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).
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Filmography
all 76
Movies 47
TV Shows 29
self 16
Voice 4
Producer 3
Director 1

Raat Ki Rani (2024)

The Marvels (2023)

Creed III (2023)

Sherri (2022)

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Passing (2021)

What If...? (2021)

Marvel Studios Legends (2021)

Sylvie's Love (2020)

Shadow Stalker (2019)

Lady and the Tramp (2019)

Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)

Men in Black: International (2019)

Creed II (2018)

Furlough (2018)

Annihilation (2018)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Dear White People (2017)

100 Years (2017)

War on Everyone (2016)

Westworld (2016)

Creed (2015)

The Grand Romantic (2015)

The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)

Selma (2014)

Dear White People (2014)

BoJack Horseman (2014)

Points of Origin (2014)

Automotive (2013)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)

Copper (2012)

Murder on the 13th Floor (2012)

Portlandia (2011)

For Colored Girls (2010)

Rizzoli & Isles (2010)

Mississippi Damned (2009)

The Human Contract (2008)

Life (2007)

Private Practice (2007)

Hidden Palms (2007)

Heroes (2006)

Grey's Anatomy (2005)

Veronica Mars (2004)

Cold Case (2003)

Is God Is

Periphery

Creed IV

His & Hers

Hedda
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1983-10-03 (41 years old)
Birth NameTessa Lynn Thompson
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States
RelationshipsJanelle Monáe (2015 - 2017)
FatherMarc Anthony Thompson
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesLos Angeles · Brooklyn, United States of America
Also Known AsTessa Lynne Thompson, Τέσσα Τόμπσον, 蒂莎·湯普森
AwardsGotham Awards for Best Actor
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