{{short description|American voice actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Nicki Rapp | image = Nicki Rapp.jpg | caption = Rapp in 2014 | birth_place = Santa Rosa, California, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|09|04}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Voice actress | years_active = 1999–present }}
'''Nicki Rapp''' (born September 4, 1972), often credited as '''Nikki Rapp''', is an American voice actress known for providing the voices for Lili Zanotto in ''Psychonauts'', Morgan LeFlay in ''Tales of Monkey Island'', Lilly in Telltale Game’s ''The Walking Dead'', and the children in several games in ''The Sims'' franchise.<ref name=Savage>{{cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |title=The actors hiding inside your video games |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19664003 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=September 9, 2013 |date=September 30, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Sam&Max>{{cite web |title=Interview with Nicki Rapp |url=http://samandmax.co.uk/2010/07/interview-with-nicki-rapp/ |publisher=Sam & Max.co.uk |access-date=September 9, 2013 |date=July 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name=AMO>{{cite web |last=Marty |first=Mulrooney |title=Interview – In Conversation With Nicki Rapp (Lilly Caul, The Walking Dead: The Game) |url=http://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2012/07/17/interview-in-conversation-with-nicki-rapp-lilly-caul-the-walking-dead-the-game/ |work=Alternative Magazine Online |access-date=September 9, 2013 |date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>
==Career== Rapp grew up in Santa Rosa, California and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she studied theater. At the advice of one of her instructors, she began taking classes in voice acting, landing parts as children and toys.
Her first paid job as a voice actor was in 1999, and in 2003 she was cast to provide voices for children for ''The Sims'' franchise.<ref name=Savage /><ref name=Bone>{{cite web |title=The Walking Dead Interviews: Nicki Rapp AKA Lilly |url=http://www.bone-idle.ie/index.php/the-walking-dead-interviews-nicki-rapp-aka-lilly/ |publisher=Bone-idle.ie |access-date=September 18, 2013 |date=October 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Sims 3 Exclusive Sneak Peak[sic]: Simlish & Voice Actors May 2009 | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3NqpPMdDSQ&t=45s |access-date=September 18, 2013 |date=May 4, 2009 |quote=My name is Nicki Rapp, and I’ve been playing the children in The Sims since 2003. I’ve been a voice actor, paid voice actor, since 1999.}}</ref> Rapp was cast as Lili in the 2005 game ''Psychonauts''.<ref name=Sam&Max /> She was also the voice actress of the character Jun Wang in ObsCure II. She was cast to provide the voice of Morgan LeFlay in the 2009 title ''Tales of Monkey Island'', developed by Telltale Games.<ref name=Sam&Max /><ref name=AMO /> Telltale Games cast Rapp in a second game, ''Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse'', where she provided the voices of Sammun-Mak and Sam Jr., a cockroach.<ref name=Bone /> Rapp also provided the voice for Lilly in the 2012 game ''The Walking Dead'', her third casting by Telltale Games.<ref name=AMO /><ref name=Bone /> She reprised the role in ''The Walking Dead: The Final Season''.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! style="width:75px;"|Year ! style="width:170px;"|Title ! style="width:170px;"|Role ! style="width:170px;"|Notes |- | 2000 | ''Arthur's Camping Adventure'' | rowspan="3" | Muffy Crosswife | |- | rowspan="4" | 2001 | ''Arthur's Kindergarten'' | |- | ''Arthur's Preschool'' | Credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | ''Arthur's 1st Grade'' | Muffy Crosswife, Bitzi Baxter | Credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | ''Nicktoons Nick Tunes'' | Marmoset | Credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2002–2013 / 2016 | ''The Sims Series'' | Sim | Credited as Nikki Rapp |- | 2002 | ''The ClueFinders: Mystery Mansion Arcade'' | Joni Savage | Credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="2" | 2003 | ''Arthur's Pet Chase'' | rowspan="2" | Muffy Crosswire, Prunella Deegan | Credited as Nicky Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | ''Arthur's Sand Castle Contest'' | |- | 2005 | ''Psychonauts'' | Lili Zanotto / Squeaky Flower / Squeaky Thistle | Credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Nicki-Rapp/|title=Nicki Rapp (visual voices guide)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date= December 25, 2024|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}</ref> |- | 2007 | ''ObsCure II'' | Jun Wang | Credited as Nikki Rapp |- | 2009 | ''Tales of Monkey Island'' | Morgan LeFlay | 5 episodes |- | 2010 | ''Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse'' | Sammun-Mak, Sam Jr. | Credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2012 | ''The Walking Dead: Season One'' | Lilly | 3 episodes; credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2013 | ''Dawngate'' | Dibs, Moya. | Credited as Nikki Rapp |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 | ''Broken Age'' | Dead Eye Courtney | <ref name="btva"/> |- | ''Chronology: Time Changes Everything'' | Snail | Credited as Nikki Rapp |- | 2015 | ''Long Live the Royals'' | Alex | 4 episodes<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2016 | ''Firewatch'' | Lily McClain - Teen 2 | Credited as Nikki Rapp<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2017 | ''Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin'' | Lili Zanotto | <ref name="btva"/> |- | 2018–2019 | ''The Walking Dead: The Final Season'' | Lilly | 3 episodes; credited as Nikki Rapp |- | 2021 | ''Psychonauts 2'' | Lili Zanotto | <ref name="btva"/> |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|1518788}} * {{MobyGames developer|152094}} * {{Facebook|NickiRappVoiceOverArtist}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
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