Tessa Thompson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1983-10-03 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Tessa Thompson

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...

Acting

2006

2008

2024

2010

For Colored Girls

as Nyla / Purple

2025

Hedda

as Hedda

2014

Dear White People

as Samantha White

2012

2014

2022

Thor: Love and Thunder

as King Valkyrie

2023

The Marvels

as Valkyrie

-

Creed IV

as Bianca Taylor

2014

Points of Origin

as Rosemary

2014

Selma

as Diane Nash

2015

Creed

as Bianca

2016

War on Everyone

as Jackie Hollis

2018

Annihilation

as Josie Radek

2017

Thor: Ragnarok

as Valkyrie

2016

Salt Water

as Brit

2008

2013

Automotive

as Maggie

2011

2017

South Dakota

as Chris

2009

Mississippi Damned

as Kari Peterson

2019

Little Woods

as Oleander 'Ollie' Hale

2018

2017

100 Years

as Narrator (voice)

2018

Creed II

as Bianca

2018

Furlough

as Nicole Stevens

2018

2021

Passing

as Irene Redfield

2019

Lady and the Tramp

as Lady (voice)

2019

Men in Black: International

as Molly Wright / Agent M

2020

Sylvie's Love

as Sylvie

2019

2019

2023

Creed III

as Bianca Creed

2019

Shadow Stalker

as Tessa Thompson

2017

Moonlight

as Monica

2010

Betwixt

as Jenny

2019

Brave Girl Rising

as Nasro (voice)

Production

2024

The Listener

as Producer

2024

Raat Ki Rani

as Director

2024

Raat Ki Rani

as Story

2025

Hedda

as Producer

2020

Sylvie's Love

as Executive Producer

2019

Little Woods

as Executive Producer

-

Is God Is

as Producer

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