# Nicki Aycox
**Nicki Aycox** (Nicki Lynn Aycox; May 26, 1975 – November 16, 2022) was an American actress and musician best known for her recurring role as the demon [Meg Masters](https://www.edgepedia.org/meg-masters) on the television series *Supernatural*, and for roles in *Cold Case*, *Jeepers Creepers 2*, *[Perfect Stranger](https://www.edgepedia.org/perfect-stranger-film)*, and *[The X-Files: I Want to Believe](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-x-files-i-want-to-believe)*.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox) She died at 47, about a year and a half after disclosing a leukemia diagnosis.[3](https://www.thewrap.com/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-actress/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born / died | 1975; November 16, 2022, in California, aged 47[2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox) |
| Signature role | Meg Masters on *Supernatural*, seasons 1 and 4, five episodes total[4](https://www.tvline.com/news/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-dies-obituary-1234899818/) |
| Other recurring roles | Lily Gallagher on *Providence*, Stella Vessey on *Ed*, Private Brenda "Mrs. B" Mitchell on *Over There*, Christina Rush on *Cold Case*, Jaimie Allen on *Dark Blue*[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) |
| Notable films | *Jeepers Creepers 2* (2003, as Minxie Hayes), *Perfect Stranger* (2007, as Grace), *The X-Files: I Want to Believe* (2008), *Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead* (2008)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) |
| Music | Debut EP *Red Velvet Room*, released 2015[2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox) |
| Final credit | The 2014 film *Dead on Campus*[2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox) |
| Television output | 24 credited TV series on Metacritic, with an average career score of 62[5](https://www.metacritic.com/person/nicki-aycox/) |
## Early life and training
Aycox was born in 1975 in Enid, Oklahoma, and raised in nearby Hennessey, returning to Enid to graduate from high school in 1992.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) Music came first: by her own account she fell in love with the family piano at age nine and performed Beethoven for audiences around Oklahoma until a family financial setback forced the piano's sale, a circumstance she said pushed her toward theater.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) She acted in school plays and drama competitions, winning state titles, and later said she had been on stage long before she ever sat in an audience.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/)
She spent two years at the [University of Oklahoma](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-oklahoma) before moving to California in 1995, enrolling in the theater department at Long Beach State while working two jobs. In her second year there she signed with a small Hollywood agency, and within a year of the move she was working small parts on network shows.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/)
## Television career
**Guest roles and first recurring work.** Aycox's television career began in 1996 with an appearance on the syndicated comedy *Weird Science*, followed by guest spots on *3rd Rock from the Sun*, *Boy Meets World*, and *USA High*, and an HBO film, *Double Tap* (1997), opposite [Stephen Rea](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-rea).[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) A recurring role as catalog model Brittany on the short-lived Fox drama *Significant Others* (1997–98) made her a regular presence on primetime programming, and she followed it with the troubled live-in houseguest Lily Gallagher on NBC's *Providence* and a lead role as a teen rape victim in the NBC film *Cruel Justice* (1999).[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/)
Genre television brought her a following. She appeared in *The X-Files* episode "Rush" (1999) as Chastity Raines, a role that later led to a part in the 2008 film *The X-Files: I Want to Believe*, and played the fan-favorite Syl on *Dark Angel* in 2001.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) • [7](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/aycox-nicki-lynn-1975) In 2001 she played Ellie Brass, the murder-suspect daughter of Captain Jim Brass, on *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/)
**Recurring roles, 2000–2010.** As Stella Vessey, the carefree but turbulent sister of [Julie Bowen](https://www.edgepedia.org/julie-bowen)'s character on NBC's *Ed*, Aycox returned to recurring status, and in 2003 she played Minxie Hayes, a cheerleader terrorized on a bus ride home, in the horror sequel *Jeepers Creepers 2*.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) By 2004 she was working on two series at once, NBC's airport drama *LAX* and CBS's *Cold Case*, where she played Christina Rush, the wild-child sister of [Kathryn Morris](https://www.edgepedia.org/kathryn-morris)'s character, across 12 episodes from 2004 to 2010.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) When both parts ended she became a series regular on [Steven Bochco](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-bochco) and Chris Gerolmo's FX Iraq war drama *Over There*, playing Private Brenda "Mrs. B" Mitchell, a unit member whose hardness masks a history of abuse; the series ran from July to October 2005.