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 The Black Knight Curse of the Ebony Blade
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Dane Whitman has now been The Black Knight for a few years and is learning to control the blood lust of the blade- and then he dies. In a routine battle Dane is suddenly decapitated by an unseen shrouded figure, but he is miraculously healed and returns from the dead, needing to kill more than ever. One day his castle is broken into by a woman dressed in black with a biker helmet, when she comes back Dane captures her and finds out that it is his daughter Jacks, who he didn’t know existed. When he was in his early 20’s his fiancé was diagnosed with terminal cancer and he fled, not knowing that she was pregnant, and she died shortly after giving birth. When she is an adult attending college in London, she is attacked by the same man who killed Dane, leading her to find out that he is Mordred and set out to kill all of the descendants of King Arthur and his knights. Because of this she discovers who her father is and tries to steal the Ebony Blade to kill Mordred, but in the brief time she has it she tries to kill Dane out of bloodlust. Together they eventually learn to share the burden of the blade and kill Mordred together.
