TMZ was first to report the news.
Their Instagram bio reflects their new pronouns and name — Nick — though Dumont’s representative confirmed Dumont will continue to go by Emma professionally.
“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,” the rep TMZ.
“Only call me Nick if ur cool okay?” they wrote on their updated Instagram profile.
Dumont shared a carousel of Instagram photos earlier this week, including a bathroom selfie and a shot of themselves holding a guitar.
Their next role is in a film coincidentally titled New Me. The film is currently in post-production and does not yet have a release date.
Emma Dumont was born in Seattle, Washington c. 1994–1995. They attended Washington Middle School and later James A. Garfield High School before homeschooling in order to pursue modeling and acting. They also attended Orange County High School of the Arts in the Music and Theater Conservatory in Santa Ana, California.
They began their ballet training at age 3 and have studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Cornish College of the Arts and Spectrum Dance Theatre School (The Academy – pre-professional program) with summers at American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet School and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia.
Dumont began performing in community theater at age six with performances at Seattle Public Theatre and Seattle Musical Theatre among others. Their musical theater training includes four summers at 5th Avenue Theatre.
Dumont participated in For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics on a team sponsored by NASA/JPL and Walt Disney Imagineering.
At age fifteen, they became an avid roller derby skater and participated in the Los Angeles Derby Dolls training programs. Dumont, roller derby, and LADD skaters were featured in a 2013 episode of Bunheads.
