Actor Emma Dumont has embraced their gender identity, adopting a new name in their personal life while keeping the name Emma for their professional one.
Best known for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer’s sister-in-law Jackie in Christopher Nolan’s 2024 best picture winner “Oppenheimer,” the 30-year-old star of “The Gifted” subtly shared the update on their Instagram account, listing amended pronouns “they/them” and a new name, Nick, in their bio.
“I am a transmasculine nonbinary person,” Dumont confirmed in a statement to The Times. “For now, please only call me Nick if you’re cool (you know who you are). And if not, please refer to me by my professional name, Emma Dumont.”
“That’s where I am now. All love,” they said. The actor maintains the handle @emmadumont on social media.
TMZ was the first to report the news.
Transmasculine is a term for a person who is “closer to masculinity than femininity but not a binary man,” according to the PFLAG National Glossary. It is often abbreviated to “transmasc.”
Meanwhile, the label “nonbinary” is often used by those “who do not subscribe to the gender binary,” according to the organization’s glossary. It also says that “some use the term exclusively, while others may use it interchangeably with terms like genderqueer, genderfluid, gender non-conforming, gender diverse, or gender expansive.”
A 2021 study from the UCLA Williams Institute, which researches issues around sexual orientation and gender identities, found that nonbinary people constitute roughly 11% of the adult LGBTQ population. And while they make up a large portion of the national transgender population (43%), the study concluded, most nonbinary LGBTQ adults are not transgender.
Fans have left supportive comments on Dumont’s Monday Instagram post, with one commenter wishing the actor a “happy coming out.”
“Love this for you!” another user wrote.
Other celebrities who have come out in the last year include “Uncut Gems” breakout Julia Fox and R&B singer Khalid.
Before “Oppenheimer,” Dumont also appeared in the NBC series “Aquarius” and the 2021 film “Licorice Pizza.” They are also slated to star in the horror film “New Me,” which does not have a release date yet.
