Tessa Thompson
Age: N/A | From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 테사 톰슨 , Tessa Lynne Thompson , Τέσα Τόμσον , Тесса Томпсон , テッサ・トンプソン , 泰莎·汤普森 , تسا تامپسون
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 38
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Grey's Anatomy
(2005) Camille Travis
Westworld
(2016) Charlotte Hale
What If...?
(2021) Valkyrie (voice)
Loki
(2021) Valkyrie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cold Case
(2003) Wilhemina 'Billie' Doucette
Life
(2007) Liza
Heroes
(2006) Rebecca Taylor
The Marvels
(2023) ValkyrieActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Valkyrie | |
| Bianca Taylor | ||
| 2022 | Self - Guest | |
| Beth | ||
| Self | ||
| King Valkyrie | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Irene Redfield | |
| Valkyrie (voice) | ||
| Valkyrie (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Valkyrie (archive footage) | ||
| 2020 | Sylvie | |
| 2019 | Tessa Thompson | |
| Lady (voice) | ||
| Tessa Thompson | ||
| Molly Wright / Agent M | ||
| Valkyrie | ||
| Oleander 'Ollie' Hale | ||
| 2018 | Bianca | |
| Detroit | ||
| Zen | ||
| Nicole Stevens | ||
| Josie Radek | ||
| 2017 | Scrapper 142 / Valkyrie | |
| Rikki Carter | ||
| Chris | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Jackie Hollis | |
| Charlotte Hale | ||
| Brit | ||
| 2015 | Bianca | |
| Self | ||
| Boss' secretary | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Diane Nash | |
| Samantha White | ||
| Taneisha (voice) | ||
| Rosemary | ||
| Wallis | ||
| 2013 | Maggie | |
| 2012 | Nia Palmer | |
| 2011 | Claire | |
| Bailey | ||
| 2010 | Nyla / Purple | |
| Liz | ||
| 2009 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Kari Peterson | ||
| 2008 | Waitress | |
| Dana | ||
| 2007 | Zoe Salter | |
| Liza | ||
| Nikki Barnes | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Esme | |
| Rebecca Taylor | ||
| Scarlet | ||
| 2005 | Camille Travis | |
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Jackie Cook | |
| 2003 | Wilhemina 'Billie' Doucette | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| Bianca Taylor | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hedda Gabler | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Producer | |
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |