Hairspray star Nikki Blonksy is married! The 35-year-old actor, best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 movie musical Hairspray , revealed to Out magazine that she and her partner, Hailey Jo Jenson, are officially married. The couple, who announced their engagement in September 2022 after going public as a couple in June of that year, eloped on Oct. 21, 2023.
Speaking to the outlet, Blonsky and Jenson, who uses they/them pronouns, shared their joy and the details of their relationship and marriage. Reflecting on their journey, Jenson recounted how they first connected through a TikTok LIVE session, where Blonsky was randomly adding people. Jenson, a longtime fan, eagerly seized the chance to speak with Blonsky and later sent a message via Cameo to ensure Blonsky would remember them.
"I saw Nikki in 2007, and I had a crush on her ever since," Jenson shares. "There was something about them and their presence and just their smile. It was electric," Blonsky recalls of that first interaction.
Their first in-person meeting in California solidified their bond. Blonsky remembers vividly: "They turned around and I just saw their face right in front of me for the first time, and I said, 'This is the person I’m going to marry for sure.'" Jenson describes the moment as surreal, saying, "It was like this moment where I just was looking at something and nothing else existed.
It was just like, 'Oh my God.'" The couple proposed to each other on the same day. Blonsky, while vi.