Dominique Thorne

Dominique Thorne was born November 5, 1997,{{Cite web |title=Dominique 🌞 on Instagram: "A Quarter Centurion. - No one. Nothing. But God. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You." |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CkugYnNuuyB/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=Instagram |language=en}} in New York to Trinidadian immigrants. She has two brothers.{{Cite web|last=Fraser|first=Narissa|date=December 27, 2020|title=Dominique Thorne: American actress with Trini roots stars as Marvel's Ironheart|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/27/dominique-thorne-american-actress-with-trini-roots-stars-as-marvels-ironheart|url-status=live|access-date=August 23, 2021|website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227094953/https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/27/dominique-thorne-american-actress-with-trini-roots-stars-as-marvels-ironheart/ |archive-date=2020-12-27 }}

Thorne attended Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan (PPAS) where she studied dramatic theatre formally. During her senior year of high school, she won the 2015 Young Arts Award in Spoken Theater as well as the U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, which is given annually by the White House. After applying to a number of universities for both academics and art programs, Thorne chose to attend Cornell University, where she was initiated into Mu Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority in Spring 2018. The following year, she received her bachelors degree in Human Development with a minor in Inequality Studies. Prior to graduating in May 2019, she became a member of the Sphinx Head secret senior honors society.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Kayla |date=2018 |title=A Star in Her Own Right |url=https://research.cornell.edu/news-features/star-her-own-right |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608045416/https://research.cornell.edu/news-features/star-her-own-right |archive-date=2019-06-08 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |website=Cornell Research}} As of 2020, she and her family live in Atlanta.

In 2018, Thorne made her feature film debut as Shelia Hunt, the ill-tempered younger sister of main character Fonny Hunt, in the film If Beale Street Could Talk, which was based on James Baldwin's novel of the same name. In 2021, she played Judy Harmon, a member of the Black Panthers, in the film Judas and the Black Messiah.{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/10/22275338/judas-black-messiah-fred-hampton-algee-smith-ashton-sanders-dominque-darrell-britt-gibson-spurgeon|author=Moore, Evan F.|title='Judas and the Black Messiah' cast members say Fred Hampton was never taught in school|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=February 10, 2021|access-date=August 23, 2021|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210113927/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/10/22275338/judas-black-messiah-fred-hampton-algee-smith-ashton-sanders-dominque-darrell-britt-gibson-spurgeon}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/judas-and-the-black-messiah-costumes|author=Paiella, Gabriella|title=The Judas and the Black Messiah Costumes Were Inspired by Vintage GQ and Archival Footage|magazine=GQ|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=August 23, 2021|archivedate=February 12, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212132349/https://www.gq.com/story/judas-and-the-black-messiah-costumes}}

In 2016, she auditioned with Marvel Studios for the role of Shuri in the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther. Her audition involved screen tests with Chadwick Boseman. The role eventually went to Letitia Wright.{{Cite web |last=Freitag |first=Lee |date=2023-02-08 |title=WATCH: Ironheart's Dominique Thorne Auditions for Shuri Opposite Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.cbr.com/black-panther-dominique-thorne-shuri-audtion-chadwick-boseman/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=CBR |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hargrave |first=Sam |date=2023-02-08 |title=Watch: Unreleased Chadwick Boseman Screen Test With Ironheart Star |url=https://thedirect.com/article/chadwick-boseman-ironheart-screen-test |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=The Direct |language=en}}

In 2020, she was cast as Riri Williams / Ironheart in the Disney+ television series Ironheart. Because of her earlier tests with Marvel Studios, she was cast in this role without any additional auditions.{{Cite web |last=Ukiomogbe |first=Juliana |date=2022-11-10 |title=Dominique Thorne Brings Ironheart to Wakanda |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a41869055/black-panther-wakanda-forever-dominique-thorne-ironheart-interview/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Elle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=McNab |first=Kaitlyn |date=2023-03-15 |title="Wakanda Forever" Star Dominique Thorne Is Ready to Break Some Rules |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/new-hollywood-dominique-thorne-interview-2023 |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}} She made her debut as Riri in the 2022 feature film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Producer Nate Moore said that when Marvel Studios was casting Riri Williams, Dominique was their "first and only call."Marvel Studios: Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Directed by Bradford Baruh. Marvel Studios, 2023.

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