10 Facts About Dominique Fishback, the Multitalented Star of Netflix's Project Power

Fresh out of college, Dominique wrote and starred in a one-woman play titled Subverted in 2014. The production, which won her an Innovative Theatre Award in 2015, explores Black identity and existence in a system rooted in inequality.

Dominique had minor television appearances on Cinemax's The Knick and Showtime's The Affair in 2014, as well as FX's The Americans, CBS's Blue Bloods , and USA Network's Royal Pains in 2015. During the latter year, she became a series regular on HBO's Show Me a Hero, portraying Billie Rowan.

Her breakout role on the small screen came in 2017 when she played Darlene Pickett on HBO's The Deuce (catch a glimpse of her at the 1:35 mark in the clip above). Shortly after, she starred as a younger version of JAY-Z's mother in the Brooklyn-born rapper's music video for "Smile." The following year, Dominique earned a recurring role on HBO's sketch comedy show Random Acts of Flyness.

The actress starred in her first film role in Night Comes On, playing Angel Lamere — a teenager newly released from juvenile detention who sets out with her 10-year-old sister (Tatum Marilyn Hall) to avenge their mother's death. The movie won a handful of awards at the Chéries-Chéris, Deauville, Lighthouse International, and Mendocino film festivals in 2018, as well as the Sundance and Melbourne Queer film festivals in 2019.

Dominique also appeared in 2018's The Hate U Give as Kenya, one of Starr's (Amandla Stenberg) closest friends. She's set to act alongside Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Algee Smith, and Jesse Plemons in 2021's Judas and the Black Messiah.

Off screen, Dominique flexes her creative muscles by painting and practicing the piano.

In an Instagram post, Dominique revealed that she was the only girl on her flag football team in the eighth grade. "I played safety. My old dean still says... 'Fishback, remember when you caught that interception on all the boys?'" she wrote. "Good thing I've always loved playing it more than watching." She went on to play basketball in high school.