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Tessa Thompson
Actor
Born October 3, 1983 (38 years)
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).
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Filmography
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as King Valkyrie |
| 2021 | Passing · as Irene Redfield |
| 2021 | Loki (TV Series) · as Valkyrie (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Valkyrie (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Sylvie's Love · as Sylvie |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame · as Valkyrie |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International · as Molly Wright / Agent M |
| 2019 | Lady and the Tramp · as Lady (voice) |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie · as Tessa Thompson |
| 2019 | Tuca & Bertie (TV Series) · as Sophie |
| 2019 | Brave Girl Rising · as Nasro |
| 2018 | Annihilation · as Josie Radek |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You · as Detroit |
| 2018 | Creed II · as Bianca Taylor |
| 2018 | Furlough · as Nicole Stevens |
| 2018 | Little Woods · as Ollie |
| 2018 | Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer · as Zen |
| 2018 | Endless Summer: 30 Years of Home and Away · as Valkyrie |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok · as Scrapper 142 / Valkyrie |
| 2017 | Dear White People (TV Series) · as Rikki Carter |
| 2016 | War on Everyone · as Jackie Hollis |
| 2016 | Westworld (TV Series) · as Charlotte Hale |
| 2015 | Creed · as Bianca |
| 2014 | Dear White People · as Samantha White |
| 2014 | Grantham & Rose · as Wallis |
| 2014 | Selma · as Diane Nash |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Taneisha (voice) |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Eartha Kitt |
| 2012 | Murder on the 13th Floor · as Nia Palmer |
| 2012 | 666 Park Avenue (TV Series) · as Laurel Harris |
| 2012 | Copper (TV Series) · as Sara Freeman |
| 2011 | Off the Map (TV Series) · as Sydney |
| 2011 | Portlandia (TV Series) · as Bailey |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls · as Nyla / Purple |
| 2010 | Everyday Black Man · as Claire |
| 2010 | Exquisite Corpse · as Liz |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) · as FBI Agent Anna Farrell |
| 2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 (TV Series) · as Lauren Washington |
| 2009 | Mississippi Damned · as Kari Peterson |
| 2009 | Mental (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2009 | Three Rivers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | Make It Happen · as Dana |
| 2008 | The Human Contract · as Waitress |
| 2007 | Life (2007) (TV Series) · as Liza |
| 2007 | Private Practice (TV Series) · as Zoe Salter |
| 2007 | Hidden Palms (TV Series) · as Nikki Barnes |
| 2006 | When a Stranger Calls · as Scarlet |
| 2006 | The Initiation of Sarah · as Esme |
| 2006 | Heroes (TV Series) · as Rebecca Taylor |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Camille Travis |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars (TV Series) · as Jackie Cook |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Wilhemina 'Billie' Doucette |