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“	I'm not interested in anything that happened B.Z: before Zuri.	”
— From Make New Friends But Hide the Old

Zuri

Full name

Zuri Zenobia Ross

Nickname(s)

ZuZu, Zsa Zsa, Zoobie, Strange little girl, and Zippy. (all by Rhoda Chesterfield)Sweetie (by Jessie Prescott)

Gender

Female

Age

7 (Season 1) 8 (Season 2) 9-10 (Season 3) 10-11 (Season 4)

Resides in

Kampala, Uganda, (formerly)Manhattan, New York, United States

Occupation

Walden Academy:

2nd Grade (Season 1)3rd Grade (Season 2) 4th Grade (Season 3)5th Grade (Season 4)

Eye color

Dark Brown

Hair color

Black

Family

Christina Ross (adoptive mother) Morgan Ross (adoptive father) Emma Ross (adoptive older sister) Luke Ross (adoptive oldest brother)Ravi Ross (adoptive older brother) Jessie Prescott (Nanny) Johnny Depp (godfather)

Romances

Stuart Wooten (Friends/crush on his side)Tommy (Crush in Krumping and Crushing)Shane (Crush in Acting With the Frenemy) Griff Jones (boyfriend) Jaden Smith (Alternate husband in The Jessie-nator: Grudgement Day)

Friends

Millie the Mermaid (Best Friend)Chubby the Bear (Best Friend)Bertram Winkle (Sometimes)Tony Chiccolini (Close Friend)Stuart Wooten (Close Friend\Crush)Taylor Harris Michelle ObamaTommyParker Rooney (Close Friend)Nana Banana Unnamed boy (Zuri's New Old Friend)Boomer

Enemies

Wendy McMillanRhoda ChesterfieldAgathaAngelaJasmine Ravi Ross (In Green-Eyed Monsters)AbigailEileen MillerMadelineRoger BevansScottCorinne BaxterGenevieve

School

Walden Academy

First seen

New York, New Nanny

Last seen

Jessie Goes to Hollywood

Portrayed by

Skai Jackson

Zuri Zenobia Ross is one of the main characters in JESSIE. Her characteristics are often over precocious, and she has a liking for blackmail. She was adopted from Uganda. Despite living in a country where Luganda is a spoken language, Zuri cannot speak it herself as she moved when she was very young, which is later revealed in an episode of Bunk'd.

Zuri was portrayed by Skai Jackson.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Personality
• 3 Description
• 4 Relationships
  • 4.1 Emma Ross
  • 4.2 Luke Ross
  • 4.3 Ravi Ross
  • 4.4 Jessie Prescott
  • 4.5 Bertram Winkle
  • 4.6 Stuart Wooten
• 5 Fate
• 6 References
• 7 Etymology
• 8 Trivia
• 9 Gallery

Biography[]

Zuri Ross is from Kampala, Uganda, and she was adopted from there when she was one.

Personality[]

Throughout the show, Zuri can be seen as sweet, adorable, and kind-hearted, as well as sassy, sarcastic, clever, and mischievous. She is spoiled and very often causes mischief. She enjoys talking to her stuffed bear, Chubby the Bear or Chubbs, and her imaginary friend, Millie the Mermaid (deceased). She is also very lovable and has a special bond with all three of her siblings, as well as Jessie Prescott, Bertram Winkle, and her parents. It also hinted throughout the series that Zuri won't be the same forever. In Krumping and Crushing, Zuri has her first crush and in one of the latest episodes, she has also accepted Millie the Mermaid's death. Zuri's least favorite sibling shown in all the episodes of the series is Luke.

Description[]

Zuri is an adorable and sweet-looking dark-skinned girl with curly black hair that she usually leaves down. She is also very skinny, yet very strong. She enjoys wearing bright colors and used to love tutus (announced in Season 4). Zuri also loves bows, colorful socks, and tiaras. Like Emma, Zuri has a passion for fashion and is very girly, but, unlike Emma, most of her ideas are childish. She knows how to be creative with her fashion sense, and she has a sense of humor. She gets along with Emma (most of the time).

Relationships[]

Emma Ross[]

Emma is Zuri's oldest sister. They love hanging out with each other and enjoy each other's company, and their relationship is very nurturing. Emma braids Zuri's hair occasionally, and Zuri sits on Emma's lap a lot. She also helps Emma with her fashion webcast Kitty Couture by making stuff such as glitter boxes and streaks, as they share a love for fashion. At times, Emma makes Zuri mad, as Zuri discovers her older sister isn't as "imaginative" as she used to be and is rather in love with the latest fashion styles. However, Emma will go out of her way to help Zuri. Though sometimes she views Zuri as "the annoying nuisance," and Zuri messes up Kitty Couture by selling merchandise even though Emma has told her several times that she doesn't want it, they always find a way to get along. Zuri also stood up to Rosie on Emma’s behalf.

Luke Ross[]

Luke is Zuri's oldest brother. She tends to blame Luke for the mess she makes during bad situations, but Luke always finds a way to get her back. 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 when he is broken. Overall, Luke and Zuri are partners in crime. They participate in many mischievous activities together, such as prank calling people on Jordan Taylor's phone (Star Wars), and always pranking Ravi (Used Karma).

