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Tessa Thompson

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.

Movies

Men in Black: International movie posterMen in Black: International
Creed movie posterCreed
Lady and the Tramp movie posterLady and the Tramp
Thor: Love and Thunder movie posterThor: Love and Thunder
Dear White People movie posterDear White People
Avengers: Endgame movie posterAvengers: Endgame
Passing movie posterPassing
War on Everyone movie posterWar on Everyone
When a Stranger Calls movie posterWhen a Stranger Calls
Make It Happen movie posterMake It Happen
The Human Contract movie posterThe Human Contract
The Initiation of Sarah movie posterThe Initiation of Sarah
For Colored Girls movie posterFor Colored Girls
Everyday Black Man movie posterEveryday Black Man
Exquisite Corpse movie posterExquisite Corpse
Murder on the 13th Floor movie posterMurder on the 13th Floor
Mississippi Damned movie posterMississippi Damned
Grantham & Rose movie posterGrantham & Rose
Selma movie posterSelma
Automotive movie posterAutomotive

TV Shows

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Westworld: The Maze tv show posterWestworld: The Maze
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