Dominique Thorne

Born: 1997-06-11

Dominique Thorne (born November 5, 1997) is an American actress. She began her career with appearances in the films If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). In 2022, she began playing Riri Williams/IIronheart with the Marvel Cinematic Universe feature film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She is set to reprise her role as Riri Williams/ironheart in the upcoming Disney+ miniseries Ironheart. In 2024, she will star in the Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck film Freaky Tales. Dominique Thorne was born November 8, 1997, in New York to Trinidadian immigrants. She has two brothers. 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 Theatre 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 the Mu Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority in spring 2018. The following year, she received her bachelor's 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 honours society. 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. 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. In 2020, she was cast as Riri Williams / Ironheart in the upcoming Disney+ television series Ironheart. Because of her earlier tests with Marvel Studios, she was cast in this role without any additional auditions. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dominique Thorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

as Riri
Released: 2022-11-09

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from...

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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

as Self
Released: 2023-02-07

Follow the production of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as the cast and crew take on the...

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Judas and the Black Messiah

as Judy Harmon
Released: 2021-02-12

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar...

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If Beale Street Could Talk

as Sheila Hunt
Released: 2018-12-14

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his...

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Freaky Tales

as Barbie
Released: 2024-01-18

In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town’s underdogs in four interconnected tales:...

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Jaja's African Hair Braiding

as Marie
Released: 2023-11-14

Welcome to Jaja’s bustling hair braiding shop in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic...

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Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

as Riri Williams (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 2023-02-28

A documentary series focusing on the music from Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever....

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Ironheart

as Riri Williams / Ironheart
First aired: 2025-06-24

Charming teenage super genius Riri Williams returns from MIT to her hometown of Chicago in her...

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MPower

as Self
First aired: 2023-03-08

From Carol Danvers and Wanda Maximoff to the women of Wakanda and The Guardians of the Galaxy,...

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