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IronheartCharacter guide · Dominique Thorne
Riri Williams
An invention meets the world beyond the workshop.
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Meet Riri Williams
Dominique Thorne plays Riri Williams, an inventor introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Ironheart follows her return to Chicago, where her ambitions and suit-building draw her toward Parker Robbins and a conflict between technology and magic.
Official source · Disney UK Press ↗Watch what a solution costs
Follow the gap between making something work and deciding what to use it for. Riri’s choices about help, resources and ambition give a useful thread through the inventions and the larger conflict.
Your first watch
Where to start
Begin with Wakanda Forever for Riri’s screen introduction, then Ironheart. The series follows the film’s events; open both guides for the wider Wakanda context before choosing a starting point.
- 01

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · Open the title guide ↗
- 02

Ironheart
2025 · Open the title guide ↗
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Catalog appearances
4 entries · release order
These are the existing catalog records, including supporting roles, cameos and other formats. This list is not a required watch order or proof that every appearance shares one continuity. Future entries may change.
2022
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
November 9, 2022
2024
- What If...?, Season 3
December 22, 2024 · Supporting
2025
- Ironheart, Season 1
June 24, 2025
- Marvel Zombies, Season 1
September 24, 2025 · Supporting
Sources & context
About this profile
Profile information checked 2026-11-08. Viewing suggestions are editorial guidance. Appearance records and identity labels come from the existing catalog.
Disney UK Press · Series premise and cast ↗
TMDB · Dominique Thorne portrait ↗
Background artwork: Ironheart. The portrait shows the performer.
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