The role of Valkyrie suits her very well: Who is Tessa Thompson?
Thompson, who played the role of Valkyrie in the 2017 film Thor: Ragnarok, appeared before the audience with the same character in the subsequent films of the Marvel universe. In 2018, she was nominated for the BAFTA Awards for Breakthrough Actor of the Year.
Tessa Thompson was born on October 3, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Her father's name is Marc Anthony Thompson. Her father is of Afro-Panamanian ancestry and her mother is of Mexican and British Isles ancestry.
She grew up in Los Angeles before moving to Brooklyn, New York. She attended Santa Monica High School where she took part in numerous theater productions. After graduation, she enrolled at Santa Monica College, where she earned a degree in cultural anthropology.
In 2003, Tessa Thompson starred in William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" at the Boston Court Theater in Pasadena, California. She next earned an NAACP Theater nomination the same year for her performance as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) 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 (2009) and Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls (2010).
Tessa Thompson started acting in 2005 in the CBS series Cold Case. In 2010, she took part in the movie For Colored Girls, which brought together America's important actresses of African origin. In the 2012-13 season, she played important characters in the TV series 666 Park Avenue and Copper.
She played the character of Charlotte Hale in the TV series Westworld, which was broadcast on the American Television Channel HBO in 2016. She starred in the series with actors such as Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, and Jeffrey Wright.
Thompson, who played the role of Valkyrie in the 2017 film Thor: Ragnarok, appeared before the audience with the same character in the subsequent films of the Marvel universe. She starred in the movie “Thor: Ragnarok” (Thor 3) alongside Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Karl Urban, Idris Elba, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Stevenson, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Ken Watanabe, Benedict Cumberbatch.
In 2018, she was nominated for the BAFTA Awards for Breakthrough Actor of the Year.
In 2019, Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson played the leading roles in the movie Men in Black: International, which previously starred Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, while Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, and Rebecca Ferguson also starred in the movie.