Domino Harvey
| Domino Harvey | |
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Harvey in 1994
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| Born |
7 August 1969 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Died | 27 June 2005 (aged 35) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Bounty hunter |
| Parent(s) |
Laurence Harvey Paulene Stone |
Domino Harvey (7 August 1969 – 27 June 2005) was a British bounty hunter in the United States, notable within that field for being female and from a well-to-do background. Harvey's fame was increased posthumously by the 2005 release of the film Domino, which was loosely based on her life, with Harvey portrayed by Keira Knightley.
Harvey was born on 7 August 1969 in Hammersmith, London to Laurence Harvey, an actor, and Paulene Stone, a fashion model. Laurence Harvey was married to Joan Cohn until 1972; he married Stone shortly after divorcing Cohn. After Laurence Harvey died of cancer in 1973, Stone raised Domino in Belgravia, an upmarket area of London. As a girl, Harvey was a tomboy and enjoyed playing with action figures. She later recalled that she studied martial arts and frequently fought other children. She attended four boarding schools, including Dartington Hall, later admitting that she was expelled from some of them.
Harvey dropped out of school as a teenager to pursue a career in modelling, but did not enjoy working in the industry. Harvey later claimed to have attended the Lee Strasberg Institute and been represented by the Ford Modeling Agency; in a 2005 article, Aida Edemariam of The Guardian notes that she was unable to verify these claims independently. She studied sound engineering and subsequently worked as a DJ at several clubs in London, managing one of them. Around that time, she lived in Notting Hill and also designed and sold T-shirts at Kensington Market, London. At age 19, after spending time in Israel, Harvey moved to Southern California, where her mother had relocated years earlier after marrying the American businessman Peter Morton. Harvey had previously resisted the idea of moving to the United States.
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