Tessa Thompson
出生 : 1983-10-03, Los Angeles, California, USA
略歴
Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress, producer, singer, and songwriter. She began her professional acting career with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College. She appeared in productions of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet, the latter of which earned her a NAACP Theatre Award nomination. Her breakthrough came with leading roles in Tina Mabry's independent drama film Mississippi Damned (2009) and Tyler Perry's drama film For Colored Girls (2010).
Thompson was was raised between Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York. Her father, singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson, is of Afro-Panamanian descent and is the founder of the musical collective Chocolate Genius, Inc. Her mother has white and Mexican ancestry. She has a younger half-sister, Zsela, who is a singer and songwriter. Thompson attended Santa Monica High School, where she played Hermia in a student production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She then attended Santa Monica College (SMC), where she studied cultural anthropology and is a member of the alma mater. While at SMC, she also attended lectures by Lisa Wolpe of the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC).
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Bianca Taylor
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damien Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damien - a fighter who has nothing to lose.
Producer
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.
Beth
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.
Self - King Valkyrie
Settle in with the likes of Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, and Tessa Thompson, and as they divulge the secrets behind the creation of Thor: Love and Thunder. Through in-depth interviews with cast and crew, along with raw, unseen footage from the set and beyond, this documentary special pulls back the curtain on the God of Thunder’s fourth feature film.
King Valkyrie
壮絶なバトルの末、宇宙に旅立ったソー(クリス・ヘムズワース)は、すっかり戦いから遠ざかっていた。ある日、神殺しをもくろむ強敵ゴア(クリスチャン・ベイル)が出現し、ソーと新たに王となったヴァルキリー(テッサ・トンプソン)が応戦するものの、ゴアの前に全く歯が立たなかった。そこへマイティ・ソーのコスチュームをまとったソーの元恋人ジェーン(ナタリー・ポートマン)が現れ、ソーとヴァルキリーに協力する。
Self
Exploring how Black actresses, a historically overlooked and under-valued group in Hollywood, have in recent years begun to ascend to the top echelons of entertainment and American culture. The special examines how Black actresses of Hollywood have become power brokers and the iconic moments and roles have paved the way for them today.
Irene Redfield
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
Executive Producer
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
Sylvie
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
Lady (voice)
ディズニーの名作アニメーション映画「わんわん物語」を実写版としてリメイク。裕福なジムとダーリング夫妻のもとで甘やかされて育ったアメリカン・コッカー・スパニエルの雌犬レディは、恵まれた環境で幸せな日々を過ごしていた。ところが、ジムとダーリングの間に赤ちゃんが産まれたことでレディの日常は一変。ある日、トラブルから暗い路地裏に迷い込んでしまったレディは、路上で暮らす雄犬トランプに助けられる。
Tessa Thompson
Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.
Molly Wright / Agent M
黒いサングラスでブラックスーツに身を包み、地球上に生息するエイリアンの監視・取り締まりを行う最高機密機関「メン・イン・ブラック」(MIB)。エリート新人女性エージェントMは、ロンドン支部でイケメンチャラ男だが敏腕のエージェントHとチームを組み、MIB内部に潜伏するスパイを摘発する任務にあたる。エージェントの姿に化けたエイリアンを探す為、イギリス、フランス、モロッコと世界各国で捜査を進める二人に危機が迫っていた。スパイが仕掛けた裏工作により、逆に二人はMIBから追われる身となってしまう―。
Valkyrie
破格のメガヒットによって映画史を塗り替え続ける「アベンジャーズ」シリーズが、この春ついに完結。最凶最悪の敵"サノス"によって、人類の半分が消し去られ、最強チーム"アベンジャーズ"も崩壊してしまった。はたして失われた35億の人々と仲間を取り戻す方法はあるのか？ 大逆転へのわずかな希望を信じて再び集結したアイアンマン、キャプテン・アメリカ、ソーたちに残されたのは、最強の絆だけ──。"今はここにいない"仲間のために、最後にして最大の逆襲が始まる！
Executive Producer
For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.
Ollie
For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.
