Dominique Thorne made her feature film debut in Academy Award-winning writer/director Barry Jenkins's If Beale Street Can Talk, playing the role of Sheila Hunt, the petulant younger sister of Fonny Hunt (Stephan James). The film, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival, received critical acclaim and accolades including: AFI Awards Movie of the Year, Independent Spirit Awards Best Feature, NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Independent Motion Picture and one of National Board of Review's Top Ten
