Emma Dumont. Paras Griffin/Getty Images for SCAD aTVfest 2019
Emma Dumont has come out as transmasculine, non-binary person.
The Oppenheimer star — who now uses they/them pronouns — addressed the update on their Instagram account after they changed their name to Nick Dumont while maintaining the handle @emmadumont.
Dumont’s rep also confirmed to TMZ on Thursday, December 5, that “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.”
Transmasculine is a term used for those assigned female at birth and whose gender identity or expression (or both) is masculine but not necessarily male.
A transmasculine person could hold a non-binary identity and vice versa. According to the Human Rights Campaign, people who identify as non-binary do not identify as only a man or a woman. Instead, they may identify as both, somewhere between or beyond these genders.
Although Dumont, 30, hasn’t further addressed their coming out, the Hollywood star debuted a pixie cut in May.
“Your favorite sweetheart’s favorite sweetheart 🩵,” they wrote via Instagram on May 25 while sharing a selfie with fans.
Emma Dumont. Courtesy of Emma Dumont/Instagram
Dumont has appeared opposite Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan‘s 2023 film Oppenheimer as Jackie, the titular character’s sister-in-law. Before that, they appeared on Marvel’s The Gifted TV series and NBC’s Aquarius.
They are expected to appear in the upcoming horror thriller New Me. The project has concluded filming, but a release date has yet to be announced.
Dumont isn’t the first actor to identify as non-binary. The Crown’s Emma Corrin previously came out as non-binary and shared their experience.
As LGBTQ+ representation in media becomes more common, some celebrities have pushed back against the expectation that they have to define their sexuality. “I don’t feel like it’s something I’ve ever felt like I have to explain about myself,” Harry Styles said of his sexuality in a 2017 interview with The Sun. “It’s weird for […]
“Even though we like to think we’re in a progressive society, a lot of what we’re seeing is increasingly a step back,” Corrin, 28, told Harper’s Bazaar in May. “People follow me because they’ve watched something I’m in. They think I’m one kind of person, and then they’ll see who I actually am and how I present and — I will never understand why. Who are you hurting by being yourself? Why am I controversial?”
While the actor expressed doubts about how to make the biggest difference, they believe speaking their truth is the first step to change.
“It feels impossible to know where to start to enact the change that needs to be done,” Corrin explained to the publication. “But by taking up space, by being visible, that’s something in itself. I’m a tiny cog at the moment.”