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An avid wearer of an impressive variety of successful hats and shoes is Dominique Jackson. Born Dominique Brebner, she hails from Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago and is a transgendered woman, model, author, actress, and active television personality. With her foot in the industry since the age of eighteen, Dominique, 46, has walked an impressive path from Trinidad & Tobago to Hollywood.

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Having cat walked her way along a colorful path, Dominique Jackson now lives the life she’s created. Her first taste of the industry came via ballroom culture where young African-American and Latin American underground LGBTQ+ folk “walk” (i.e., compete) for trophies, prizes, and glory at events known as “balls”. From there, little did Mrs. Jackson know she’d eventually pose for a major fashion magazine, Vogue España; audition for a campaign at Valentino’s fashion house; walk for Marco Marco and in March 2021, and walk the runway for Mugler fashion house.

 

In the beginning, things for Dominique weren’t all sunshine and flowers and she made the conscious decision to leave Trinidad and Tobago after enduring years of sexual abuse at the hands of an upstanding member of society (priest), and falling victim to homophobia and transphobia from both her family and the public. As she worked on curating her craft and image, she fell on financially hard times, which pushed her towards sex work. About that tough decision, Dominique says, “Sex work made me feel like I was nothing, I was dirt”. Her saving grace then came in the form of the ballroom scene and according to her, it was literally what saved her life.

Now a Long-standing icon and member of the LGBT community, Dominique Jackson has landed herself a handful of quality film and television roles. Jackson scored a recurring role in season three of Starz’s popular series ‘American Gods’ where she played the character Ms. World. The show recently announced that it isn’t being renewed for season 4 at the end of March, its season 3 finale however aired on March 21. Currently, she stars in the LGBTQ+ drama, ‘Pose’ which runs on FX. The Netflix-available series features the largest cast of LGBTQ+ actors found in any show. It is in this show we can see her own the role of the legendary Elektra Wintour.

With a net worth of $2m, Dominique Jackson has created a life that one can draw inspiration out of. From escaping abuse, transphobia, and homophobia to becoming a celebrated trans woman both on and off-screen. If you’re captivated by her life story, you can catch her on FX’s ‘Pose’ or catch reruns of American Gods. In the clip below, which has well over 2 million views on YouTube, you can catch Wintour in her element.

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‘Pose’s Dominique Jackson Tells Her Heartbreaking Story