- 1. Career
Biography
Nick Dumont, is an American actor, model, and dancer. They are known for their roles as Melanie Segal in the ABC Family series Bunheads, Emma Karn in the NBC series Aquarius, Lorna Dane/Polaris in the FOX series The Gifted, and Jackie Oppenheimer in the Christopher Nolan biographical thriller Oppenheimer (2023). Dumont came out as transmasculine and non-binary in 2024, changing their name on Instagram to Nick but is still using 'Emma' professionally.
Career
Dumont's first film role was in True Adolescents in 2007 (released 2009) alongside Melissa Leo and Mark Duplass. They later appeared in the movie Dear Lemon Lima (2009). Both movies were filmed in Dumont's hometown of Seattle.
In January 2010, Dumont won the V magazine V A Model search contest, appearing in the March 2010 issue and receiving a Ford Models contract.
In 2011, they were cast in a lead role in Stephen Gaghan's NBC pilot Metro, alongside Noah Emmerich and Jimmy Smits. In October 2011, Dumont was cast in the ABC Family original series, Bunheads, starring Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop. Throughout 2012 and early 2013, they portrayed Melanie Segal, who attends the dance academy run by the lead's mother-in-law in the TV series.
Also in 2012, they appeared in the independent film Nobody Walks alongside Dylan McDermott, John Krasinski, Jane Levy, Olivia Thirlby, and Rosemarie DeWitt.
In 2014, Dumont filmed two television pilots for NBC: Aquarius, which ran for two seasons, and Salvation (starring Ashley Judd), which was not picked up as a series. In March 2017, they were cast in Fox's pilot for an X-Men television series, The Gifted, which was picked up to series in May 2017 and premiered the same year, in October.
Dumont portrayed the sister-in-law of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the biopic Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan.