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Tessa Thompson

Actor, ProducerBorn October 3, 1983 (41 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Sorry to Bother You
  • Make It Happen
  • Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer
  • Murder on the 13th Floor
  • Exquisite Corpse

Known For

  • Westworld
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Creed
  • Annihilation
  • Men in Black: International
  • Creed II
  • Creed III
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • Lady and the Tramp
  • Passing
  • Sylvie's Love
  • Dear White People
  • War on Everyone
  • When a Stranger Calls
  • Crossing the Line

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Hedda · as Hedda
    2023
    The Marvels · as Valkyrie
    2023
    Creed III · as Bianca Creed
    2022
    The Listener · as Beth
    2022
    Thor: Love and Thunder · as King Valkyrie
    2021
    Passing · as Irene Redfield
    2021
    What If…? (TV Series) · as Valkyrie (voice)
    2021
    Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Valkyrie (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2020
    Sylvie's Love · as Sylvie
    2020
    2019
    Lady and the Tramp · as Lady (voice)
    2019
    Men in Black: International · as Molly Wright / Agent M
    2019
    Tuca & Bertie (TV Series) · as Sophie
    2019
    Avengers: Endgame · as Valkyrie
    2019
    Brave Girl Rising · as Nasro (voice)
    2018
    Crossing the Line · as Oleander 'ollie' Hale
    2018
    Creed II · as Bianca
    2018
    2018
    2018
    2018
    Furlough · as Nicole Stevens
    2018
    Annihilation · as Josie Radek
    2017
    Thor: Ragnarok · as Valkyrie
    2017
    South Dakota · as Chris
    2017
    Dear White People (TV Series) · as Rikki Carter
    2016
    War on Everyone · as Jackie Hollis
    2016
    Westworld (TV Series) · as Charlotte Hale
    2016
    Salt Water · as Brit
    2015
    Creed · as Bianca
    2014
    Selma · as Diane Nash
    2014
    Dear White People · as Samantha White
    2014
    BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Taneisha (voice)
    2014
    Grantham & Rose · as Wallis
    2013
    Drunk History (TV Series) · as Eartha Kitt
    2013
    Automotive · as Maggie
    2012
    666 Park Avenue (TV Series) · as Laurel Harris
    2012
    Copper (TV Series) · as Sara Freeman
    2012
    2011
    Off the Map (TV Series) · as Sydney
    2011
    Portlandia (TV Series) · as Bailey
    2010
    Everyday Black Man · as Claire
    2010
    For Colored Girls · as Nyla / Purple
    2010
    Detroit 1-8-7 (TV Series) · as Lauren Washington
    2010
    Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) · as Anna Farrell
    2010
    2009
    Three Rivers (TV Series)
    2009
    Mental (TV Series)
    2009
    Mississippi Damned · as Kari Peterson
    2008
    The Human Contract · as Waitress
    2008
    2007
    Life (2007) (TV Series) · as Liza
    2007
    Private Practice (TV Series) · as Zoe Salter
    2007
    Hidden Palms (TV Series) · as Nikki Barnes
    2006
    2006
    Heroes (TV Series) · as Rebecca Taylor
    2006
    When a Stranger Calls · as Scarlet
    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

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