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Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. She began her professional acting career with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College , appearing in productions of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet .
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).
It stars Tessa Thompson in the film's only on-screen role as a helpline volunteer. The film premiered at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival , and was released in the United States by Vertical Entertainment on March 29, 2024.
Below, Thompson takes us through her most iconic roles to share the many ways she’s grown on and off screen, the joys of working with the people you admire, and the roles that changed everything ...
As part of his annual end-of-year list of favorite songs, books, and movies, former President Barack Obama listed Annihilation as one of his favorite films of 2018. [ 54 ] Critics have referred to the film as a sci-fi horror thriller , [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] and some have said that this combination defies traditional genres and makes it part of ...
In “Passing,” Tessa Thompson stars as Irene Redfield, a Black woman living in Harlem amid the Renaissance, whose life with her doctor husband Brian (André Holland) and their two sons is ...
Passing is a 2021 American historical drama film written and directed by Rebecca Hall in her feature directorial debut.Adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, set in 1920s New York City, the film follows the intertwined life of a black woman (Tessa Thompson) and her white-passing childhood friend ().
The cast includes Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Thandiwe Newton, and Tessa Thompson. [7] Mariah Carey had also been cast, but pulled out in May 2010, citing medical reasons (later revealed to be her pregnancy); Thandiwe Newton was cast to replace her.