Tessa Thompson Quotes

Tessa Lynne Thompson is an American actress. She began her professional acting career with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College, appearing in productions of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. Her breakthrough came with leading roles in Tina Mabry's independent drama film Mississippi Damned and Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls .

Thompson gained favorable notices for roles in the comedy-drama Dear White People , and as civil rights activist Diane Nash in Ava DuVernay's historical drama Selma . She gained mainstream attention for her roles in franchise films, playing Bianca Taylor in the sports dramas Creed , Creed II and Creed III , and as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, including Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder , as well as her leading role in Men in Black: International . She received acclaim for her roles in the independent films Sorry to Bother You , Annihilation , Sylvie's Love , and Passing , the latter of which earned her a nomination for a British Academy Film Award.

On television, she starred in the noir drama series Veronica Mars , the drama series Copper , and the science fiction series Westworld .

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Tessa Thompson Quotes

“I had all but decided to take a break and do some plays, and to see plays and read books and not work – literally not work – until I was going to burn for something.”

Tessa Thompson

On turning down the roles Hollywood was offering to her in “Tessa Thompson: ‘I decided not to work until I burned for something’” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/16/tessa-thompson-interview-decided-not-to-work-until-i-burned-for-something in The Guardian (2018 Feb 16)

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“The film itself is sort of an indictment of Hollywood. With black people, why is everything that we do wrapped in Christian dogma? Why do we only have to be the sassy black friend? It was incredible to be able to talk about the frustration that I’d had in this industry, in a film. And then it did so well. So that became my North Star.”

Tessa Thompson

On her role in the film Dear White People in “Tessa Thompson interview: ‘Men should have the responsibility to deal with their toxicity’” https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/tessa-thompson-interview-creed-ii-2-sexuality-men-bisexual-acting-michael-b-jordan-metoo-a8658881.html in Independent (2018 Nov 30)

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