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Tessa Lynne Thompson is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was in Tina Mabry's independent film Mississippi Damned (2009). She gained further recognition for starring as civil rights activist Diane Nash in the historical drama Selma (2014), a singer in the sports drama Creed (2015) and its sequel Creed II (2018), and Valkyrie in the superhero films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Thor: Ragnarok (2017). She has also appeared in the films For Colored Girls (2010), Annihilation (2018), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and Men in Black: International (2019).
Birth Name
Tessa Lynn Thompson
Born
Monday, 03 October 1983
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Listener | Beth | 2024 |
| The Marvels | Valkyrie | 2023 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| Creed III | Bianca Creed | 2023 |
| Sherri | Self | 2022 |
| Thor: Love and Thunder | King Valkyrie | 2022 |
| Passing | Irene Redfield / Irene | 2021 |
| What If...? | Valkyrie | 2021 |
| Burning Questions | Self | 2021 |
| Loki | Valkyrie | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Listener | Beth | 2024 |
| The Marvels | Valkyrie | 2023 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| Creed III | Bianca Creed | 2023 |
| Sherri | Self | 2022 |
| Thor: Love and Thunder | King Valkyrie | 2022 |
| Passing | Irene Redfield / Irene | 2021 |
| What If...? | Valkyrie | 2021 |
| Burning Questions | Self | 2021 |
| Loki | Valkyrie | 2021 |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | Self - King Valkyrie | 2021 |
| Sylvie's Love | Sylvie / Sylvie Parker | 2020 |
| 2020 Soul Train Awards | Self - Presenter | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self - Actress | 2020 |
| Centerpiece | Self | 2020 |
| Lady and the Tramp | Lady (voice) / Lady | 2019 |
| Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Tessa Thompson | 2019 |
| Men in Black: International | Agent M / Molly Wright | 2019 |
| Tuca & Bertie | Sophie | 2019 |
| Avengers: Endgame | Valkyrie | 2019 |
| Little Woods | Ollie | 2019 |
| Brave Girl Rising | Nasro | 2019 |
| Creed II | Bianca | 2018 |
| GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke | Self | 2018 |
| Sorry to Bother You | Detroit | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer | Zen | 2018 |
| Furlough | Nicole Stevens | 2018 |
| Annihilation | Josie Radek | 2018 |
| The IMDb Show | Self - Guest | 2017 |
| Complex x Fuse | Self | 2017 |
| Thor: Ragnarok | Valkyrie / Scrapper 142 | 2017 |
| The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
| Jay-Z: Moonlight | Monica | 2017 |
| South Dakota | Chris | 2017 |
| Dear White People | Rikki Carter | 2017 |
| War on Everyone | Jackie Hollis | 2016 |
| Westworld | Charlotte Hale | 2016 |
| The IMDb Studio at Sundance | Self | 2016 |
| Creed | Bianca | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest / Self | 2015 |
| Hot Ones | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Selma | Diane Nash | 2014 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
| Dear White People | Samantha White | 2014 |
| BoJack Horseman | Taneisha | 2014 |
| Grantham & Rose | Wallis | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| Live@Sundance | Self | 2014 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Drunk History | Eartha Kitt | 2013 |
| Automotive | Maggie | 2013 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! | Self - Guest Judge | 2012 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Self - Guest Judge | 2012 |
| 666 Park Avenue | Laurel Harris / Sasha Doran | 2012 |
| Copper | Sara Freeman | 2012 |
| Chasing LA | Self | 2012 |
| Murder on the 13th Floor | Nia Palmer | 2012 |
| Everyday Black Man | Claire | 2011 |
| Off the Map | Sydney | 2011 |
| Portlandia | Bailey | 2011 |
| For Colored Girls | Purple / Nyla | 2010 |
| Film Fiend | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Detroit 1-8-7 | Lauren Washington | 2010 |
| Rizzoli & Isles | FBI Agent Anna Farrell | 2010 |
| Blue Belle | Blue | 2010 |
| Exquisite Corpse | Liz | 2010 |
| Three Rivers | Penelope Kirkell | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| Mental | Lainey Jefferson | 2009 |
| Mississippi Damned | Kari Peterson | 2009 |
| The Human Contract | Waitress | 2008 |
| Make It Happen | Dana | 2008 |
| Life | Liza | 2007 |
| Private Practice | Zoe Salter | 2007 |
| Hidden Palms | Nikki Barnes | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| Heroes | Rebecca Taylor | 2006 |
| When a Stranger Calls | Scarlet | 2006 |
| The Initiation of Sarah | Esme | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Camille Travis | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest / Self - Selma | 2005 |
| Veronica Mars | Jackie Cook | 2004 |
| Cold Case | Wilhemina 'Billie' Doucette | 2003 |
| Here Comes Dr. Tran | 2003 | |
| The View | Herself - Dear White People | 1997 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self / Herself | 1981 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Listener | 2024 |
| Passing | 2021 |
| Sylvie's Love | 2020 |
| Little Woods | 2019 |
| Grantham & Rose | 2014 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Television Movie | Nominated |
