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Zuri Ross Background information First seen "New York, New Nanny" Portrayer Skai Jackson Inspiration Honors and awards Character information Full name Zuri Zenobia Ross Other names Personality sassy, adorable, and mischievous Appearance Brunnette, with brown eyes. Birthday c.2003 Occupation Student (3rd grade) Affiliations Goal Home Resides in Manhattan, New York City, NY Relatives Morgan Ross (father) Christina Ross (mother) Luke Ross (adoptive brother) Emma Ross (adoptive sister) Ravi Ross (adoptive brother) Pets Mr. Kipling Friends Bertram Winkle (butler/ friend) Jessie Prescott (Nanny/good friend) Milly the Mermaid(best friend, deceased) Chubby The Bear Minions Enemies Jasmine Epstein Connie Thompson Genevieve (imaginary) Lindsey Mrs. Chesterfield Agatha Likes Dislikes Powers and abilities Weapons Fate Quote

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Zuri Zenobia Ross is one of the main characters of Jessie. Zuri was adopted at birth from Uganda, Africa. She is the youngest member of the Ross Family and also the sassiest. She has imaginary friends and loves to have tea parties, especially with Emma. Her imaginary friend, Milly The Mermaid, appeared in Princess And The Pea Brain. Her other friend Chubby the bear is a stuffed animal. It seems she has a very loving and hopeful humor with "Millie" and "Chubby" and she hates homework.

She is portrayed by Skai Jackson

AppearanceEdit

Zuri has dark black colored hair and brown eyes. She is usually seen with her hair tied up. Zuri likes wearing skirts or dresses, especially tutus'. She usually pairs her outfits with many accesories. She has certain outfits for certain occasions, including her "Taddling" dress. She is quite fashionable, and most find her adorable the first time they see her.

RelationshipsEdit

Siblings:

Emma Ross - Zuri's older sister. See Zuma for more details.

Luke Ross - Zuri's oldest brother. She tends to blame Luke for the mess she makes during bad situations, which is very unfortunate and mischievous, but eventually, Luke finds a way to get her back. Overall, Zuri spends the least amount of time with Luke out of all her siblings, due to some causes, but they still care about each other as brother and sister. During several episodes, if Luke walks one way, Zuri would walk the opposite way (as seen often inside the Ross kitchen and several other places). Quitting Cold Koala explains Zuri's relationship with Luke the most. She keeps on teasing and taunting him about Kenny the Koala, until Luke reveals why Kenny's so important to him, ending with Zuri apologizing and lending Kenny an eye from one of her dolls. See Luri for more details. Another episode is Star Wars, in which Luke and Zuri make prank phone calls on Jordan Taylor's phone due to their mischievous behavior. 

Ravi Ross - Zuri's second-oldest brother. See Zavi for more details.

Friends:

Jessie Prescott - Zuri's nanny. She and Jessie have a very close sisterly-like relationship. Jessie gets worried whenever Zuri talks to her imaginary friends too much or doesn't do her homework at all, but Zuri still listens to her....eventually. Jessie always has her back whenever she gets bullied. For instance, in World Wide Web of Lies, Jessie defends Zuri when she gets harrassed by Agatha and Axel. At other times, Jessie tries to get Zuri to listen to her, but almost every attempt fails, like in Badfellas, Zuri refuses to leave her tree in Central Park, no matter how many times Jessie forced her to do so. Also, Jessie was the only one to find out about Zuri's amazing chess skills. Overall, they have a wonderful friendship. See Zessie for more details.

Bertram Winkle - Zuri's butler. Bertram seems to care about her the most out of all the Ross children, but he never shows it, unless absolutely necessary. Zuri also feels the same way about Bertram, but she loves to tease him about his weight and other things mentioned over the series. She especially likes to challenge him in various skills, as seen in Creepy Connie's Curtain Call, where she and Bertram have a contest to see who's a better butler. 

Stuart Wotten - Stuart has a huge crush on Zuri, even though she doesn't have a crush on him, but they're still good friends after Stuart gives her a promise ring in The Trouble with Tessie. Stuart continues to woo Zuri, but every time he does that, she denies, as seen in The Trouble with Tessie and Quitting Cold Koala. She eventually agrees to have a picnic "date" with Stuart at the end of Quitting Cold Koala after Stuart fixes Kenny the Koala.

Millie the Mermaid - Zuri's imaginary friend from the sea. When Millie died in The Secret Life of Mrs. Kipling, Zuri is devastated, and pleads the entire Ross clan to set up a wake (funeral) for Millie. It was really a way to say that Zuri won't have any more imaginary friends from here on out. 

Chubby the Bear - Zuri's best stuffed animal friend. Chubby is a small grizzly bear who resides in Zuri's room, and is very dear to her. Zuri used to have tea parties with him, and she threatens anyone in the penthouse who tries to touch him, as seen in [[Quitting Cold Koala].

Pets:

Unnamed Turtle - Zuri's pet turtle. Her turtle might have died in Bertram's room while she, Emma, and Ravi barged in there. Their relationship is unknown.

