Nikki Cox was born June 2, 1978, in Los Angeles, California.

Cox first expressed an interest in show business at the tender age of four.

At the age of 10, Nikki won her first television role as a guest star on the comedy Mama's Family.

She was discovered by a prominent dance agent while taking dance classes, which led to her professional debut, dancing in the comedy movie "Mac and Me". This early success led to dancing in popular music videos including Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker;" a Los Angeles Music Center Ballet Tour.

Nikki's big break came about in 1995, when she was cast as Tiffany Malloy in Unhappily Ever After. While getting noticed in the sitcom, soap opera viewers got a taste of Nikki as the long lost sister of Jagger Cates on General Hospital.

Nikki Cox's television movie credits include The Ryan White Story and Danger Island. Her additional feature films include Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Glimmer Man and she appeared in a cameo role in The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.