• Name: Dominique Swain
  • Date of Birth: August 12, 1980
  • Place of Birth: Malibu, California, USA
Mini-bio: She was a 15-year-old Malibu High School sophomore when she made her film debut in Lolita (1997). She was selected after a six month search from more than 2,500 girls considered for the role.


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Auditioned for the role of "Claudia" in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994).



Sister of Chelse Swain and Alexis Swain.



Is a spokesperson for Peta.



Ranked #79 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)



Shares a birthday with Casey Affleck



Attended the opening night screening of "Towards the Moon with Fellini" at the 2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival where Mikhail Vartanov and Doris Roberts were also present.



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"Everybody thinks people who promote PETA don't eat meat, but I think animals were made to be eaten. I take my part in the food chain very seriously. I eat meat, the rarer the better. I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur." (Stuff Magazine, Feb. 2007)
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Dominique Swain
flixster.actor.pane.162691894 - flixsterDominique Swain mini-bio:Dominique Swain had already officially launched her Hollywood career as a stunt double; she appeared under the ice as Macaulay Culkin's younger sister in Joseph Ruben's The Good Son (1993), then almost nabbed the role of "Claudia" in Interview with the Vampire (1994).
But it was in 1997, when Swain was just fourteen, that
she was chosen out of 2,500 girls to play the title role in Adrian Lyne's controversial remake of Lolita (the film couldn't pin down an American distributor and was only released in Europe). Snapping her gum and flouncing around Jeremy Irons' besotted Humbert Humbert, Swain was critically praised for adding a contemporary feel to the sensual, bratty Dolores "Lolita" Haze, and for delivering a remarkable performance opposite seasoned actors Jeremy Irons and Melanie Griffith.

Following Lolita, Swain played John Travolta's rebellious daughter in Face/Off (1997), then appeared with long blonde hair and a lost look in Shawn Mullins' "Lullaby" video (1998). Dominique's role in Lolita brought her significant notoriety, which she
cemented by plunging into a party lifestyle that verged on excessive. It was Swain herself who eventually put a stop to her inner wild child -- she's given up drinking altogether.

Since Face/Off, most of Swain's projects have been more critically than commercially acclaimed; from the soul-searching, unlikely groupie Andrea Marr in Girl (1999) to
the vengeful Jefferson Roth in The Smokers (2000), Dominique has played a wide variety of characters in often lesser-known films.

Taking on several projects in the same year, Dominique's growing list of film credits include Intern (2000), Tart (2001), Happy Campers (2001), Pumpkin (2002),
New Best Friend (2002), Dead in the Water (2002), and Briar Patch (2002).

More recently she has been appearing in horror, such as Dead Mary and Toxic as well as several other independent films.

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Dominique Swain Information:
Eye color: Blue
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Education:Malibu High School, California
Family: David Swain (father), Cindy Swain (mother), Sisters Chelsea, Jennifer, and Alexis and brother David Jr.
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Personal interests/hobbies: Art, sculpture, creative writing
Charities/Causes: She became the youngest star ever to pose au naturel for PETA’s anti-fur campaign.
Other:Dominique is active in sports like soccer, softball, swimming and track-field. And her past six summers she has been a volunteer in a State Junior Lifeguard program.



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  • Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert, Melanie Griffith as Mrs. Haze & Dominique Swain as the daughter?  Answer »
  • In 1997 Adrian Lyne made an adaptation of the novel Lolita starring Dominique Swain. But which director made an adaptation first in 1962?  Answer »
  • Which actress starred as Dolores Hayes alongside Jeremy Irons in the seductive film Lolita?  Answer »
  • This actress plays a young teen who slept with her stepfather, been a girl in love with Sean Patrick Flannery and plays a sorority sister of Christina Ricci's  Answer »

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