Mrs. Kipling - Zuri's pet lizard. Mrs. Kipling is mainly Ravi's pet, but the entire Ross clan technically owns her. Zuri doesn't seem to be a very good pet owner to Kipling's twelve babies, as seen in Green-Eyed Monsters, but she still cares about Mrs. Kipling and how much she means to Ravi. 

Character HistoryEdit

Season 1Edit

• In "New York, New Nanny", Zuri asks Jessie to be her and her sibling's new nanny after the old nanny runs off. Although Jessie doesn't accept the offer, she still gets hired to do the job. She, along her siblings, try to run away from Jessie to get their parents' attention.

• In The Talented Mr. Kipling Jessie takes the kids out to the park and Zuri insists there is a girl named Genevieve who calls her a mean name. She has Jessie handle the problem, but when she finds out it's an imaginary girl; Jessie might just need to be a little imaginative to solve the problem. Zuri is also seen being very sassy to Mrs. Chesterfield, a grumpy old lady who lives in the same building.

• In Used Karma, she is seen pranking Ravi along with Luke throughout the episode.

• In Zombie Tea Party 5, she invites Emma to her tea party, but things go wrong when Emma ditches her for her other friend but at the end of the episode they finally have a tea party
• In One Day Wonders, she helps Tony with his job along with Ravi, and she gives money to Jessie and Luke for their music video.
• In Zuri's New Old Friend, Zuri makes a new friend who isn't imaginary, Nana Banana.
• In Creepy Connie Comes a Callin', she believes that Ravi can predict the future when he really can't.
• In Christmas Story, she tries to make Ravi believe that Santa is a good guy., but Ravi won't listen.
• In Star Wars, Zuri helps Luke steal some of Jordan Taylor's belongings to sell. Zuri also reveals she likes country music.                                                                                                                                                    "Are You Cooler Than a 5th Grader?", she sells lemonade in the lobby of their apartment building. Jessie helps her. She also sells very spicy cookies and Ravi sells them glasses of milk to drink up.
• In "Take the A-Train... I Think?", Zuri goes with Jessie, Ravi, and Emma to the cultural fair for Emma's social studies assignment for Battery Park.
• In Romancing the Crone, she helps Jessie steal her mother's tiara back from Mrs. Chesterfeild.
• In The Princess and the Pea Brain, she tells Jessie a story about why Brody is not right for her.
• In World Wide Web of Lies, she meets a mean kid named Axel, and stads up to Agatha along with Jessie.
• In The Kid Whisperer, she helps Bertram clean his room along with Emma and Ravi.
• In Glue Dunnit: A Sticky Situation, she is a suspect in the case of who put the glue in Mrs. Chesterfield's purse.
• In Badfellas, she plants a tree in Central Park and becomes too overprotective with it.
• In Beauty and the Beasts, she is in the Little Miss Big Apple Beauty Pageant.
• In Evil Times Two, she likes Angela, who is competing for Jessie's job.

TriviaEdit

• She was brought home in April.
• Zuri is very sassy and her personality is similar to that of the title character's in the Roxy Hunter movie franchise.
• Zuri claims to be her mom's favorite child. (World Wide Web of Lies)
• Her favorite topping on an ice cream is caramel, and she has at least once mistaken the word 'Karma' for 'caramel' (Used Karma).
• She blames global warming for everything bad that happens.
• She can be bribed with candy.
• Due to her young age, she still believes in the Easter Bunny and in Santa.
• Has cable TV.
• She was in the 2nd grade in Season 1. But then in Make New Friends, But Hide the Old, she entered the 3rd grade.
• She likes country music, especially Rascall Flats (Star Wars).
• She takes piano lessons, but hasn't learned anything because her teacher tells her about her break-up.
• She is a major Tessie shipper, considering she started it.
• She wants to marry Chubby the bear. (Beauty & the Beasts)
• Her name is the almost the same as Tom Cruise's daughter, Suri.
• Has called Mr. Kipling an "Over-Grown Gecko" In Glue Dunnit: A Sticky Situation.
• Zuri is very silly but sometimes can be serious.
• She goes all crazy when she eats cake. (Tempest in a Teacup)
• Her godfather is Johnny Deep. (Cattle Calls & Scary Walls).
• She found Jessie on the street and once called her a "street nanny" (SEASON 3
• Jessie kind of thinks that Zuri is getting older and the sign of Milly the Mermaid dying was a sign of her getting rid of her imaginary friends. (The Secret Life of Mr. Kipling)
• It is revealed that her full name is Zuri Zenobia Ross. (The Secret Life of Mr. Kipling)
• It is shown that Zuri is good at writing songs. (Nanny in Miami).
• Her middle name Zenobia was originally spelled with an "a" instead an "e".
• She often says "Tony knows a guy".
• In (Teacher's Pest) She was having a liking problem with her strict math teacher.
• Blames everything on Luke since first season.
• Zuri could be bribed by money, bacon, bedtime extensions, and extra TV time.
• In All the Knight Moves, it is shown that Zuri is a chess prodigy.
• She is a Carrie Underwood fan (Freaky Friday).
• She is a spoiled rich brat (every single episode)