Biography

Dominique Thorne made her feature film debut in Academy Award winning writer/director Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Can Talk, playing the role of "Sheila Hunt," the petulant younger sister of "Fonny Hunt" (Stephan James). The film, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival, received critical acclaim and accolades including: AFI Awards Movie of the Year, Independent Spirit Awards Best Feature, NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Independent Motion Picture and one of National Board of Review's Top Ten Film of 2018. Thorne will next be seen starring opposite Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield in Warner Brothers' Judas and the Black Messiah, directed by Shaka King. The film follows the story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal. Thorne plays "Judy Harmon" a fictional character who is a member of Fred's security team. Executive produced by Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King; A Brooklyn, New York native, T

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Filmography