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Tessa Thompson 1983 42
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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Budget477M
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2025 Later the War
2025 Is God Is Producer
2025 Creed IV as Bianca Taylor
2025 Hedda as Hedda Producer
2024 Raat Ki Rani Director, Story
2024 The Listener as Beth Producer
2023 The Marvels as Valkyrie
2023 Creed III as Bianca Creed
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - King Valkyrie
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as King Valkyrie
2022 Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising as Self
2021 Passing as Irene Redfield
2020 Sylvie's Love as Sylvie Executive Producer
2019 Shadow Stalker as Tessa Thompson
2019 Lady and the Tramp as Lady (voice)
2019 Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Tessa Thompson
2019 Men in Black: International as Molly Wright / Agent M
2019 Avengers: Endgame as Valkyrie
2019 Little Woods as Oleander 'Ollie' Hale Executive Producer
2019 Brave Girl Rising as Nasro (voice)
2018 Creed II as Bianca
2018 Sorry to Bother You as Detroit
2018 Dirty Computer as Zen
2018 Furlough as Nicole Stevens
2018 Annihilation as Josie Radek
2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Valkyrie
2017 Moonlight as Monica
2017 South Dakota as Chris
2017 100 Years as Narrator (voice)
2016 War on Everyone as Jackie Hollis
2016 Westworld as Charlotte Hale
2016 Salt Water as Brit
2015 Creed as Bianca
2015 From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues as Self
2015 The Grand Romantic as Boss' secretary
2014 Selma as Diane Nash
2014 Dear White People as Samantha White
2014 Points of Origin as Rosemary
2014 Grantham & Rose as Wallis
2013 Automotive as Maggie
2012 Murder on the 13th Floor as Nia Palmer
2011 Everyday Black Man as Claire
2010 For Colored Girls as Nyla / Purple
2010 Betwixt as Jenny
2010 Exquisite Corpse as Liz
2009 Mississippi Damned as Kari Peterson
2008 The Human Contract as Waitress
2008 Make It Happen as Dana
2006 The Initiation of Sarah as Esme
2006 When a Stranger Calls as Scarlet
Genres
8.03 Western 1
8.03 Unknown 1
7.40 History 1
7.27 Adventure 3
7.20 Family 1
6.85 Science Fiction 7
6.64 Action 10
6.60 Fantasy 2
6.51 Romance 5
6.50 Documentary 4
6.50 Music 2
6.26 Comedy 9
6.25 TV Movie 2
6.17 Drama 21
6.00 Animation 1
5.77 Mystery 2
5.64 Horror 4
5.50 Crime 1
5.33 Thriller 3