Age: 42
female
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
Valkyrie
for Valkyrie in Marvel Studios' Torunn: The Goddess Of Thunder
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After returning from a party in the summer on vacation with her friends, Torunn (Saoirse Ronan) and her boyfriend James Rogers (Cody Christian) returns to New Asgard to see her dad and her sister but only find things a little bit... different. After learning that her mother Jane is no longer with them, her father Thor has been acting really strange lately. In fact, everyone in the village has as well. Whatever Torunn thinks it has something to do with the arrival of a mysterious blonde woman. When the wicked enchantress Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), threatens her home, Torunn will be up against trials she's never encountered to stop her and save New Asgard. Little does she know that this woman will perhaps be the greatest threat she's ever faced alone. But when the time comes for her to help her friends and family with her warrior spirit and her love for James not only he's always there for her to help her every step of the way, but James motivates her to step in to her to overcome the three extremely dangerous tasks and challenges and the results will lead her all the way to victory.
