Dominique Fishback

Dominique Fishback (born 1991) is an American actress and playwright who is best known for playing Billie Rowan on Show Me a Hero[2] and Darlene on The Deuce.[3][4]

Dominique Fishback
Born1990/1991 (age 29–30)[1]
Alma materPace University
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Early life

Fishback first became interested in acting at about the age of 10.[1] She graduated from Pace University with a B.A. in Theater in 2013.[5]

Career

In 2014, Fishback premiered her Off-Off-Broadway play Subverted where she played 22 characters.[6][7][8] Subverted was nominated for a 2015 Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.[9][10] In 2016, Abingdon Theatre Company announced Fishback as one of its recipients of its inaugural Residency Program.[11][12]

The actress's first major recurring role was in the Yonkers housing drama Show Me a Hero as single mother Billie Rowan.[13]

Her first series regular role is in the 1970s Times Square drama The Deuce.[14] Fishback has been noted as one of the standouts in the show due to her performance as the "sweetly vulnerable" prostitute Darlene.[15][16] Co-creator David Simon has noted her strengths as an actress in playing Darlene.[17] 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.[18]

Her first film is Night Comes On, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.[19]

She played the part of Kenya in the film The Hate U Give (2018), which is based on the popular young adult book.[20] Also in 2018, Fishback appeared as a younger version of Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter, in his music video for "Smile."[21]

Recently, Fishback starred 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.[22][23]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Night Comes On Angel Lamere
The Hate U Give Kenya
2020 Project Power Robin
TBA Judas and the Black Messiah Deborah Johnson Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Knick[24] Black Woman Episode: "The Busy Flea"
2014 The Affair Keisha Episode "8"
2015 The Americans Nicole Episode: "Dimebag"
2015 Blue Bloods[25] Charelle Tyler Episode: "Through the Looking Glass"
2015 Royal Pains[26] Elan Episodes: "Lending a Shoulder" and "The Prince of Nucleotides"
2015 Show Me a Hero[27] Billie Rowan Recurring character; 4 episodes
2017–19 The Deuce Darlene Series regular
2018 Random Acts of Flyness Najja Recurring character; 4 episodes

References
  1. Cubit, Brea (August 13, 2020). "10 Facts About Dominique Fishback, the Multitalented Star of Netflix's Project Power". Yahoo!. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. Stuever, Hank (2015-08-14). "'Show Me a Hero': How one mayor won (and lost) the ugliest fight in Yonkers". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  3. Vejvoda, Jim (2017-08-29). "The Deuce - Season One Pilot Review". IGN. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  4. Saraiya, Sonia (2017-08-31). "TV Review: David Simon's 'The Deuce,' Starring James Franco". Variety. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  5. "Dominique Fishback CV" (PDF). Dominique Fishback. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  6. Marinaccio, Ashley (2013-07-17). "Rethinking Black Reality: An Interview with Dominique Fishback". The Indypendent. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  7. BWWW News (2014-06-18). "Dominique Fishback Presents SUBVERTED, 7/2-14". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  8. Cohen, Anne (2017-10-09). "The Real Story Behind Darlene's Big Return On The Deuce". Refinery29. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  9. Coakley, Jacob (2015-09-23). "NYIT Awards Honor Off-Off-Broadway Theatre". Stage Directions. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  10. BWWW News (2015-09-21). "2015 Innovative Theater Award Winners Announced!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  11. BWWW News (2016-10-20). "Playwrights Dominique Fishback & Amy E. Witting Tapped for Abingdon's Inaugural Residency Program". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  12. "Darling Dominique Fishback: A Triple Threat For Change". Impact Magazine. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  13. Cutler, Jacqueline (2015-08-09). "'Show Me a Hero' miniseries shows Yonkers' fierce battle over housing". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  14. Andreeva, Nellie (2015-10-01). "Margarita Levieva To Star In HBO Drama Pilot 'The Deuce'; Two Others Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  15. Fienberg, Daniel (2017-08-25). "'The Deuce': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  16. Nussbaum, Emily (2017-09-25). ""The Deuce" and the Birth of Porn". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  17. Sepinwall, Alan (2017-08-25). "'The Deuce' Creators Don't Want Their Fictional Porn To Turn You On". Uproxx. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  18. Lawler, Kelly (2017-10-18). "5 faces you should be watching on fall TV". USA Today. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  19. Jamie Broadnax (2018-01-11). "Where Are All of The Black Films At Sundance? We Got You Covered". Black Girl Nerds. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  20. N'Duka, Amanda (2017-10-09). "Patrick Fugit Joins Damien Chazelle's 'First Man'; 'The Hate U Give' Casts Dominique Fishback". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  21. Shiffman, Allyson (2018-03-16). "Dominique Fishback Is Dominating The Screen". V Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  22. Staff, EW. "The 25 must-watch movies of the strangest summer ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  23. D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 20, 2018). "Jamie Foxx & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Join Netflix's Untitled Henry Joost-Ariel Schulman Sci-Fi Feature". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  24. Roots, Kimberly (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (The Knick)". TVLine. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  25. Roots, Kimberly (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (Blue Bloods)". TVLine. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  26. Roots, Kimberly (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (Royal Pains)". TVLine. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  27. Roots, Kimberly (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (Show Me a Hero)". TVLine. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
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