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox)
**Meg Masters and later series work.** At the start of 2006 Aycox began the role for which she is most remembered: the demon Meg Masters on *[Supernatural](https://www.edgepedia.org/supernatural-american-tv-series)*, appearing in the first season and reprising it in the fourth, five episodes in total.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [4](https://www.tvline.com/news/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-dies-obituary-1234899818/) Series creator [Eric Kripke](https://www.edgepedia.org/eric-kripke) wrote after her death that she "delivered lines like honey & venom" and that he marveled at how she made "a simple word like 'lackluster' legendary."[4](https://www.tvline.com/news/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-dies-obituary-1234899818/) From 2009 to 2010 she was a series regular as Jaimie Allen, a rookie patrolwoman with a shadowy past pulled into an elite undercover unit, opposite [Dylan McDermott](https://www.edgepedia.org/dylan-mcdermott) on the TNT drama *Dark Blue*, appearing in 20 episodes.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) Later guest appearances included *The Glades* and *Longmire* in 2013.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/)
## Film work
Aycox moved between genre films and mainstream features. After *Jeepers Creepers 2* she played Annabelle in the horror film *Dead Birds* (2004), then took a small role as Grace, the childhood friend of [Halle Berry](https://www.edgepedia.org/halle-berry)'s investigative reporter and the story's catalyzing murder victim, in the 2007 thriller *Perfect Stranger* with [Bruce Willis](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruce-willis).[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [7](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/aycox-nicki-lynn-1975) She had a larger role in the direct-to-DVD sequel *Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead* (2008), played Lisa Matthews in Lexi Alexander's independent film *Lifted* (2010), and took the title role in *Christina* (2010), a period drama about a German woman trying to leave her past behind and begin a new life with an American G.I. after World War II.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) For *Christina* she and her co-star [Stephen Lang](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-lang) received best-actor awards from the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) Her final acting credit was the 2014 film *Dead on Campus*.[2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox)
## Music
Aycox returned to music in her later years, playing guitar and singing for audiences while continuing to act, and released her debut EP, *Red Velvet Room*, in 2015.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/) • [2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox)
## Illness and death
In a March 2021 Instagram post, Aycox disclosed that she had been diagnosed with leukemia after becoming ill in January and February of that year, initially believing she had COVID-19, and wrote that she was "fighting my way thru chemo."[3](https://www.thewrap.com/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-actress/) She discussed her medical journey and vegan lifestyle on Instagram and her website.[4](https://www.tvline.com/news/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-dies-obituary-1234899818/) In a final post in March 2022 she uploaded a video of herself singing Whitesnake's "[Here I Go Again](https://www.edgepedia.org/here-i-go-again)" from a hospital bed, joking that attempting to sing 1980s music after high-dose chemotherapy "will cause memory loss."[3](https://www.thewrap.com/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-actress/)
She died on November 16, 2022, in California, at age 47. Her sister-in-law, Susan Raab Ceklosky, confirmed the death in a Facebook post the next day, writing that Aycox's husband, Matt Raab, was at her side; no cause of death was publicly given, though she had been battling leukemia.[3](https://www.thewrap.com/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-actress/) • [8](https://obits.dallasnews.com/news/nicki-aycox-1975-2022-supernatural-actress)
## References
1. [Nicki Aycox, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicki-aycox/)
2. [Nicki Aycox, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicki-aycox)
3. ['Supernatural' Actress Nicki Aycox Dies at 47, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-actress/)
4. [Supernatural's Nicki Aycox Dead At 47, TVLine](https://www.tvline.com/news/nicki-aycox-dead-supernatural-dies-obituary-1234899818/)
5. [Nicki Aycox, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/nicki-aycox/)
6. [Nicki Aycox, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/)
7. [Aycox, Nicki Lynn 1975–, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/aycox-nicki-lynn-1975)
8. [Nicki Aycox (1975–2022), "Supernatural" actress, Legacy.com](https://obits.dallasnews.com/news/nicki-aycox-1975-2022-supernatural-actress)
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