Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson, born Tessa Lynn Thompson on October the 3rd 1983 and is an American actress. The artist’s career began in 2002 with a stage debut in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, her first television role came in Cold Case in 2005 and she went on to play small roles in Grey’s Anatomy, Veronica Mars and Heroes.

Best known for her breakout role in Mississippi Damned, she then went on to star in Coloured Girls and played Diane Nash in the historical drama Selma and Bianca in the sports drama Creed before her best known role to date in Thor Ragnarok came along. She has also portrayed Charlotte hale in the HBO science fiction television show Westworld alongside actors such as Evan Rachel Wood and Thandie Newton.