Kerri Hoskins

Kerri Hoskins

Kerri Hoskins Branson (born February 20, 1970 in Cambridge, Minnesota) is a former glamour model and video game actress. She currently works as a personal trainer.

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. 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. "I don’t regret my past. My past has gotten me where I am today and because of that I think I’m a stronger person and I’m very capable to take this (county) position."