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The daughter of David Swain (Sr.)
and Cindy Swain, Dominique was born on August 12th, 1980 on a Santa Monica
freeway, in her father's Datsun. She is sibling to sisters Chelse,
Jennifer, and Alexis, and brother David (Jr.). Dominique graduated from
Malibu High School, where she was an 'A' student. Dominique currently
resides in Santa Monica, and lives with her older sister Alexis. Besides
her pursuits as an actor, her interests include art, sculpture, and
creative writing. Dominique's sporting pursuits are many, and include
snowboarding, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, and an
eight-year stint in the state junior lifeguard program when she was
younger.
Dominique Swain rose to relative notoriety in 1997 after being cast as
pre-teen temptress Dolores Haze in Adrian Lyne's 90's remake of Stanley
Kubrick's 1962 film 'Lolita'. Swain obtained the controversial part after
minor roles in Joseph Ruben's 'The Good Son' and unsuccessful castings for
'An Interview with the Vampire'. Swain was picked from a reported 2500
girls. Director Adrian Lyne said he knew early on that Swain was the one.
Since the success of 'Lolita' and her brilliant portrayal of Dolores Haze,
Swain has been busy working on various projects and honing her acting
skills by acting in a variety of screen genres. Her work has received
critical acclaim.
Soon after completing 'Lolita,' Miss Swain was cast in her second major
motion picture, John Woo's action/thriller 'Face/Off'. She plays a small
but demanding role as the daughter of John Travolta and Joan Allen.
Swain's next role was not to be another movie, but a starring role in a
Music Video. She can be seen in the 1998 music video release, for Shawn
Mullins's hit song 'Lullaby.' In 1999 Dominique starred in a feature film
release entitled 'Girl.' She plays the part of Andrea Marr, a straight-A
teen who explores the Portland rock scene.
The year 2000 is a busy one for Dominique, with five new films due for
release and three films in production. The first of these is 'Intern.' Set
in New York, it follows her character, Jocelyn Bennett, a young,
under-appreciated intern at the hip magazine, who tries to deal with love,
life, fashion, and the nuances of the human condition. In 'The Smokers,'
Dominique plays the role of 17-year-old Jefferson Roth. She and two other
rebellious teen-age girls at boarding school attempt to turn the tables
and even the score in the battle of the sexes, all the while exploring the
insecurities and frustrations of high school life and the psyche of
America's youth. The three other films in which Dominique appeared/stared
include 'Mary Jane's Last Dance,' a murder mystery in which Dominique
plays a promiscuous college student who uses her sexual charms to hide a
murder, 'Tart,' and 'Happy Campers,' "a comedy, in which college freshmen
counselors take charge and spice up the everyday routine of the camp."
Dominique also appeared in three more films 'Mean People Suck,' a comedy
about three teenagers who place a bet to see which one is the meanest;
'Briar Patch,' starring Arie Verveen and Dominique Swain opposite Henry
Thomas as a petty thief who imprisons his unhappy wife; she in turn
schemes to murder him; and 'Dead in the Water,' a thriller about three
Americans on a boat trip off the coast of Rio. |
