What is the path to starring in an Academy Award–winning motion picture? Perhaps Dominique Thorne can answer. A Brooklyn, New York native, Thorne attended the Professional Performing Arts High School in Manhattan (PPAS), where she received very formal training in dramatic theater. When the time came to apply to colleges, however, she divided her applications into two categories: schools for acting and schools for academics. Having been accepted into her top choices for acting school and her top choice for an academic education, Dominique decided to go for the formal college education.
Thorne’s plans took an unexpected turn after she landed a role in Barry Jenkins’ film If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). The film won Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. It was nominated for Best Motion Picture, Drama and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score. Thorne played the role of Sheila Hunt, the petulant younger sister of main character Fonny Hunt.
Thorne says, “You owe it to yourself to explore your full range of options.”
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