Tessa Thompson actress
- All known tv series 29
- Total known movies 46
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 Womens 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 Mabrys independent drama film Mississippi Damned (2009) and Tyler Perrys 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 Nights 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 Womens 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.
Esme
Movie 2006
Dana
Movie 2008
Hedda Gabler
Movie
Movie
Self
Movie 2022
Samantha White
Movie 2014
Self
Movie 2015
Wallis
Movie 2014
Liz
Movie 2010
Bianca Taylor
Movie
Rosemary
Movie 2014
Self - King Valkyrie
Movie 2022
Jackie Hollis
Movie 2016
Boss' secretary
Movie 2015
Claire
Movie 2011
Maggie
Movie 2013
Brit
Movie 2016
Chris
Movie 2017
Kari Peterson
Movie 2009
Oleander 'Ollie' Hale
Movie 2019
Zen
Movie 2018
Irene Redfield
Movie 2021
Sylvie
Movie 2020
Bianca Creed
Movie 2023
Tessa Thompson
Movie 2019
Monica
Movie 2017
Jenny
Movie 2010
Jackie Cook
Tv 2004
Rebecca Taylor
Tv 2006
Wilhemina 'Billie' Doucette
Tv 2003
Liza
Tv 2007
Zoe Salter
Tv 2007
Tv 2009
Tv 2009
Self
Tv 2005
Self
Tv 1996
Valkyrie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tv 2021
Camille Travis
Tv 2005
Self - Guest
Tv 2015
Self - Guest
Tv 2022
Valkyrie (voice)
Tv 2021
Self - Guest Judge
Tv 2012
Self
Tv 2015
Self
Tv 2022
Self
Tv 2015
Bailey
Tv 2011
Rikki Carter
Tv 2017
Anna Farrell
Tv 2010
Taneisha (voice)
Tv 2014
Anna
Tv
Self
Tv 2007
Self
Tv 2014
Self
Tv 2003
Self
Tv 2014
