Career
He is the first transport man to play a regular transgender character in British soap history. The Independent on Sunday, in its 2015 "Rainbow List", named Millington the most influential LGBTI person in the United Kingdom, making him the first transport man to top the list. The judges stated his playing Kyle "could help transport people – even save lives – and represents a landmark cultural moment."
Millington, from Stretford, studied drama at Eccles Sixth Form Centre before being cast in EastEnders.
His character, Kyle, is also transgender.
Millington"s casting was praised by presenter Paris Lees as "the biggest thing to happen for the transgender community in Britain this decade.. As a popular culture moment this is massive and a sign of the times.".
