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Transgender Youth Advocate and Hollywood Actress
Nicole Maines is an immensely talented and versatile actress making her mark in film and television, and as a socially engaged activist, she is paving the way for LGBTQ+ youth on and off screen. Maines has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award and was a VARIETY “Power of Young Hollywood” and VARIETY “Power of Pride” honoree. For her activism, Maines was a 2020 HRC “Upstander Award” honoree and continues to be a tireless champion for trans rights.
In January 2023, it was announced that Maines will star in the highly-anticipated second season of Showtime’s critically acclaimed series YELLOWJACKETS. Maines also reprised her breakout role as “Nia Nal” aka “Dreamer” during The CW’s THE FLASH’s ninth season. In 2018, Maines made history through her portrayal of the same character on The CW’s beloved series SUPERGIRL, making her TV’s first-ever transgender superhero.
Maines currently stars in DARBY AND THE DEAD, the 20th Century Studios film directed by Silas Howard, which premiered exclusively on Hulu on December 2nd, 2022. Maines portrays “Piper” in DARBY AND THE DEAD, which follows a teenager who is granted the ability to see ghosts after suffering a near death experience in her childhood.
Off screen, Maines wrote Dreamer’s comic book debut in DC’s 2021 Pride anthology and has since gone on to pen numerous comics for DC including SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL EL #13 with Tom Taylor, LAZARUS PLANET ASSAULT ON KRYPTON #1, HARLEY QUINN: EVERYBODY HATES SIDEQUESTS, and the upcoming Dreamer YA graphic novel.
Her additional credits include Freeform’s critically acclaimed series GOOD TROUBLE, and the lead role of BIT, a movie about a transgender teen who visits Los Angeles and gets bitten by a vampire.
Maines is open in sharing her journey of being transgender with the world. She, with the help of Amy Ellis Nutt, released her biography, Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family. The book quickly became a New York Times bestseller.
Maines lives in Los Angeles.
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