She began her career with appearances in the films If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).
In 2022, she began playing Riri Williams / Ironheart with the Marvel Cinematic Universe feature film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
[5] Thorne attended Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan (PPAS) where she studied dramatic theatre formally.
The following year, she received her bachelors degree in Human Development with a minor in Inequality Studies.
[3] Producer Nate Moore said that when Marvel Studios was casting Riri Williams, Dominique was their "first and only call.