High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Portrayed by Maggie Q, Nikita Mears was a waif who never knew her parents and went from one foster home to another. She later became a felony addicted teenager sentenced to death row. The secret government agency, Division, recruited her and faked her death in order to rescue her from death row. Following her rescue, she was trained as a spy and assassin. Her dreams of serving her country well were broken after Division, the only people she thought she could trust, betrayed her. After a three-year hiding period, Nikita now seeks retribution against Division and vowed to bring the agency down. She is Michael`s main love interest throughout the series. In the season three premiere, Michael proposes to Nikita and she accepts saying "You had me at give you the damn Glock." Maggie Q performs her own stunts.