‘Swarm’ Star Dominique Fishback On Channeling “Humanity, Heart And Love” Into Her Most Complex Roles
deadline.comDominique Fishback didn’t mean to scare you. Despite playing a murderer on Prime Video’s Swarm, Fishback swears her intentions were pure.
For her, the chance to star as Dre — an infatuated fan of an R&B superstar named Ni’Jah, who feels compelled to kill anyone with a negative opinion of the artist — was kismet.
Created by Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, the series sparked critical discourse online regarding the representation of Black female characters and the dark side of online fandoms.
Here, Fishback gets candid about her career path, her determination to uphold self-belief and how she approached playing a stone-cold killer. DEADLINE: You got your start after basically googling ‘free acting classes,’ and then you wrote and starred in a one-woman play in college.
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