Dominique Jackson

thumb Dominique Brebnor (born March 20, 1975), known professionally as Dominique Jackson and Tyra Allure Ross, is a Tobagonian-American actress, author, model, and reality television personality. Quotes I was flying into New York City at the age of 4 or 5, and as we were about to land at JFK airport, I looked at all the lights and everything and immediately knew this was the city I wanted to be in. Flash forward, I end up in New York and realize this is my place. New York gave me the ability to breathe. Everything was there for me. And I must say that as a trans woman, a woman of trans experience, coming into New York gave me a safe space to live and to feel like I could make it. Even though I had to do things I didn’t like to survive, it was still the safest place for me. It made me feel like I belong. New York was also the place where I found my career. I auditioned for Pose here. So New York just became my life, my soul, my breath, my everything. Everything happens for me in New York, and no matter where I go, it always calls me back. This may sound tough, but I would say you’re going to have to go through some situations to be able to get to where you want to be. Especially right now with all the adversities we face, it’s really easy for some folks to say, “I’m just going to hide away. I’m just going to shut myself in.” We know that’s not sustainable. You can’t disappear from your existence. You are existing. So you have to go after everything. You have to put on that brave armor. You have to be so strong within yourself that you know that these obstacles are actually just challenges. If you make it an obstacle, you’ll stay stuck. If you make it a challenge, you will rise to the occasion and realize that, after a while, it will be in hindsight. You have to go after everything you want. You cannot sit and cower. Ballroom was my New York City. It was basically all I knew when I came here around 1994. It was about going to the Marc Ballroom and going to those places in Harlem where they had the balls at. My career has actually been because of ballroom. It embraced me. I walked my first ball in New York and won. And then went back and forth walking the halls. R. R. Chanel was the one who said, “I’m going to do your [model] comp card,” and he got an entire team together. I started fashion shows in the late ‘90s because of people from ballroom who were working in the industry. Ballroom had all the influence. It’s because of ballroom that I got on Pose. Everything happened from ballroom. Actress and Activist Dominique Jackson Shares Her NYC Journey (03/27/2025) External links 9500848 Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from the United States Category:Actresses from Trinidad and Tobago Category:LGBT people Category:Women from the United States Category:Women born in the 1970s