Dominique 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.
