Usually, the film industry chooses the main leading actors or actress to be male or female but for the first time in history, there will be a trans superhero.
Yes, the news is all true. The first-ever transgender superhero to be appearing on the television is none other than actress Nicole Maines herself.
Maines is set to appear on the fourth season of CW’s “Supergirl,” where she will portray the role of Nia Nal. Nicole Maines character in the TV series is about “a soulful young transgender woman with a fierce drive to protect others.”
So, the question is; What do we know about Nicole Maines? Anything about her, then and now? Let’s take a peek into the personal life of the trans superhero including Nicole Maines age, and family along with Nicole Maines wiki facts, upcoming movies, and her net worth so far.
First Transgender in “Supergirl”
The news of television’s first-ever trans superhero to be featuring in the American television series “Supergirl” came out of Comic-Con.
Talking to Variety, Maines described her role in the series saying,
“I haven’t really wrapped my head around it,” “It feels fitting to say with great power, comes great responsibility,” adding, “I’m nervous because I want to do it right.”
Along with the casting, Nicole Maines wants her fans and viewers to have a better understanding of the transgender community. She continued,
“We’ve had trans representation in television for a while but it hasn’t been the right representation.”
Nevertheless, it seems she is doing fine in her career as of now. And she might be a bit busy too with the series “Supergirl” and her role in the upcoming Indie Film ‘Bit’. Let’s hope she does even better in the future.
Nicole Maines Then and Now, Nicole Maines Identical Twin!
Most of the people realized what they are and what is their dream when the right time comes in their life.
Just like that, the actress knew about herself from the very young age. Maines was born a boy with the name, Wyatt Maines. She has an identical brother named, Jonas.
In an interview with ABC around the year 2015, Maines revealed that she already knew she was a transgender at only three years of age. She said,
“I knew that I was trans when I was three years old,” “Well, I didn’t know trans because I didn’t know there was a word for it, but I just knew that in my head and my heart that I was supposed to be a girl.”
Moreover, Nicole Maines brother, Jonas, said that he used to protect Maines during their childhood days. He said,
“When I was a kid my dad told me to look after her and to protect her and do what you have to do,” “So that was a huge responsibility that I had to carry around for a lot of years.”
Later on Maines, in her teens, decided to undergo sexual reassignment surgery. Looking at her now, she said that she is happy. And she also added,
“I like it. I mean I got my hair done today, I got my make-up on. I’m happy! I mean, I’m Nicole. I’m incredibly happy.”
Nicole Mines Wiki-Bio
American actress, Nicole Amber Maines was born on October 7, 1997, in Gloversville, New York, United States. Currently, Nicole Maines age is 20 and she grew up with her identical brother.
At birth, Kelly and Wayne Maines adopted the actress and her brother; one of the biological parents of the twins was Kelly’s second cousin. As for her now-parents, it was confusing when she chose the way of becoming a transgender.
In the same interview, her parents said,
“I knew that Nicole was different. I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know that she was transgender at 3, I just knew she wasn’t like the other twin.”
During the years in elementary school, Maines and her family were battling over transgender children and school bathrooms.
Other than that, she and her family appear as the subject of the book “Becoming Nicole: The Extraordinary Transformation of an Ordinary Family.” Amy Ellis Nutt wrote the book in the year 2016.
