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Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson

Birthday: 1983-10-03 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress, producer, singer, and songwriter. She began her professional acting career with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College. She appeared in productions of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet, the latter of which earned her a NAACP Theatre Award nomination. Her breakthrough came with leading roles in Tina Mabry's independent drama film Mississippi Damned (2009) and Tyler Perry's drama film For Colored Girls (2010). Thompson was was raised between Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York. Her father, singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson, is of Afro-Panamanian descent and is the founder of the musical collective Chocolate Genius, Inc. Her mother has white and Mexican ancestry. She has a younger half-sister, Zsela, who is a singer and songwriter. Thompson attended Santa Monica High School, where she played Hermia in a student production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She then attended Santa Monica College (SMC), where she studied cultural anthropology and is a member of the alma mater. While at SMC, she also attended lectures by Lisa Wolpe of the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC). This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as    King Valkyrie

2021
Passing

as    Irene Redfield

2020
Sylvie's Love

as    Sylvie

2019
Lady and the Tramp

as    Lady (voice)

2019
Men in Black: International

as    Molly Wright / Agent M

2019
Little Woods

as    Oleander 'Ollie' Hale

2018
Creed II

as    Bianca

2018
Sorry to Bother You

as    Detroit

2018
Annihilation

as    Josie Radek

2018
Furlough

as    Nicole Stevens

2018
Dirty Computer

as    Zen

2017
Thor: Ragnarok

as    Valkyrie

2016
Westworld

as    Charlotte Hale

2016
War on Everyone

as    Jackie Hollis

2015
Creed

as    Bianca

2014
Dear White People

as    Samantha White

2014
Grantham & Rose

as    Wallis

2012
Murder on the 13th Floor

as    Nia Palmer

2010
Exquisite Corpse

as    Liz

2010
For Colored Girls

as    Nyla / Purple

2008
Make It Happen

as    Dana

2007
Hidden Palms

as    Nikki Barnes

2006
The Initiation of Sarah

as    Esme