Dominique Fishback

Dominique Fishback
Alma mater Pace University
Occupation Actress
Years active 2013–present

Dominique Fishback is an actress and playwright who is best known for playing Billie Rowan on Show Me a Hero[1] and Darlene on The Deuce.[2][3]

Early life

Fishback graduated from Pace University with a B.A. in Theater.[4]

Career

In 2014, Fishback premiered her Off-Off-Broadway play Subverted where she played 22 characters.[5][6][7] Subverted was nominated for a 2015 Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.[8][9] In 2016, Abingdon Theatre Company announced Fishback as one of its recipients of its inaugural Residency Program.[10][11]

The actress's first major recurring role was in the Yonkers housing drama Show Me a Hero as single mother Billie Rowan.[12]

Her first series regular role is in the 1970s Times Square drama The Deuce.[13] Fishback has been noted as one of the standouts in the show due to her performance as the "sweetly vulnerable" prostitute Darlene.[14][15] Co-creator David Simon has noted her strengths as an actress in playing Darlene.[16] 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.[17]

Her first film is Night Comes On, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.[18]

She is slated to play the part of Kenya in the upcoming The Hate U Give film, which is based on the popular young adult book.[19]

In 2018, Fishback appeared as a younger version of Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter, in his music video for “Smile”.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Night Comes On Angel Lamere
2018 The Hate U Give Kenya
2019 Untitled Schulman/Joost project Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Knick[21] Black Woman Episode: "The Busy Flea"
2014 The Affair Keisha Episode "8"
2015 The Americans Nicole Episode: "Dimebag"
2015 Blue Bloods[22] Charelle Tyler Episode: "Through the Looking Glass"
2015 Royal Pains[23] Elan Episodes: "Lending a Shoulder" and "The Prince of Nucleotides"
2015 Show Me a Hero[24] Billie Rowan Recurring character; 4 episodes
2017–present The Deuce Darlene Series regular
2018 Random Acts of Flyness Najja Recurring character; 4 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Hank Stuever (2015-08-14). "'Show Me a Hero': How one mayor won (and lost) the ugliest fight in Yonkers". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  2. ↑ Jim Vejvoda (2017-08-29). "The Deuce - Season One Pilot Review". IGN. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  3. ↑ Sonia Saraiya (2017-08-31). "TV Review: David Simon's 'The Deuce,' Starring James Franco". Variety. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  4. ↑ "Dominique Fishback CV" (PDF). Dominique Fishback. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  5. ↑ Ashley Marinaccio (2013-07-17). "Rethinking Black Reality: An Interview with Dominique Fishback". Indypendent. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  6. ↑ BWWW News Desk (2014-06-18). "Dominique Fishback Presents SUBVERTED, 7/2-14". Broadway World. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  7. ↑ Anne Cohen (2017-10-09). "The Real Story Behind Darlene's Big Return On The Deuce". Refinery 29. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  8. ↑ Jacob Coakley Desk (2015-09-23). "NYIT Awards Honor Off-Off-Broadway Theatre". Stage Directions. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  9. ↑ BWWW News Desk (2015-09-21). "2015 Innovative Theater Award Winners Announced!". Broadway World. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  10. ↑ BWWW News Desk (2016-10-20). "Playwrights Dominique Fishback & Amy E. Witting Tapped for Abingdon's Inaugural Residency Program". Broadway World. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  11. ↑ "Darling Dominique Fishback: A Triple Threat For Change". Impact Magazine. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  12. ↑ Jacqueline Cutler (2015-08-09). "'Show Me a Hero' miniseries shows Yonkers' fierce battle over housing". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  13. ↑ Nellie Andreeva (2015-10-01). "Margarita Levieva To Star In HBO Drama Pilot 'The Deuce'; Two Others Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  14. ↑ Daniel Fienberg (2017-08-25). "'The Deuce': TV Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  15. ↑ Emily Nussbaum (2017-09-25). ""The Deuce" and the Birth of Porn". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  16. ↑ Alan Sepinwall (2017-08-25). "'The Deuce' Creators Don't Want Their Fictional Porn To Turn You On". Uproxx. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  17. ↑ Kelly Lawler (2017-10-18). "5 faces you should be watching on fall TV". USA Today. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Amanda N'Duka (2017-10-09). "Patrick Fugit Joins Damien Chazelle's 'First Man'; 'The Hate U Give' Casts Dominique Fishback". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  20. ↑ Allyson Shiffman (2018-03-16). "Dominique Fishback Is Dominating The Screen". V Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  21. ↑ Kimberly Roots (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (The Knick)". TV Line. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  22. ↑ Kimberly Roots (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (Blue Bloods)". TV Line. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  23. ↑ Kimberly Roots (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (Royal Pains)". TV Line. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  24. ↑ Kimberly Roots (2017-10-27). "Memories From the Set: Dominique Fishback (Show Me a Hero)". TV Line. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
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