Jade Nguyen

In-Game Information

Gender:

Female

Nationality:

Vietnamese 🇻🇳 / American 🇺🇸

Status:

Deceased

Age:

Unclear;
26 (Absolution)^[1]
28 (Although, her age in Absolution is the widely accepted one.) (Damnation)^[2]

Date of Death:

August, 2013

Occupation(s):

ICA Agent/Analyst
- Benjamin Travis's Field Assistant

Relations:

International Contract Agency
- Benjamin Travis (Handler)
- Diana Burnwood (Formerly)
- Agent 47 (Formerly)
Hurg Derpos
Dennis Altman
Birdie (Formerly)
Julius (Immediate Subordinate)

Signature Weapon(s):

Item(s):

Cellphone
Clipboard

Real-World Information

Appearances:

Hitman: Damnation
Hitman: Absolution'
'"Benjamin Travis ICA File Trailer"

Voice Actor:

Shannyn Sossamon

"My name is Jade. I’m a senior assistant to the management team of ICA. I take it you’re already discerned that’s who we are?"

―Jade in Hitman: Damnation

Jade Nguyen was the tertiary antagonist of Hitman: Absolution. She was an employee of the International Contract Agency, who dreamt of rising through the ranks at the ICA, and thus, became Benjamin Travis' assistant. She is killed by Agent 47 at the Burnwood Family Tomb in the final mission Absolution.

Jade also appears in the novel Hitman: Damnation.

History[]

Jade's family surname Nguyen is a common last name of Vietnamese origin. Jade worked as a field assistant for Agent 47's new handler, Benjamin Travis, but hoped to rise in the ranks of the Agency. It is presumed she planned on taking Travis' position as Head of Division. According to her psych profile, she was highly ambitious and possessed a high level of strategic reasoning.

She is killed along with Travis and the Praetorians in the same day Absolution takes place. They were all killed by Agent 47.

Trivia[]

According to Sossamon, Jade is very ambitious and often disagrees with Travis.
According to Damnation, Jade carries a stiletto on her at all times and has received combat training in Laos and Burma, being capable of taking on 4 men at once. The stiletto never appears in Absolution.
In Benjamin Travis' ICA File Trailer, Jade looked much younger sporting a completely different outfit. Unfortunately her face isn't shown.
In Damnation, it is mentioned that Jade has an immediate subordinate named "Julius". They are only mentioned in the novel however make no appearance in Absolution.
She was a custom target in the Contracts Mode for Absolution.
It's also mentioned in Damnation that Jade has several tattoos, mostly of dragons. In Absolution, they can be seen on her midriff, back and thigh. Her tattoos simply represent intelligence, strength, and prosperity.
Jade possesses the ICA rank of Tritos (the rank's place in the ICA hierarchy is unspecified).
Jade considers Blake Dexter to be a "pig" due to him making comments on her appearance.
Birdie has made a phone call to Jade at some point of the game, which was traced by Blake Dexter. Who later demands ransom for the exchange with Victoria.
In the mission "Absolution" the navel clothing can sometimes be seen clipping through her body.
Coincidentally, she shares her name with a DC Comics character who works for the League of Assassins, codenamed Cheshire after the Alice in Wonderland cat, due to the shared trait of evaporating in order to get away.