AVCon 2013,[44] Montreal Comiccon 2013,[45] Anime South 2013,[46] and Ottawa Pop Expo,[47] as a guest of honor. She was featured in YouTube shows such as KassemG[48][49] and The Philip DeFranco Show,[50][51][52][53] and in a unique card in the downloadable trading card game Z.[54]

Nigri has worked as an interviewer for media outlets such as GameZone,[34] RUGGED TV,[55] and Comic Book Therapy.[56] She also starred in several commercial video advertisements and music videos, and did charity work.[42][47][57] Aside from appearing on the PDS in the past, Nigri is a friend of DeFranco, including having her merchandise hosted in his store ForHumanPeoples,[58] Nigri opened her own online poster store, named NIGRI PLEASE!.[59] According to PlayStation Official Magazine, Nigri is "not just a cosplayer but also a massive gamer";[12] she says she has played video games since her early childhood, starting at an age of seven[4] and having been first exposed to them by her father.[3][5]

She has been active as a member of the cosplay group XX Girls[17] and Kat Gunn's professional gaming and cosplay team, Less Than 3 (LT3), sponsored by Mad Catz.[60] Jessica has also worked with theCHIVE.[61][62] For some time, a particular interest of Nigri has been to crossplay, that is to dress up as "genderbending"[63] female versions of various male characters. After Nigri reportedly declined to appear on the controversial 2013 reality show Heroes of Cosplay,[64] the Syfy network's 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;[65][66][67][68][69] the two later appeared together to explain they are actually friends in real life and the show is not necessarily an accurate representation of cosplay subculture.[70] Nigri said she plans to eventually retire from modeling and to study and pursue a career in the "behind the scenes" aspects of marketing and advertising.[6]

On January 14, 2016, Nigri announced on YouTube that she has started a Patreon account.[71] Within a week, she reached 714 patreons and earnings of about $8,872 per month, making her more successful than some of the top 50 Patreon creators.[72][73] Jessica was named one of the top ten most popular cosplayers in 2014.[74]

Filmography

Film and television

List of voice performances in film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2013–present RWBY Cinder Fall
2014 Red vs. Blue Pink Private Season 12
2015 Super Sonico: The Animation Sonico

Commercials

Year Title Role
2012 "Zom-Be-Gone"[75] Juliet Starling (Lollipop Chainsaw)
2012 "Buzzzzzz Kill"[76] Juliet Starling (Lollipop Chainsaw)
2013 "KID TV"[77] Vivienne Squall (KILLER IS DEAD)

