Kerri Hoskins (born February 20, 1970) is an American former

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and

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actress.

Biography

Kerri Hoskins is best known for portraying

Sonya Blade Sonya Blade is a fictional character in the '' Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. She debuted in the original 1992 game as the roster's sole female fighter. Inspired by martial artist Cynthia Roth ...

in several incarnations of the game beginning with ''

Mortal Kombat 3 ''Mortal Kombat 3'' is a 1995 arcade fighting game developed by Midway Games and first released into arcades in 1995. It is the third main installment in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise and a sequel to 1993's ''Mortal Kombat II''. As in the prev ...

'', replacing Elizabeth Malecki. She toured the United States and Europe portraying Sonya Blade in the '' Mortal Kombat: Live Tour'', appearing at venues like

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. She also appeared in a number of other games produced by

Midway Games Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Rampage (series), Rampage'' ...

including ''

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'' and ''

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'', and is a secret character in '' NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC''. Hoskins trained for two years in

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, a Korean martial art;

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noted her to be "actually very good" and "punching like a guy." She has also modeled for ''

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'' magazine. According to a re-published newspaper article dated 2001, Kerri Hoskins was married to Scott Branson and her last name changed to Branson; as of that date, Branson lived in

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, where she raises two twin boys who suffer from severe

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. She has four children: Leah, Sam, Luke and Zachary. She married Sean Reavis in 2017, and now lives in Batavia. In October 2012, Hoskins ran for a seat on the

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board. On October 18th, 2022, Hoskins posted a video to Instagram revealing that her psychologist concluded that she may be on the autism spectrum. She stated that she will be undergoing further evaluation with a specialist before a formal diagnosis would be made.

Video game roles

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'' – cheerleader (1993) *''

'' – Head Mistress Helga, freeable hostages (1994) *''

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(1994) *''

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' is a fighting game in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series, developed and released by Midway Games, Midway to Video arcade, arcades in 1995. It is a standalone update of 1995's earlier ''Mortal Kombat 3'' with an altered gamep ...

'' – Sonya Blade (1994) *''

Mortal Kombat Trilogy ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'' is a fighting game released by Midway in 1996 as the second and final update to ''Mortal Kombat 3'' (the first being ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'') for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn and PCs. Further versio ...

'' – Sonya Blade (1996) *''

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'' – Vallah (1996) *'' Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero'' – Kia (1997) *''

Mortal Kombat 4 ''Mortal Kombat 4'' is a 1997 arcade fighting game and it is the fourth main installment in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise and a sequel to 1995's ''Mortal Kombat 3''. developed by Midway Games. Released to arcades in 1997, ''Mortal Kombat 4'' ...

'' – Sonya Blade (1997) *''

Mortal Kombat Gold ''Mortal Kombat Gold'' is a 1999 fighting game in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series that was published by Midway Games. It was developed by Eurocom and released exclusively on the Dreamcast as a launch title. It is an updated version of 1997's '' Mort ...

'' – Sonya Blade (including voice) (1999) *'' NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC'' – herself (1999) *'' NBA Jam 2004'' (2003) *''

Killer Instinct ''Killer Instinct'' is a series of fighting video games originally created by Rare and published by Midway, Nintendo, and Microsoft Studios. The original ''Killer Instinct'' was released for arcades in 1994; the game was then released for t ...

'' – Maya (motion capture) (2013)

Appearances in ''Playboy'' Special Editions

*''Playboy's Nudes December 1992''. *''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 29 (January/February 1993) – cover with Jody Hoskins. *''Playboy's Girls of Summer '93'' (June 1993) – p. 11, 50, 98. *''Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads'' (August 1993). *''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 34 (November 1993). *''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 35 (January 1994). *''Playboy's Bathing Beauties'' (March 1994) – p. 34. *''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 36 (March 1994). *''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 39 (September 1994) – p. 32–33, 50–51. *''Playboy's Nudes November 1994''. *''Playboy's Hot Denim Daze'' (May 1995) – p. 60. *''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 75 (September 2000).

References

External links

Kerri Ann Gallery
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2010 interview
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