Tessa Thompson

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. 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 ''For Colored Girls'' (2010), an adaptation of the 1976 play of the same name.

Thompson gained favorable notices for her early film roles in the comedy-drama ''Dear White People'' (2014), and as civil rights activist Diane Nash in Ava DuVernay's historical drama ''Selma'' (2014). She gained mainstream attention for her roles in franchise films, playing Bianca Taylor in the sports dramas ''Creed'' (2015), ''Creed II'' (2018) and ''Creed III'' (2023), and as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films ''Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017), ''Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and ''Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022), as well as her leading role in ''Men in Black: International'' (2019).

She has received acclaim for her roles in the independent films ''Sorry to Bother You'' (2018), ''Little Woods'' (2018), ''Annihilation'' (2018), ''Sylvie's Love'' (2020), and ''Passing'' (2021), the latter of which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress nomination.

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'' (2016–2022) as Charlotte Hale and Dolores Abernathy. She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work as a producer on ''Sylvie's Love''. In 2017, she received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. Provided by Wikipedia