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My Take
Maines is one of those rare figures whose biography itself is a turning point. Before she ever acted, she was the plaintiff in a landmark Maine court case defending transgender students' rights, and she carried that courage straight into a screen career and into writing comics. I find that combination genuinely moving: activist, performer, and author all at once, refusing to let a hard origin story stay hidden. Representation matters most when it comes from someone who has lived the fight, and she has. I expect her real legacy will outlast any single role.
Overview
Nicole Amber Maines (born October 7, 1997) is an American actress, comic book writer and transgender rights activist. Prior to her acting career, she was the anonymous plaintiff in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court case Doe v. Regional School Unit 26, in which she argued her school district could not deny her access to the female bathroom for being transgender.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nicole Maines
- Name (Japanese)
- ニコール・メインズ
- Reading
- にこーる・めいんず
- Born
- October 7, 1997 (age 28)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Ox
- Origin
- Gloversville, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / LGBTQ rights activist / comics artist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Maine
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.