Tessa Thompson belongs to the record of film as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Tessa Thompson as American actress.
Tessa Thompson was born at Los Angeles in 1983. Her recorded nationality is the United States. She was educated at Santa Monica College.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
The record gives her occupations as actor, stage actor and television actor.
The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
Her recorded fields of work are acting.
Her work was formally recognised with the Gotham Awards for Best Actor.
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Tessa Thompson is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Educated at Santa Monica College
- Worked as actor, stage actor and television actor
