Tessa Thompson

Acting

Tessa Thompson

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Oct 03, 1983 (42 years old)

Tessa Thompson

Known For

The Listener
1h 36m
DOLBY
Movie 2024

The Listener

Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small...

The Marvels
1h 45m
DOLBY
Movie 2023

The Marvels

When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked...

Creed III
1h 56m
DOLBY
Movie 2023

Creed III

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
55min
DOLBY
Movie 2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

Settle in with the likes of Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth,...

Thor: Love and Thunder
1h 59m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder

After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher,...

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
40min
DOLBY
Movie 2022

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

Exploring how Black actresses, a historically overlooked and under-valued group...

Passing
1h 38m
DOLBY
Movie 2021

Passing

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her...

Sylvie's Love
1h 54m
DOLBY
Movie 2020

Sylvie's Love

When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her...

Shadow Stalker
10min
DOLBY
Movie 2019

Shadow Stalker

Shadow Stalker outlines the history of Predictive Policing, Digital Identity...

Lady and the Tramp
1h 41m
DOLBY
Movie 2019

Lady and the Tramp

The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady...

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.