Question: Which American actress and musician appeared on the television series "Veronica Mars" and in the 2009 American drama film "Mississippi Damned?"

full_context: Document 1: Mudbound (film): Mudbound is a 2017 period drama film directed by Dee Rees, with a script written by Virgil Williams based on the novel "Mudbound" by Hillary Jordan. It stars Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell and Mary J. Blige. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017. It premieres on Netflix and in theaters on November 17, 2017.
Document 2: Octavia Spencer: Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1972) is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in the 1996 drama film "A Time to Kill". Her breakthrough came in 2011, when she starred as Minny Jackson in the period drama film "The Help", for which she won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had a critically acclaimed performance in Ryan Coogler's drama "Fruitvale Station" (2013), for which she received the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Spencer has received acclaim for her work in the films "Smashed" (2012), "Snowpiercer" (2013), "Get on Up" (2014), "The Divergent Series" (2015-2016), "Zootopia" (2016) and "The Shape of Water" (2017). In 2017, she received Academy Award, Golden Globe, and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in the drama "Hidden Figures".
Document 3: Sunny Thompson: Sunny Thompson is an American singer, actress and recording artist best known for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the critically acclaimed, award-winning one-woman show "“Marilyn Forever Blonde, The Marilyn Monroe Story In Her Own Words & Music.”" She has recorded several albums, one of which, ""Te Necesito,"" earned her a gold record in South America.
Document 4: Mississippi Masala: Mississippi Masala is a 1991 romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores interracial romance between African Americans and Indian Americans in the United States.
Document 5: Sanaa Lathan: Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress and voice actress. She has starred in many films, including the box-office hit "The Best Man", its 2013 sequel, "The Best Man Holiday", "Love & Basketball", "Brown Sugar", "Alien vs. Predator" and "The Family That Preys". Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in "A Raisin in the Sun". From 2009 to 2013, she voiced Donna Tubbs in "The Cleveland Show". In 2010, she starred in the all-black performance of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Novello Theatre in London.
Document 6: The Help (film): The Help is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor and adapted from Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer, and Emma Stone. The film and novel recount the story of young white woman and aspiring journalist Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan. The story focuses on her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, during the Civil Rights Movement in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi. In an attempt to become a legitimate journalist and writer, Skeeter decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids—referred to as "the help"— exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families.
Document 7: Angela Bassett: Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a corresponding Golden Globe Award. Bassett has additionally portrayed Betty Shabazz in both "Malcolm X" (1992) and "Panther" (1995), Katherine Jackson in "" (1992), Rosa Parks in "The Rosa Parks Story" (2002), Voletta Wallace in "Notorious" (2009) and Coretta Scott King in "Betty & Coretta" (2013). Bassett's performance as Parks was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Document 8: Dee Rees: Dee Rees is an American screenwriter and director best known for her feature films "Pariah", "Bessie" and "Mudbound".
Document 9: Gina Torres: Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969) is an American television and movie actress. She has appeared in many television series, including "" (as Nebula), "" (as Cleopatra), the short-lived "Cleopatra 2525", "Alias" (as Anna Espinosa), "Firefly" (as Zoe Washburne), "Angel" (as Jasmine), "24" (as Julia Miliken), "Suits" (as Jessica Pearson), "The Shield" (as Sadie Kavanaugh), and "Westworld" (as Lauren).
Document 10: Martha Marcy May Marlene: Martha Marcy May Marlene is a 2011 American thriller drama film written and directed by Sean Durkin, and starring Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy. The plot focuses on a young woman suffering from delusions and paranoia after returning to her family from an abusive cult in the Catskill Mountains. The film contains several references to the music of Jackson C. Frank.
Document 11: Mississippi Damned: Mississippi Damned is a 2009 American drama film directed by Tina Mabry. The drama features Tessa Thompson, DB Woodside, Malcolm Goodwin, Malcolm David Kelley and Michael Hyatt. The film was written and directed by Tina Mabry, based on her life growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi. It was filmed in and around Ahoskie, North Carolina.
Document 12: Tessa Thompson: Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress and musician. She played Jackie Cook on the television series "Veronica Mars", Sara Freeman in the period crime drama "Copper", Nyla Adrose in the film "For Colored Girls", civil rights activist Diane Nash in "Selma", and Bianca in "Creed". She stars as Charlotte Hale on the HBO series "Westworld".
Document 13: Te Ata Fisher: Mary Frances Thompson (December 3, 1895 – October 25, 1995), best known as Te Ata, was an actress and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation known for telling Native American stories. She performed as a representative of Native Americans at state dinners before President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1957 and named Oklahoma's first State Treasure in 1987.
Document 14: Cassidy Freeman: Cassidy Freeman (born April 22, 1982) is an American actress and musician. She is known for her role as Tess Mercer in The CW's superhero drama "Smallville" and Cady Longmire in "Longmire".
Document 15: Melina Paez: Melina Paez is a Los Angeles-based film, commercial and stage actor. She has trained for improvisation at Chicago's The Second City, performed in several sketch comedy shows, plays and in non-commercial radio (DJ Slothgirl, 89.1fm WIDR, Kalamazoo). She played Jane Doe in the 2003 feature film "Muhammad and Jane" directed by Usama Alshaibi and played Sabine in the 2007 feature film "Orchard Vale" directed by Tim Kinsella—both of which have been featured at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. In 2011, she appears as an interviewee in TV on the Radio's film, "Nine Types of Light", directed by Tunde Adebimpe. Melina has written about her experience of being on a bombed plane, TWA Flight 840, in 1986.
ground_truth: Tessa Thompson