Born and raised in Montreal, Dominique Brownes is an actor and award-winning filmmaker currently based in Toronto, Ontario. Her directorial debut, “Meet Me Inside” is a short film that she wrote, produced and starred in. It is also her first short live action project as producer and screenwriter. It has won Best Thriller at the Venice Film Awards /Milan Gold Awards, Honorable Mention – Best Film Noir at the Independent Film Awards, Award of Distinction at the Canada Shorts Film Festival and has been picked as an official selection in 8 film festivals in Canada and the US. Film and TV credits include roles opposing Chris Pine in Will Smith produced “This Means War” and alongside Yvonne Strahovski in the Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series “The Handmaid’s Tale”.
Dominique holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies from Concordia University. Multi-talented, she has filled many roles behind the lens from casting director to costume designer and she also has over 15 years of experience in the fashion industry as a model, stylist and creative director.
She is currently the Vice-Chair of the Toronto ACTRA Women’s Committee (TAWC). Ms. Brownes is always excited at the prospect of generating more opportunities to express her unique voice as a Haitian-Canadian female artist and creating more work that features diversity and fosters gender parity both behind and in front of the camera.