Age: 42
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Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent dramas, her accolades include nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Thompson began her professional acting career with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College, acting in productions of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. She made her film debut in the horror film When a Stranger Calls (2006), followed by leading roles in the independent drama Mississippi Damned (2009) and Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls (2010). Thompson received favourable notices for 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, including the movies Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as her leading role in Men in Black: International (2019). She starred in the independent films Sorry to Bother You (2018), Little Woods (2018), and Annihilation (2018). For her role as a black woman living during the Harlem Renaissance in Passing (2021), she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She portrayed the title role in Hedda (2025), which she also executive produced. On stage, she acted in the off-Broadway production of the Lydia R. Diamond play Smart People (2016). On television, she took recurring roles in shows such as the teen mystery series Veronica Mars (2005–2006), the historical drama series Copper (2012–2013), and the science fiction series Westworld (2016–2022). She starred in the romantic drama film Sylvie's Love (2020) on Amazon Prime Video. Also, she served as an executive producer, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tessa Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tessa Thompson
Dr. Lila Morgan
for Dr. Lila Morgan in Beneath the Shadows: Killer's Game
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Beneath the Shadows: Killer's Game is a 2027 American action horror film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Zack Snyder and Denis Villeneuve. Produced by The Stone Quarry and RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Lionsgate Films, it is the sequel to Beneath the Shadows. Anne Hathaway and Piper Rubio reprise their roles as Charlie Wilson and her daughter Dylan, alongside a new cast that includes Eva Green, Mahershala Ali, Tessa Thompson, Christoph Waltz, Michael Keaton, and Willem Dafoe. In the film, Charlie returns to her life as a killer when a new threat emerges. Beneath the Shadows: Killer's Game had its world premiere at the 84th Venice International Film Festival on November 6th, 2027, and was released theatrically on December 10th; it grossed over $816 million worldwide against a $182 million budget, outgrossing Hannibal (2001) as the highest-grossing serial killer film of all time. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visual style, action sequences, cinematography, storyline, performances (particularly Hathaway, Rubio, and Green), the darker tone, atmosphere, Wingard's direction and Hans Zimmer's musical score, but criticized the overt violence and long runtime of 160 minutes. A sequel is in development.
