Tessa Thompson
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Gender: Female
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography:
Born on October 3rd, 1983, Tessa Lynne Thompson is an American actress, producer, singer, and songwriter whose journey into the world of entertainment began during her time at Santa Monica College. As a student, she was already flexing her creative muscles, performing with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company in productions of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. Her work on stage caught the attention of critics and earned her a NAACP Theatre Award nomination.
Raised between the diverse environments of Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York, Thompson comes from an artistic family. Her father, Marc Anthony Thompson, is a talented singer-songwriter of Afro-Panamanian descent, and founder of the musical collective Chocolate Genius, Inc. Her mother's side boasts white and Mexican ancestry. Music clearly runs in the family, as Tessa's younger half-sister, Zsela, is also a singer and songwriter.
Thompson's commitment to her education saw her attend Santa Monica High School, where she played Hermia in a student production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After high school, she continued her studies at Santa Monica College (SMC), where she focused on cultural anthropology. It was here that she also developed an interest in theater and attended lectures by Lisa Wolpe of the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC).
Her professional acting career took off with leading roles in Tina Mabry's independent drama film Mississippi Damned (2009) and Tyler Perry's drama film For Colored Girls (2010), which solidified her status as a talented performer in Hollywood. With a strong foundation rooted in both education and artistic passion, Tessa Thompson has built an impressive career that continues to captivate audiences around the world.
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