# List of awards and nominations received by Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson is an American actress of film and television.
Thompson gained favorable notices for her early film performances in the comedy-drama Dear White People, Selma (both in 2014). She gained mainstream attention for her roles in franchise films playing Bianca Taylor in the sport dramas Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018), and for her starring role as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as her leading role in the science fiction franchise film Men in Black: International (2019). She also has received critical praise for her roles in independent films such as Sorry to Bother You (2018), Little Woods (2018), Annihilation (2018), the romantic drama Sylvie's Love (2020), and the period film Passing (2021), the latter of which earned her a British Academy Film Award nomination.
On television, she earned a Saturn Award nomination for her performance in the science fiction series Westworld (2016–present). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work as a producer on Sylvie's Love.

## Major associations
### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Outstanding Television Movie | Sylvie's Love | Nominated | |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Rising Star | Rising Star | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Passing | Nominated | |

## Critics associations
### African-American Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Breakthrough Performance | Dear White People | Won | |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | Creed | Won | |

### Critics Choice Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Critics Choice Movie Awards |||||
| 2014 | Best Acting Ensemble | Selma | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards |||||
| 2021 | Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie | Sylvie's Love | Nominated |

### Gotham Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Breakthrough Actor | Dear White People | Won | |
| 2021 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Passing | Nominated | |

### New York Film Critics Online Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Best Actress | Passing | Won | |

### Online Association of Female Film Critics

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Best Actress | Passing | Nominated | |

### San Diego Film Critics Society

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Ensemble | Selma | Nominated | |

### Washington D.C. Film Critics Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Ensemble | Selma | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Best Actress | Passing | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards
### American Black Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Best Actor | Mississippi Damned | Won | |

### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2011 | Best Breakthrough Performance | For Colored Girls | Won |
| 2015 | Best Actress | Dear White People | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | Creed | Won |
| 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Thor: Ragnarok | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Actress | Passing | Won |
| Black Reel Awards for Television |||||
| 2018 | Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series | Westworld | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Actress | Sylvie's Love | Nominated |

### Empire Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Female Newcomer | Thor: Ragnarok | Nominated | |

### Fargo Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Best Actress | Little Woods | Won | |

### Hamptons International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Breakthrough Performer | Selma | Won | |

### NAACP Image Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2014 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Dear White People | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Creed | Won |
| 2018 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Thor: Ragnarok | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Limited-Series | Sylvie's Love | Nominated |

### People's Choice Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Favorite Female Movie Star | Men in Black: International | Nominated | |

### Saturn Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Thor: Ragnarok | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series | Westworld | Nominated | |

### Teen Choice Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2016 | Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Creed | Nominated |
| 2018 | Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi | Westworld | Nominated |
| 2019 | Choice Action Movie Actress | Men in Black: International | Nominated |