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Dominique Fishback
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Fishback in 2018
Born (1991-03-22) March 22, 1991 (age 33)
Alma mater Pace University
Occupation Actress
Years active 2013–present

Dominique Fishback (born March 22, 1991) is an American actress. She played Billie Rowan on Show Me a Hero, Darlene on The Deuce, and Deborah Johnson in Judas and the Black Messiah, the latter of which earned nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2023, she began starring in the Amazon Prime Video psychological horror series Swarm; her performance in the series has received universal praise, earning her a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Early life

Fishback first became interested in acting at about the age of 10. She graduated from Pace University with a B.A. in Theater in 2013.

Career

In 2014, Fishback premiered her Off-Off-Broadway play Subverted, in which she played twenty two characters. Subverted was nominated for a 2015 Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. The actress's first major recurring role was in the Yonkers housing drama Show Me a Hero as single mother Billie Rowan. In 2016, Abingdon Theatre Company announced Fishback as one of the recipients of its inaugural Residency Program.

Her first series regular role was in the 1970s Times Square drama The Deuce. ..... Co-creator David Simon has noted her strengths as an actress in playing Darlene. For her role on The Deuce, Fishback was listed by USA Today as one of five new faces that people should be watching on fall 2017 television.

In December 2017, Fishback appeared as a younger version of Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter, in his music video for "Smile." Her first film, Night Comes On, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. She also played the part of Kenya in the film The Hate U Give (2018), which is based on the popular young adult book.

Fishback plays a street-smart teenager in Project Power, directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, opposite Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which was released on August 14, 2020, by Netflix. In 2021, she starred in Judas and the Black Messiah alongside Daniel Kaluuya, as Deborah Johnson, the partner of Fred Hampton and the expectant mother of Fred Hampton Jr. In 2023, she starred in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the sequel to Bumblebee, directed by Steven Caple Jr.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Night Comes On Angel Lamere
The Hate U Give Kenya
2020 Project Power Robin Reilly
2021 Judas and the Black Messiah Deborah Johnson
2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Elena Wallace

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Knick Woman Episode: "The Busy Flea"
2014 The Affair Keisha Episode "8"
2015 The Americans Nicole Episode: "Dimebag"
2015 Blue Bloods Charelle Tyler Episode: "Through the Looking Glass"
2015 Royal Pains Elan Episodes: "Lending a Shoulder" and "The Prince of Nucleotides"
2015 Show Me a Hero Billie Rowan Recurring character; 4 episodes
2017–2019 The Deuce Darlene Series regular
2018 Random Acts of Flyness Najja Recurring character; 4 episodes
2021 Modern Love Lilian "Lil" Parker Episode: "A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One"
2022 The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Robyn Main role
2022–2023 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Young Charlette “Suga Mama” Towne-Proud (voice) 2 episodes
2023 Swarm Andrea "Dre" Greene Lead role; also producer

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result Ref.
2021
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture Project Power Nominated
African-American Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Judas and the Black Messiah Won
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress Won
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female Nominated
British Academy Film Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2022
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated
2023
Television Critics Association Awards Individual Achievement in Drama Swarm Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Nominated
2024
Black Reel Television Awards Outstanding Lead Performance, TV Movie/Limited Series Won
Independent Spirit Awards Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series Nominated
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated

See also

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