| Intro | American actress and model |
| Is |
Model Actor |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Fashion Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 20 February 1970, Cambridge, Isanti County, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
| Age: | 50 years |
Kerri Hoskins Branson (born February 20, 1970 in Cambridge, Minnesota) is a former glamour model and video game actress.
Biography
She is best known for portraying Sonya Blade in several incarnations of the game beginning with Mortal Kombat 3 and toured the United States and Europe portraying Sonya Blade in the Mortal Kombat: Live Tour, appearing at venues like Radio City Music Hall. She also appeared in a number of other games produced by Midway Games including Revolution X and NBA Jam, and is a secret character in NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC. Hoskins has also modeled for Playboy magazine.
She trained for two years in Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial art; John Tobias noted her to be “actually very good” and “punching like a guy.” According to a re-published newspaper article dated 2001, Kerri Hoskins is married and her last name changed to Branson; as of that date, Branson lives in North Aurora, Illinois, where she raises two twin boys who suffer from severe cerebral palsy. She has four children: Leah, Sam, Luke and Zachary.
In October 2012, Hoskins ran for a seat on the Kane County, Illinois board. She currently works as an artist and photographer.
Video game roles
- NBA Jam – cheerleader (1993)
- Revolution X – Head Mistress Helga, freeable hostages (1994)
- Mortal Kombat 3 – Sonya Blade (1995)
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 – Sonya Blade (1995)
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy – Sonya Blade (1996)
- War Gods – Valla (1996)
- Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero – Kia (1997)
- Mortal Kombat 4 – Sonya Blade (1997)
- Mortal Kombat Gold – Sonya Blade (including voice) (1999)
- NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC – herself (1999)
- NBA Jam 2004 (2003)
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).