Nicki is the eighth daughter of Roman Grant, patriarch of the compound of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists where Bill Henrickson was also raised, and Adaleen, the sixth of Roman's fourteen wives, with whom Nicki has a tense relationship, and who both loves and resents Nicki is her mother. Nicki's father, Roman, is revered as "the Prophet" on the compound. Nicolette Eugenia "Nicki" Grant is a character in Big Love, an HBO television series set among contemporary polygamists in Utah. 