page_title: Tessa Thompson
hierarchical_section_title: Tessa Thompson
caption_attribution_description: English: Tessa Thompson speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: Tessa Lynne Thompson 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 and Tyler Perry's drama film For Colored Girls.
  Thompson gained critical acclaim for her performances in the comedy-drama Dear White People, as civil rights activist Diane Nash in the historical drama Selma, and as Bianca Taylor in the sport drama films Creed and Creed II. She gained mainstream recognition for her starring role as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame.
  Her other films include the dark comedy Sorry to Bother You, the science-fiction horror film Annihilation, the science fiction action film Men in Black: International, and the musical romance film Lady and the Tramp.
context_section_description: 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 gained critical acclaim for her performances in the comedy-drama Dear White People (2014), as civil rights activist Diane Nash in the historical drama Selma (2014), and as Bianca Taylor in the sport drama films Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018). She gained mainstream recognition for her starring role as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
  Her other films include the dark comedy Sorry to Bother You (2018), the science-fiction horror film Annihilation (2018), the science fiction action film Men in Black: International (2019), and the musical romance film Lady and the Tramp (2019). On television, she starred in the noir drama series Veronica Mars (2005–2006), the drama series Copper (2012–2013), and the science fiction series Westworld (2016–present).
caption: Thompson at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
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