Dominique Swains biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Publish date: 2024-05-04
IntroAmerican actress
IsActor 
Television actor 
FromUnited States of America 
TypeFilm, TV, Stage & Radio 
Genderfemale
Birth12 August 1980, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Age:39 years
Stats
Height:1.6764 m

Dominique Swain (born August 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as the title character in the 1997 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita, and as Jamie Archer in the film Face/Off.

Early life

Swain was born on August 12, 1980 in Malibu, California, the daughter of Cindy (née Fitzgerald) and David Swain, Sr., an electrical engineer. She has two sisters, Chelsea (born 1982/1983) and Alexis (born 1978/1979), and a stepsister and brother from her father’s first marriage. Swain grew up in Malibu where she attended Malibu High School, and enjoyed playing sports, making art, and listening to music. Swain excelled at learning, earning straight A’s and becoming Valedictorian like her sister before her. Her parents are separated.

Career

Swain started her career in Hollywood as a stunt double; she appeared as the double for Macaulay Culkin’s younger sister Quinn in Joseph Ruben’s The Good Son (1993). In 1995, at the age of 14, she was chosen out of 2,500 girls to play the title role in Adrian Lyne’s controversial 1997 screen adaptation of Lolita, as Dolores “Lolita” Haze. She was 15 during filming and her performance was praised by critics. She later then played the rebellious teen Jamie Archer in John Woo’s Face/Off (1997). She starred in the 1998 drama film Girl, in which she plays a high-schooler who is determined to lose her virginity. She then played a central role in the 2006 film Alpha Dog. In 2009, Swain appeared in Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema which discussed the depiction of sex in film. That same year, she was featured in the movie Noble Things, about the country star Jimmy Wayne Collins, which also starred country musician Lee Ann Womack. Swain also starred in the horror/slasher film Fall Down Dead as the main character, Christie Wallace. She starred in Monte Hellman’s romance thriller Road to Nowhere in 2010. In 2011, Swain was featured in David Ren’s action thriller The Girl from the Naked Eye. She starred in the direct-to-video science fiction film Nazis at the Center of the Earth in 2012. In 2013, Swain starred in Gregory Hatanaka’s drama film Blue Dream as Gena Townsend. In 2015 she was in the independent action film Skin Traffik alongside Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts and Michael Madsen,

Currently, Swain is set to star in the slasher film The 6th Friend.

Campaigning

In 2001, at the age of 21, Swain became the youngest person to pose nude for PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” campaign.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Face/OffJamie Archer
1997LolitaDolores ‘Lolita’ HazeRemake
1998GirlAndrea Marr
2000InternJocelyn Bennett
2000Smokers, TheThe SmokersJefferson Roth
2001Happy CampersWendy
2001Mean People SuckKateShort film
2001TartCat Storm
2002PumpkinJeanine Kryszinsky
2002Dead in the WaterGloria
2002New Best FriendSidney Barrett
2003Plain DirtyInez Macbeth
2003As Virgins FallEllen Denver
2003Job, TheThe JobEmily Robin
2004Freediver, TheThe FreediverMaggie
2004Out of SeasonKelly Phillips
2005DevourDakota
2005JourneymanDominique
2005Locrian Mode, TheThe Locrian ModeJillShort film
2006Alpha DogSusan Hartunian
2006All InAce
2007Dead MaryKim
2007Pacific and Eddy, TheThe Pacific and EddyChelsea
2007White AirChristie
2007Fall Down DeadChristie WallaceAlso associate producer
2008BordersAshleyShort film
2008StilettoNancy
2008Prairie FeverAbigail
2008Noble ThingsAmber Wades
2008CapersMercy
2009NightfallQuinn
2009StuntmenMindy Danger
2010TranceLaura
2010ToxicNadia
2010Road to NowhereNathalie Post
2012Private WarLCpl. Roberts
2012Girl from the Naked Eye, TheThe Girl from the Naked EyeAlissa
2012Nazis at the Center of the EarthDr. Paige Morgan
2013Blue DreamGena
2014Rock StorySammy Carlson
2014Fatal InstinctAly
2014BoudoirColetteShort film
20146 Ways to DieSteph Garcia
2014The Lost GirlsLucy
2015A Horse TrailSydney
2015The MourningThe Suited Woman
2015EmbersWoman in the Long Dress
2016State of DesolationTina
2016Skin TraffikAnna Peel
2016WidowsAmanda BrandtShort film
2016Hate HorsesWendy Lou Perrin
2017Spreading DarknessFiona FunariCompleted
2017Boone: The Bounty HunterOliviaPost-production
2017The 6th FriendHeatherPost-production
2017Battle of the DronesAlexandra HayesPost-production
2018MagikCalysta (voice)Post-production, also writer
2018Holy MasqueradeMaggiePost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Madam’s Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel, TheThe Madam’s Family: The Truth About the Canal Street BrothelMonicaTV movie
2005JAGLt. Eve Sorrens1 episode (“The Sixth Juror”)
2006Ghost WhispererStacy Chase1 episode (“Friendly Neighborhood Ghost”)
2006Punk’dHerself1 episode
2006Totally AwesomeLoriTV movie
2015Fatal FlipAlex SaundersTV movie
2015Sharkansas Women’s Prison MassacreHoneyTV movie
2016The Wrong RoommateJaniceTV movie

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
1998“Lullaby”Shawn Mullins
2002“We Are All Made of Stars”Moby

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryWorkResult
1998Saturn AwardsSaturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger ActressFace/OffNominated
1999Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsMost Promising ActressLolitaNominated
1999MTV Movie AwardsBest Kiss (with Jeremy Irons)LolitaNominated
1999Young Artist AwardsBest Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young ActressLolitaWon
1999YoungStar AwardsBest Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV FilmLolitaNominated
2003DVD Exclusive AwardsBest ActressTartNominated
2007Silver Lake Film FestivalBest ActressThe Pacific and EddyWon
2013Downbeach Film FestivalLifesaver Achievement AwardN/AWon

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