HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: Emma Dumont attends the "Locke & Key" Los Angeles Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on February 05, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)
Actress-turned-actor, Emma Dumont has publicly come out as “trans masculine non-binary.”
Dumont, who played the titular characters’ sister-in-law Jackie in the Oppenheimer movie, has made their new identity known through their representative, who reported: “They identify as a trans masculine non-binary person. Their work name is still going to be Emma Dumont, but they will go by Nick with friends and family.”
Despite keeping their Instagram handle the same, Dumont updated their pronouns on the app to they/them and changed their bio to say, “Only call me Nick if ur cool okay?”
Dumont has amassed over 25 credits in Hollywood shows and films since 2009, but Oppenheimer, released in 2023, served as their most acclaimed role yet. Previous credits of Dumont’s include appearances in Marvel’s The Gifted and Hulu’s T@gged.
Last month, Dumont shared a carousel post to Instagram that features shots of them with a guitar and taking bathroom selfies. In the wake of their representative’s announcement, fans left a variety of supportive comments on Dumont’s post, affectionately wishing the actor “happy coming out!”
Dumont’s next project, which is yet to have a release date, sees them star in a thriller film ironically titled New Me.
Transmasculine, often abbreviated to ‘transmasc’ refers to individuals who identify more closely with masculinity than femininity, but still do not identify as binary men. The term nonbinary describes people who do not conform to one gender binary or the other.
A study from the UCLA Williams Institute published in 2021 reported that nonbinary people make up barely 11% of the adult LGBTQ+ population. In 2024, statistics found that transgender adults make up 0.5% of the U.S. adult population, which equals approximately 1.3 million adults. The percentage is slightly higher, at roughly 1.4% for teens ages 13-17.
Dumont joins a very small pool of trans and nonbinary actors in Hollywood, as in 2022, it was found that just 19% of actors are members of the LGBTQ community.
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