Nicolette Grant

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Nicolette "Nicki" Grant is a character on Big Love, the fictional HBO television series set among contemporary polygamists in Utah. The role is played by Chloë Sevigny. The show focuses on the family of Bill Henrickson; Nicki is the second of Henrickson's three wives, and the biological mother to two of Henrickson's children.

Nicki is the daughter of Roman Grant, patriarch of the compound of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists on which Henrickson was also raised. On the compound, Grant is revered as "The Prophet." Nicki's mother is Adaleen Grant, the sixth of Roman Grant's fourteen wives. Nicki retains a strong belief in "the principle" (of polygamy), as well as modesty in dress and a deep suspicion of the world at large, outside of the compound.

The program has often focused on Nicki's internal conflicts, particularly as regards her mixed loyalties between her father and her husband, who themselves are frequently in conflict.

A season one plotline, reprised in the end of season two, showed her to be a compulsive shopper who incurred nearly $60,000 in credit card debt, unbeknownst to her husband or sister wives.

The second season shows her to be anti-Catholic and an annoyance to the other wives. When Margene's mother comes to pay her a visit, she is the one who tells Mrs. Heffman that her daughter is in a polygamist relationship.

She is also ostracized from the Grant family before her father is shot and she steals from them to get revenge. Though it goes against their rules of morality, Nicki starts gambling at one of the casinos that Bill (in an effort to share his new business venture with his wives) introduced her to.

Although Nicki is frequently portrayed as cold and unsympathetic, there are many instances where she is shown to be quite passionate about her beliefs and towards those she cares most about. Even though she has a strained relationship with her family at the Juniper Creek Compound, she is fiercely loyal to them. She has been shown going to some lengths to be a part of their lives and keep them a part of hers, much to the dismay of Bill and Barb.