Dominique Fishback opens up about her rise to fame from Brooklyn to Hollywood

Dominique Fishback, a firm believer in the power of manifesting one's destiny, is making waves in the entertainment industry. 

At the age of 32, she has garnered significant attention for her extraordinary performance in the daring Prime Video series Swarm, which has generated Emmy buzz. 

Adding to her achievements, Fishback has secured the leading female role in the highly anticipated film, Rise of the Beasts, part of the iconic Transformers franchise. 

In an interview with PEOPLE, the talented actress, hailing from Brooklyn, shared the remarkable story of her ascent to fame.

Reflecting on her teenage years, Fishback vividly recalled witnessing Shia LaBeouf's meteoric rise to stardom in the 2007 film Transformers.

This inspired her, she said, adding, "To see Shia go from TV to megastar, I was like, 'Oh man, okay, I got to do something like that.' That's the beauty of divine timing and manifestation — because now I'm the female lead of Transformers!"

Fishback attributed her early recognition of her acting potential to her mother, a schoolteacher.  During her time at Pace University, where she studied theater, Fishback even wrote and performed a one-woman show called Subverted, which went on to be showcased Off-Broadway, and is now in talks to be developed into a TV special for Netflix.

Fishback's breakthrough came in 2015 when she landed a role in the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero. This paved the way for her appearances in notable films such as The Hate U Give (2018) and the critically acclaimed Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), which received an Oscar nomination.