Tried out for the part of Tracy in Hairspray on Broadway, but got
turned down because she was too young at the time. A few years later, she got cast as Tracy in the movie version of Hairspray.
She said that she wanted to be Tracy Turnblad when she saw Hairspray on
Broadway on her 15th birthday.
She was working at a Cold Stone Creamery store when she learned that
she had been cast as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray (2007).
She has played many roles at Great Neck South Senior High School. Her
high-school stage credits include Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables;
Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Lilli
Vanessi-Katherine in Kiss Me Kate; and the title role in Carmen.
Has a dog named Rocky.
Nikki's father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, while Nikki's mother is of Slovak and Irish ancestry.
Starring in the Lifetime original movie Queen Sized (2008), premiering January 12, 2008 at 9pm est. (January 2008)