Bianca
ロッキー(シルヴェスター・スタローン)の指導を受け、ついに世界チャンピオンになったアドニス(マイケル・B・ジョーダン)に、リングで父アポロの命を奪ったイワン・ドラゴの息子ヴィクターが挑戦状をたたきつける。ロッキーの反対を押し切り、父のリベンジを誓い試合に臨んだアドニスは、ヴィクターの反則行為によって勝利する。しかしアドニスは、ボクサーとしてその結果に納得できなかった。
Detroit
同僚からあるコツを伝授され、電話セールスの成績が一気に上がったカシアス。昇進した彼は、倫理観もへったくれもないぶっ飛んだビジネスに取り込まれていく。
Zen
The story of a young woman named Jane 57821, who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as 'computers.' 'Dirty Computer' explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.
Nicole Stevens
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a hilarious, surprising, and ultimately touching road trip.
Josie Radek
軍の退役後、生物学教授として大学にて教鞭をとるレナのもとに1年前の極秘任務に赴いたまま行方不明だった夫ケインが突然現れる。しかし、ケインは記憶が曖昧で、どうやって家に戻ったのかすら理解できていない。ケインはその後、容態を崩し、病院への搬送中、軍によってレナとともに拘束され研究施設に連れていかれる。施設でレナは心理学者のヴェントレスによってケインが危篤状態であると告げられ、ケインはこの施設の外に広がるシマーと呼ばれるエリアからの唯一の生存者であると説明される。レナはベントレスがシマーを物理学者のジョージー・ラデク、人類学者のキャス・シェパード救急医療隊員のアーニャ・ソレンセンを率いて調査することを知り、この探検隊への参加を自ら志願する。
Scrapper 142 / Valkyrie
アベンジャーズの一員ソーの前に死の女神・ヘラが現れた。復讐と野望に燃えるヘラは、ソーの故郷へ攻撃をはじめる。故郷を奪われたソーは、この最強の敵を倒すため盟友ハルク、宿敵ロキらと型破りのチーム“リベンジャーズ”を組み極限バトルに挑む。 そこには、ソーの運命を変える秘密が隠されていた。
Chris
Barb is a real life "Juno" in South Dakota - a fourteen old high school track star and cheerleader in love with her 15 year old star athlete boyfriend - who allows a single moment of passion to change her forever. Chris is an African American teenager living on the streets of Philadelphia who is pregnant as a result of rape. As each girl wrestles with her pregnancy, the film presents real-life interviews with opposing views about a woman's right to choose... The emotional conclusion of each story leaves audiences with a profoundly new understanding of a woman's right to choose.
Narrator (voice)
An animated history of American health care provider, Planned Parenthood.
Jackie Hollis
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?
Brit
Based on a true story, a troubled twenty-year-old with PTSD struggles to normalize her life and escape her past. But as the symptoms of her disorder spiral out of control, she seeks retribution.
Bianca
世界ヘビー級チャンピオンだった父親、アポロ・クリードを知らずに育ったアドニス・ジョンソン。父親を生前に亡くしたが、その体には確実にボクサーの血が受け継がれていた。アドニスはフィラデルフィアに向かい、アポロ・クリードと新鋭ロッキー・バルボアの伝説の試合が行われた場所へ足を運ぶ。「兄弟愛の街」という意味を持つフィラデルフィアで、アドニスはロッキーを探し出し、トレーナーになってくれるよう頼む。ロッキーは二度とボクシングに関わらないと心に決めていたが、アドニスの姿に、かつて宿敵で親友だったアポロの強靱さと闘志を見出す。ロッキーは若きファイター、アドニスの頼みを聞き入れ指導を始める。元チャンピオンのロッキーはリングで戦ってきたどの相手よりも真剣にアドニスと対峙する。ロッキーをセコンドにつけたアドニスは、チャンピオンに手が届くところまですぐに昇り詰める。アドニスは果たしてリングに上がるまでに、闘志だけでなく真のファイターとしてのハートを手に入れられるのか？
Boss' secretary
The film follows an artist (Nate Ruess) in the midst of failing to reach the greatness of his previous albums, and being pressured by most of the people around him to make something even better. During this time, he falls in love with his boss' secretary, played by Tessa Thompson.
