Dominique Fishback

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Dominique Fishback
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Fishback in 2018
Born (1991-03-22) March 22, 1991 (age 32) [1]
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Alma mater Pace University
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Dominique Fishback (born March 22, 1991) is an American actress. She played Billie Rowan on Show Me a Hero , [2] Darlene on The Deuce , [3] [4] 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. [5] 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. [6]

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Early life

Fishback first became interested in acting at about the age of 10. [7] She graduated from Pace University with a B.A. in Theater in 2013. [8]

Career

In 2014, Fishback premiered her Off-Off-Broadway play Subverted, in which she played twenty two characters. [9] [10] [11] Subverted was nominated for a 2015 Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. [12] [13] The actress's first major recurring role was in the Yonkers housing drama Show Me a Hero as single mother Billie Rowan. [14] In 2016, Abingdon Theatre Company announced Fishback as one of the recipients of its inaugural Residency Program. [15] [16]

Her first series regular role was in the 1970s Times Square drama The Deuce . [17] Fishback has been noted as one of the standouts in the show due to her performance as the "sweetly vulnerable" prostitute Darlene. [18] [19] Co-creator David Simon has noted her strengths as an actress in playing Darlene. [20] 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. [21]

In December 2017, Fishback appeared as a younger version of Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter, in his music video for "Smile." [22] Her first film, Night Comes On , premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. [23] She also played the part of Kenya in the film The Hate U Give (2018), which is based on the popular young adult book. [24]

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. [25] [26] 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 The Knick [27] WomanEpisode: "The Busy Flea"
2014 The Affair KeishaEpisode "8"
2015 The Americans NicoleEpisode: "Dimebag"
2015 Blue Bloods [28] Charelle TylerEpisode: "Through the Looking Glass"
2015 Royal Pains [29] ElanEpisodes: "Lending a Shoulder" and "The Prince of Nucleotides"
2015 Show Me a Hero [30] Billie RowanRecurring character; 4 episodes
2017–2019 The Deuce DarleneSeries regular
2018 Random Acts of Flyness NajjaRecurring character; 4 episodes
2021 Modern Love Lilian "Lil" ParkerEpisode: "A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One"
2022 The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey RobynMain role
2022–2023 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Young Charlette “Suga Mama” Towne-Proud (voice)2 episodes
2023 Swarm Andrea "Dre" GreeneLead role; also producer

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated WorkResultRef.
2021
 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture Project Power Nominated [31]
African-American Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Judas and the Black Messiah Won [32]
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress Won [33]
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female Nominated
British Academy Film Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated [5]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Acting Ensemble Nominated [34]
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [35]
2022
 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated [36]
2023
 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Swarm Nominated [6]

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