1983-10-03 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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Thor: Love and Thunder | King Valkyrie | 2022-07-06 |
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Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
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Passing | Irene Redfield | 2021-10-27 |
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Sylvie's Love | Sylvie | 2020-01-27 |
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Tessa Thompson | 2019-09-20 |
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Avengers: Endgame | Valkyrie | 2019-04-24 |
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Little Woods | Ollie | 2019-04-19 |
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Men in Black: International | Molly Wright / Agent M | 2019-06-12 |
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Shadow Stalker | Tessa Thompson | 2019-11-13 |
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Lady and the Tramp | Lady (voice) | 2019-11-12 |
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Creed II | Bianca Taylor | 2018-11-21 |
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Dirty Computer | Zen | 2018-04-23 |
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Sorry to Bother You | Detroit | 2018-07-06 |
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Annihilation | Josie Radek | 2018-02-22 |
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Furlough | Nicole Stevens | 2018-03-16 |
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The Making of Annihilation | Herself | 2018-05-29 |
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Thor: Ragnarok | Scrapper 142 / Valkyrie | 2017-10-24 |
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100 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2017-01-17 |
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South Dakota | Chris | 2017-04-28 |
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War on Everyone | Jackie Hollis | 2016-10-07 |
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Salt Water | Brit | 2016-01-01 |
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Creed | Bianca | 2015-11-25 |
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The Grand Romantic | Boss' secretary | 2015-08-20 |
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Grantham and Rose | Wallis | 2014-03-23 |
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Points of Origin | Rosemary | 2014-06-18 |
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Dear White People | Samantha White | 2014-10-17 |
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Selma | Diane Nash | 2014-12-25 |
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Automotive | Maggie | 2013-06-01 |
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Murder on the 13th Floor | Nia Palmer | 2012-05-18 |
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Everyday Black Man | Claire | 2011-02-01 |
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For Colored Girls | Nyla / Purple | 2010-11-05 |
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Exquisite Corpse | Liz | 2010-01-01 |
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Mississippi Damned | Kari Peterson | 2009-01-16 |
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The Human Contract | Waitress | 2008-09-12 |
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Make It Happen | Dana | 2008-08-08 |
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When a Stranger Calls | Scarlet | 2006-02-03 |
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The Initiation of Sarah | Esme | 2006-01-01 |
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The Listener | Beth |
