Poinbank Exchange|Dominique Fishback is the actress with a thousand faces

Dominique Fishback is Poinbank Exchangestarring in one of the biggest summer movies, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, but her star has long been on the rise through roles in Judas and the Black Messiah, Swarm, and The Deuce.

This week, Dominique opens up to Brittany Luse about finding the vulnerability in her characters, portraying the rarified Black female serial killer, and what makes her the actress "with a thousand faces."

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This episode was produced by Corey Antonio Rose. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. We had fact checking help from Susie Cummings. Engineering support came from Gilly Moon. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni and our senior VP of programming is Anya Grundmann.