Dominique Swain facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Dominique Swain
Swain in 2017
Born	(1980-08-12) August 12, 1980 (age 44) Malibu, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress producer
Years active	1993–present
Relatives	Chelse Swain (sister)

Dominique Swain (born August 12, 1980) is an American actress. She first came to attention as the title character in Adrian Lyne's 1997 adaptation of Lolita, alongside a supporting role in John Woo's Face/Off that same year. She worked predominantly in independent cinema throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, with credits including Girl (1998), Intern (2000), Tart (2001), and Pumpkin (2002). Subsequent credits include Alpha Dog (2006), Road to Nowhere (2010), and a succession of films in the action, thriller, and horror genres.

Early life

Swain was born in Malibu, California, the daughter of Cindy (née Fitzgerald) and David Swain Sr., an electrical engineer. She has two sisters, actress Chelse and Alexis.

Career

1997–1999: Film debut and critical acclaim

In 1995, at the age of 15, Swain was chosen out of 2,500 girls to play the title role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze in Adrian Lyne's controversial screen adaptation of the 1955 novel, Lolita.

That same year, Swain appeared as John Travolta's rebellious teenage daughter, Jamie, in John Woo's commercially successful action thriller Face/Off, with a positive review from Entertainment Weekly highlighting her chemistry with Travolta. ..... Writing for Variety, critic David Stratton called it a "well-cast, modestly effective pic" with "a bright, intelligent performance" by Swain. .....

2000–2006: Independent films

Swain had prominent roles in various independent films throughout the early 2000s—The Smokers, Intern, Pumpkin, New Best Friend—and worked on three occasions with Brad Renfro—Happy Campers, Tart, The Job—prior to his death. In 2006, she starred as aspiring dancer Lori Gunderson in Totally Awesome, a parody of 1980s teen movies. Next, she played the supporting role of Susan Hartunian in Alpha Dog, the closing night film at that year's Sundance Film Festival. A crime drama based on the murder of Nicholas Markowitz, Swain's character was inspired by Natasha Adams-Young, a key figure in the real case who was granted legal immunity in exchange for her testimony in court.

2007–present: Genre films and television work

In 2007, Swain headlined the supernatural horror film Dead Mary, which Fangoria felt was successful in setting itself apart from other entries in the genre. She received praise for her performance in the 2010 thriller Road to Nowhere, which Kevin Thomas described as a "stylish, shimmering neo-noir" in his review for the Los Angeles Times.

Swain (left) with Mandalynn Carlson (2015)

Following lead roles in the straight-to-video action films The Girl from the Naked Eye, Nazis at the Center of the Earth, Skin Traffik, and Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre, Swain starred in the 2016 thriller The Wrong Roommate; her first of several appearances in the Wrong... series, an anthological group of Lifetime television films.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

Accolades

See also

In Spanish: Dominique Swain para niños