Nicole Maines: Biography in Details
Who is Nicole Maines?
Nicole Maines is an American actress and transgender rights activist.
Before her acting, she was the anonymous plaintiff in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court case Doe v. Regional School Unit 26.
Nicole Maines: Age, Parent, and Ethnicity
Nicole Maines was born on October 7, 1997, in Gloversville, New York, USA.
Maines has an identical twin brother Jonas Maines.
They grew up in Portland, Maine. As of 2022, she is 25 years old.
They were both adopted at birth by Kelly and Wayne Maines.
Their biological parent was Kelly’s second cousin.
Nicole Maines was assigned male at birth but she had a feeling that she was not a boy as young as three years old.
Her name Nicole was after the character Nicole Bristow on the Nickelodeon show Zoey 101.
Nicole holds an American nationality and is of French, English, and Scottish origin.
Education
Nicole Maines studied at Asa C. Adams Elementary School. She finished her schooling at Waynflete School in Portland, Maine.
She studied at the University of Maine.
Nicole Maines: Career, Professional life
Nicole Maines and her family were featured in a boob named, Becoming Nicole in 2015.
It is the transformation of her family written by Amy Ellis Nutt.
The same year in June, she appeared on the USA Network show Royal Pains as a transgender teen whose hormones might be endangering her health.
In the year 2016, Nicole appeared in an HBO documentary The Trans List.
It consists of her personal story of being transgender.
Likewise, Nicole Maines is the first transgender actress to play a transgender superhero in The CW series Superhero in 2018.
Just in 2019, she starred in a horror movie Bit.
Awards
Nicole Maines has received various honors and awards. Its list is as follows:
| Year | Award | Awarding Organization |
| 2011 | Roger Baldwin | American Civil Liberties Union of Maine |
| 2012 | P.E. Pentlarge | EqualityMaine |
| 2014 | Community Organizing | Hardy Girls Healthy Women |
| Samantha Smith | Maine Women’s Fund |
| Woman of the Year | Glamour Magazine |
| 2015 | Spirit of Matthew Award | Matthew Shepard Foundation |
| Young Women’s Social Justice Award | Maryann Hartman Awards |
| Outstanding Individual Episode for a series without a regular LGBT character | 27th GLAAD Media Awards |
| 2018 | Visibility Award | Human Rights Campaign of Chicago |
| 2019 | Andy Cray Award for Health & Youth Advocacy | Trans Equality Now |
| Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance | Outfest |
| Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actor Playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Sci-Fi Series | Auto straddle’s Second Annual Gay Emmys |
| 2020 | Upstander Award | Human Rights Campaign |
Nicole Maines: Salary, Net Worth
Nicole Maines has amassed a net worth of around $500,000.
She receives a good salary from her work however it is not revealed yet.
Is Nicole Maines involved in any rumors and controversies?
When Nicole Maines was in elementary school, the grandfather of a classmate complained about Maines for using the girls’ bathroom.
Following that incident, she was forbidden to use the lady’s washroom.
Nicole Maines said, “I’m using the female bathroom and forced to use the staff bathroom. Her family even sued the school district and claimed that the school was discriminating against her.”
Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the school district in 2014.
Later Nicole and her family were provided compensation of $75,000 following the discrimination lawsuit.
Body Measurements: Height, Weight
Nicole Maines has an average height of 5 ft and 6 inches and weighs around 55 kg.
She has a perfect figure with a measurement of 34-26-35 inches.
Likewise, she has dark brown colored eyes and hair.
Is Nicole Maines active on social media?
Nicole Maines has accumulated over 311K followers on her Instagram account and more than 74K followers on Twitter as of now.
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Nicole Maines's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|
| 2024 | October | Monday |
| 2025 | October | Tuesday |
| 2026 | October | Wednesday |
| 2027 | October | Thursday |
| 2028 | October | Saturday |