Diane Nash
1965年3月7日、マーティン・ルーサー・キング・Jr.の呼び掛けにより集まった、黒人の有権者登録妨害に抗議するおよそ600名がアラバマ州セルマを出発。だが、デモ行進がいくらも進まないうちに、白人知事は警官隊を動員して彼らを暴力で制圧する。その映像が「血の日曜日」としてアメリカ中に流れたことにより抗議デモはさらに激しさを増し、やがて世界を動かすことになる。＜アメリカ公民権運動が盛り上がりを見せる中、アラバマ州セルマで起きた血の日曜日事件を題材に描く感動作。ノーベル平和賞を受賞したマーティン・ルーサー・キング・Jr.のリーダーシップでデモに集まった人々が警官の投入によって鎮圧されたのをきっかけに、世論が大きく動いていくさまを描く。俳優のブラッド・ピットや人気トーク番組で有名なオプラ・ウィンフリーらが製作を担当。史実を基に描かれる、激動の近代史に心動かされる。＞
Samantha White
Four college students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an “African-American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post racial' America while weaving a story about forging one's unique path in the world.
Rosemary
Will the relationship between an American radio host and his wife survive the ethical dilemmas of outsourced pregnancy in India?
Wallis
When a petty crime thrusts him into the company of a feisty eighty-one-year-old African-American woman named Rose Price, Grantham and Rose push the boundaries of their relationship, their lives, and what it means to love, as they take a road trip back to their roots.
Maggie
Set entirely around the perspective of a 1964 Mercury muscle car, Automotive is an American neo-noir about Kansas, a man who must unravel a crime he may or may not have committed.
Nia Palmer
A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
Claire
Since closing the door to a violent past, quiet and thoughtful Moses Stanton everyday existence is running a small neighborhood store, and watching over his daughter who doesn't know he exists. When a young man, Malik, comes in claiming to be a black Muslim that is doing good for the neighborhood, Moses takes him on as a partner but soon realizes that Malik is nothing but a drug dealer seeking to destroy the neighborhood and Moses's daughter. Therefore, Moses must become the man he used to be in order to save his beloved neighborhood and his daughter. Written by Carmen Madden
Nyla / Purple
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Liz
A medical student (Steve Sandvoss) is working on a research project and discovers that he is able to reanimate recently-deceased mice. He takes a break from his work to go on a trip with three friends. He admits to his friend Sophia (Nicole Vicius) that he loves her – but shortly after this she falls into a nearby lake and drowns. Using the methods from his research project he is able to revive her, but the process requires that he extract the hormone Oxytocin from a recently-dead corpse. He murders two women, and attempts to murder a third, in the process of keeping Sophia alive. His actions arouse the suspicion of his friends and the campus police. In a twist at the end of the film, Sophia remembers the circumstances of her death, which changes the audience’s perceptions of the actions of one of the main characters in the story
Kari Peterson
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Waitress
A free-spirited woman leads a businessman down a path of reckless abandon.
Dana
Embarking on a journey to fulfill her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that will prove to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery.
Scarlet
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
Esme
A sorority girl unwittingly becomes the focus of a battle between good and evil.
Bianca Taylor
The fourth installment in the Rocky spin-off series, centered on Apollo Creed's son Donnie.
A woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station killed. She must decide if she can trust the man sent to rescue her, while the man considers whether she's entirely innocent or not.
Tessa Thompson
Shadow Stalker outlines the history of Predictive Policing, Digital Identity Theft and the dangers of Data Mining, that uses algorithms, performance and projections to make visible private Internet systems that are increasingly used by law enforcement and promote racial profiling. Drawing on a network of critical thinkers on surveillance and machine learning, Hershman Leeson abstracts the red square zone into a specter that haunts the work. Where one falls on the map in relation to this red square becomes a proxy for who one is-location, a proxy for identity.
