Nicole Talbot is a singer, television, film, and musical theater actress. She found her voice and passion on stage and has been performing since age 5.

Nicole has appeared in Inside Amy Schumer, The Equalizer on CBS, I Am Jazz, and dozens of professional and regional musical theater productions. She performed in Times Square as part of Playbill Pride alongside Grammy award-winning vocalist Mela Sarajane Daily, and GLAAD’s National Rising Star, Jada Cato. Nicole is a National Anthem singer for the Boston Bruins and has performed at TD Garden for 19,000 fans and millions of viewers on NESN.  

Nicole is a passionate advocate for transgender youth and played a major role in passing and protecting anti-discrimination legislation in Massachusetts. She is a former Human Rights Campaign (HRC) National Youth Ambassador. She has been featured in New York Times Magazine, NBC News, Teen Vogue, The Mission Magazine, Boston Herald, HuffPost, and Megyn Kelly Today, and in documentaries produced by HRC, Associated Press, NowThis, and them. 

Nicole is a prolific speaker and shares her story to move hearts and minds about transgender people. She has spoken at national conferences and other events, including Sing Out Broadway at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

In 2020, she was named the first recipient of the Trans Club of New England’s Trans Community Visionary Award. 

Assigned male at birth, Nicole transitioned to living authentically as female in 2015 at age 13 with the support of her mother, other family members, friends, and her communities. In 2024, she celebrated her 10-year transition anniversary and produced her first solo show. She named the show, “Thank Heaven for Little Girls,” after a sign that Nicole had over her bedroom door as a child. 

“We are all constantly transitioning, no matter our gender. Whether it be in small ways or life-altering ways, we are always changing and becoming a better version of ourselves each and every day.”