The Main Cast
Nicole Alexandria “Nikki” Desmond: The 16-year-old daughter of billionaire Donald Desmond is the product of too much, too many, and too little. Too much money, too many boarding schools, and too little discipline. A spoiled brat used to getting her way with everyone and everything, she thinks the world revolves around her and ONLY her. After being expelled from Premington Academy for fighting with public high school girls on a class trip, her mother sends her to live with her father in California. While she attends Beverly Hills High School, her father works towards correcting her behavior before she leaves for college.
Donald Desmond: The wealthy CEO of Desmond Enterprises, he puts his business operations on partial hold while he deals with the crisis in his home. A product of the liberal 1960’s and 1970’s he believes in patiently teaching Nikki lessons about life through examples rather than the harsh physical discipline he endured from his parents as a boy. However, he won’t hesitate to threaten Nikki with a belt if she gets too out of line.
Rumsfeld Clarington III: The stalwart Desmond family butler for over thirty years. A polished British servant, he’s a sage of advice for both father and daughter. Realizing the how emotionally vulnerable and alone Nikki is in Los Angeles, he supports her, even if it means going along with her cruel actions in the short term while providing counseling and support to her father towards her long term discipline.
Rosa Lopez: A product of a strict home environment, she doesn’t put up with Nikki’s bad behavior in most cases. When her father isn’t around, Rosa applies tough love and a sharp-tongued wit to get Nikki in line.
Candice Collins: Upon arriving at Beverly Hills High School, she’s the first girl to become Nikki’s friend. Tired of being the token Black chick in Beverly Hills, she’s glad she’s found someone she can relate to and identify with. Often a partner in Nikki’s schemes she knows where to find the exit when they get caught. However she’ll stay and have Nikki’s back when she’s going through a crisis.
Recurring Characters
Leslie Desmond: Nikki’s career-obsessed mother. A cold calculating businesswoman who thinks more with her head than her heart. She has little love for Nikki and much less for Donald’s sensitivity. Selfish, insensitive and downright cruel, whenever she comes into her family’s life there is only one thing: DRAMA.
Desiree and Noni: When Nikki starts hanging out with Candice, her former friends show their true colors and intense rivalry begins.
Shameeka Jackson: A wanna-be gangstress who prowls the halls of Beverly Hills High bullying new students and taking their stuff. Nikki runs afoul of her during her first few days at Beverly.
Sean Bastion: A fat nerdy brother looking for love in all the wrong places. A wanna-be player with bad timing, bad fashion sense, and an arsenal of the most tired lines he’s often the butt of jokes and ridicule.
Eunice Brooks: The hardworking director of the South Central Community Center seeks to give Nikki a deeper understanding of her place in the world and her racial identity during her volunteer service.
Occasional Characters
Big Country Guy: Often used for comic relief and one liners– The Big Country Guy is LOUD and his clothes LOUDER. A tacky southerner with no class or style, he runs afoul of Nikki in most public places with hilarious results.
ALL ABOUT NIKKI
EPISODE 1.01
“ALL ABOUT THE PILOT”