Dominique Fishback

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]

Dominique Fishback
Alma materPace University
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

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 played the part of Kenya in the film The Hate U Give (2018), which is based on the popular young adult book.[19] Also 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
The Hate U Give Kenya
2020 Project Power Robin Completed
TBD Untitled Fred Hampton project Deborah Johnson Post-production

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
2017–2019 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-26. 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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