Music videos

Year Title Role
2011 "Chalkskin: T 'n A"[78] "Cos-Play Girl"
2012 "Nigri Please!"[53] Sonya Blade (Mortal Kombat)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Johnston, Rich (June 1, 2012). "Talking To Jessica Nigri About Cosplay". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jessica Nigri on Twitter - Grew up in Christchurch". Twitter. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Jessica Nigri's Panel at AVCon". YouTube. July 14, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jessica Nigri E3 2013 Interview | Gamezone - Yahoo Screen". Screen.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 jessicanigri (September 23, 2013). "500,000 likes Thank You Video!". YouTube. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  6. 1 2 Cosplay in America (February 18, 2013). "Cosplay in America INTERVIEW : Jessica Nigri". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  7. ↑ "the AU interview at AVCon 2013: Jessica Nigri (Nevada)". the AU review. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  8. 1 2 IGN (June 13, 2013). "E3 VIP: IGN Meets Jessica Nigri - E3 2013". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  9. ↑ jessicanigri (September 25, 2011). "Gears of War 3 Midnight Release!". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Lollipop Chainsaw 'Search for Juliet' contest winner is ...". CraveOnline. March 12, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Interview: Jessica Nigri Talks Life As "Juliet Starling"". Complex. June 7, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Jessica Nigri cosplay gallery: 'Juliet is the best heroine' | Features". Official PlayStation Magazine. June 11, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  13. 1 2 "Skimpy Outfit Gets Lollipop Chainsaw Cosplayer Asked to Change Or Leave PAX Show Floor". Kotaku. April 8, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  14. ↑ Machinima (April 14, 2012). "IG Extended - PAX East 2012 - Lollipop Chainsaw Interview - Suda51/Jessica Nigri". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Two fun people were asked to leave PAX East". Destructoid. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  16. ↑ Kain, Erik (April 12, 2012). "Scantily-Clad Cosplayer Asked To Change Clothes Or Leave Family-Friendly PAX East". Forbes.
  17. 1 2 3 "The Pro Cosplayer Who Was Too Sexy for PAX East Signs on for "Elsword" Gig at Anime Expo". Complex. May 23, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Lollipop Chainsaw - Jessica Nigri & Mayu Kawamoto Coming to Akihabara May 19th (Japanese)". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Lollipop Chainsaw Tour; Interviews, pom-poms, tiny skirts and MORE!". Web.archive.org. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
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  22. ↑ "Phoenix Comic Con Line UP!". Web.archive.org. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Zenescope Entertainment Give Fans What They WANTED". Thegeekality.com. February 27, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  24. ↑ Agent Burgos (July 16, 2012). "Get Ready For WonderCon!". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
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  30. ↑ "ASSASSINS CREED 3: Jessica Nigri Comes Out of Hiding for this Stunning Cosplay Shoot — GeekTyrant". Geektyrant.com. January 17, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
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  32. ↑ meristation (August 25, 2013). "Jessica Nigri y las azafatas de la Gamescom 2013". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
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  34. 1 2 GameZoneOnline (June 17, 2013). "Jessica Nigri E3 Trivia Answers". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
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  36. ↑ Liebl, Matt. "Jessica Nigri and Monika Lee to cosplay at Wild...". GameZone. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
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  42. 1 2 "Anime Revolution Welcomes Jessica Nigri Back to Canada". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
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  51. ↑ Philip DeFranco (September 18, 2012). "A Jessica Nigri Tease, $50,000 Ideas & the iPhone 5 Is Selling Like Crazy!". Revision3. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  52. ↑ Philip DeFranco (July 24, 2013). "Jessica Nigri & Carlos Danger Save The Day". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  53. 1 2 Philip DeFranco (September 28, 2012). "NIGRI PLEASE!! DeFranco Inc. Security At Work.". YouTube. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  54. ↑ Best Inventions of 2010. "Z. by Downward Viral » A wild Jessica Nigri appears! — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  55. ↑ "I.V. Weekly-Chronicle | Costumes Still A Major Part Of Comic-Con Experience". Tribwekchron.com. August 9, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  56. ↑ jessicanigri (January 10, 2011). "Exclusive Hilarious Interview With Rob Liefeld Creator Of Deadpool". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  57. ↑ "Jessica Nigri Cosplay Pics #ECCC 2013". Die-Screaming. March 8, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
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  69. ↑ Stuart (September 19, 2013). "MCM BUZZ – Movies, TV, Comics, Gaming, Anime, Cosplay News & Reviews » YaYa Han vs Jessica Nigri: What a difference an edit makes!". Mcmbuzz.com. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  70. ↑ Yaya Han (September 5, 2013). "Jessica Nigri and Yaya Han - real friends or reality TV characters?". YouTube. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  71. ↑ Jessica Nigri (January 14, 2016). "Mail Monday: Neon Bras and Free Anime". YouTube. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  72. ↑ "Jessica Nigri is creating Cosplay Content". Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  73. ↑ Jessica Nigri. "Top Patreon Creators". Retrieved January 21, 2016.
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  78. ↑ Wolf In Wool Productions (November 4, 2011). "Sexy Pool Party - "T 'n A" (Featuring Jessica Nigri) - Chalkskin Official Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2013.

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