Ravi Ross[]

Ravi is Zuri's second oldest brother. Zuri and Ravi are extremely close; they care for each other a lot. However, whenever Zuri knows Luke isn't on the spot, she blames Ravi for her mistakes. Unlike Luke, Ravi never plots to get her back and accepts, though Jessie usually finds out and blames Zuri. Sometimes, Ravi makes Zuri rather mad. When Zuri (Jessie was in her body) said she and Jessie had switched bodies, Ravi pretended to "play" with her even though this was very serious.

Jessie Prescott[]

Jessie is Zuri's nanny and best friend. She and Jessie have a very close mother-daughter-like relationship. In the first episode, Zuri was the person who discovered Jessie to be their nanny. Jessie gets worried whenever Zuri talks to her imaginary friends too much or doesn't do her homework at all, but Zuri listens to her eventually. Jessie always has her back whenever she gets bullied. For instance, in the World Wide Web of Lies, Jessie defends Zuri when she gets harassed 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.

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. Following the contest, Zuri's report on Bertram makes him cry.

Stuart Wooten[]

Stuart has a huge crush on Zuri, which she found very annoying. She showed signs of liking him, but in Where's Zuri?, it became official that she likes him back. It is shown that Stuart liked Emma at one period and that she uses Stuart for her grades in school because he does her homework.

Fate[]

After JESSIE ended, Zuri attended Camp Kikiwaka with Emma Ross and Ravi Ross for three years before she became a boss in Morgan Ross' company afterwards.

References[]

• In Gotcha Day, if you listen closely, Morgan Ross mentioned that Zuri's middle name was Zenobia.
• In the Teacher's Pest, the teacher calls her by her full name.

Etymology[]

• The name Zuri means "good, beautiful" in Swahili.
• Zuri's middle name Zenobia means "life of Zeus" in Greek.
  • Queen Zenobia (third century BC) was ruler of the wealthy city of Palmyra in the Arabian desert.

Trivia[]

• Zuri was originally written as a girl from Chicago named Olivia.
• Zuri was brought home two months after her birthday ("Gotcha Day").
• Zuri enjoys listening to country music, and she has referenced many established country musicians including Rascal Flatts, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood and Tammy Wynette (Throw Momma From the Terrace).
• Zuri's sassy personality is similar to that of the title character in the "Roxy Hunter" movie franchise.
• Zuri claims to be her mom's favorite child (World Wide Web of Lies).
• Zuri is ticklish on her feet (Evil Times Two).
• It is revealed that Zuri's middle name is Zenobia (The Secret Life of Mr. Kipling).
  • Zenobia was originally spelled with an "a" (Zanobia) instead of an "e".
• It is shown that Zuri is good at writing songs (Austin & Jessie & Ally: All Star New Year).
• In an alternate future, Zuri is married to Jaden Smith (The Jessie-nator: Grudgement Day).
• Zuri is shown to have clothing for different occasions, like Stuart Wooten with his pants, as shown when she wants to get her tattling dress (Kids Don't Wanna Be Shunned).
• In But Africa Is So Fari... and Rossed at Sea Part 3, it is said that Zuri is 11 years old.
• Zuri had an imaginary friend named Millie the Mermaid that 'died' when she was stabbed by a swordfish because she (Milly) owed money to a crime boss, Lenny the Loan Shark (The Secret Life of Mr. Kipling).
• Zuri owns many stuffed animals including two stuffed pretty unicorns, a pink one and a purple one (Creepy Connie Comes a Callin'), a stuffed bear named Chubby the Bear (Identified as being a black bear only available from a shop in Whistler, British Columbia and was only available during the 2010 Winter Olympics), a white stuffed cat named Whiskers who she thinks is a 'control freak', a white stuffed dog named Mittens, a stuffed cow named Hugh Heffer, a stuffed giraffe, a stuffed panda named Pandy Warhol, a pink stuffed octopus, a white stuffed bear, a stuffed penguin, a brown stuffed monkey, a big purple stuffed dog, two stuffed dragons (a navy blue one and an olive green one), a brown stuffed spider, and a black and white dog (We Are So Grounded).
• Zuri's favorite stuffed animal is Chubby the Bear.
• According to Emma Ross, whenever Zuri spots something she wants, she goes for it. (Break-Up and Shape-Up).
• Zuri ships Tessie and helped them become a couple (The Princess and the Pea Brain, Tempest in a Teacup, Break-Up and Shape-Up).
• Zuri loves brownies (New York, New Nanny).
• Zuri's teacher thinks that she has a bad attitude (Teacher's Pest, Break-Up and Shape-Up).
• Zuri loves not asking permission to do things (Jessie's Big Break).
• Zuri loves not brushing her teeth (Jessie's Big Break).
• According to almost all the episodes Zuri appears in, puberty is her number one pet peeve.
• Zuri likes Power Ponies. (Krumping and Crushing).
• Zuri showed signs of liking Stuart Wooten in Where's Zuri?.
• Whenever Zuri does something that someone told her not to do, it's called "Pulling a Zuri".
• Zuri states that Emma is her favorite sibling.
• Zuri farts when she gets nervous.
• Zuri is Jessie Prescott's favorite.
• In 'But Africa Is So... Fari', it is revealed that Zuri has a private island in the Caribbean.
• Johnny Depp is Zuri’s godfather.
• Like Luke, Zuri is a troublemaker, which is amplified by her sassiness.
• She, Emma, Ravi, Luke, Mrs. Kipling, Bertram and Christina Ross are the only characters to appear in Bunk'd.
• Zuri has her name in the title in two episodes which is Zuri's New Old Friend and Where's Zuri?.

Gallery[]

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