- 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)
- Rehearsing in L.A. for "Hairspray" (June 2006)
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