When and where was Dominique Thorne born?
Dominique Thorne was born on the 5th of November 1997 in Brooklyn, New York, to Trinidadian and Guyanese immigrant parents named Nerissa and Gavin Thorne.
Questions about Dominique Thorne
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What high school awards did Dominique Thorne win?
During her senior year of high school, she won the 2015 Young Arts Award in Spoken Theater and the U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, which is given annually by the White House.
What did Dominique Thorne study at Cornell University?
She earned a bachelor's degree in Human Development with a minor in Inequality Studies, graduating in May 2019. She was also initiated into the Mu Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and joined the Sphinx Head secret senior honors society before graduation.
How did Dominique Thorne get cast as Ironheart without a new audition?
She had auditioned for Marvel Studios in 2016 for the role of Shuri in Black Panther, doing screen tests with Chadwick Boseman. When Marvel cast Ironheart in 2020, producer Nate Moore said she was their "first and only call" and no additional auditions were needed because of those earlier tests.
What was Dominique Thorne's feature film debut?
Her debut was in 2018 in If Beale Street Could Talk, directed by Barry Jenkins and adapted from James Baldwin's novel. She played Shelia Hunt, the ill-tempered younger sister of the main character Fonny Hunt.
When did Dominique Thorne make her Broadway debut and in what production?
She made her Broadway debut in 2023 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, playing Marie in Jaja's African Hair Braiding.