- Born
- Birth nameTessa Lynn Thompson
- Height5′ 3¾″ (1.62 m)
- Actress Tessa Lynne Thompson was born on October 3, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of singer/songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson and the granddaughter of actor/musician Bobby Ramos. She was raised in Los Angeles before moving to Brooklyn, New York. Her father is of Afro-Panamanian ancestry and her mother is of Mexican and British Isles ancestry. Thompson attended Santa Monica High School, where she was featured in numerous theatre productions. After graduation, she enrolled at Santa Monica College, where she obtained a degree in cultural anthropology.
She starred as Juliet in William Shakespeare's drama "Romeo and Juliet" in a production held at the Boston Court Theatre in Pasadena, California. Her performance from earned her the NAACP Theatre nomination the same year. Away from the theatre stage, In 2005, Tessa made her first television appearance when she starred in the CBS series Cold Case (2003). Talented like her father Marc, Tessa's versatility extends to music, as a member of Electro Band, through which she has produced many songs, including one used in her film Dear White People (2017).
Since her acting career began in 2002, Tessa has played remarkable roles in popular television series and movies including Murder on the 13th Floor (2012), Make It Happen (2008), Red & Blue Marbles (2011), Selma (2014), Creed (2015), Creed II (2018), War on Everyone (2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Annihilation (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Men in Black: International (2019), Lady and the Tramp (2019), and Sylvie's Love (2020).
- IMDb mini biography by: Sam013024
- ChildrenNo Children
- Parents
- RelativesBobby Ramos(Grandparent)Jody Rome Thompson(Half Sibling)Zsela(Half Sibling)
- Her father is of Panamanian (Afro-Panamanian) ancestry, her maternal grandfather is of Mexican descent, and her maternal grandmother, whose parents were from Indiana, has English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
- Maternal granddaughter of actor and musician Bobby Ramos, one of the first Mexican-Americans to have his own television show ("Latin Cruise" for KTLA).
- Daughter of singer/songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson of the New York-based band Chocolate Genius.
- Member of the Los Angeles indie electro-soul band Caught A Ghost with Jesse Nolan. The band completed their debut album "Human Nature" (2014).
- Attended and graduated from Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California.
- As a kid, I loved going to lots of thrift stores with my parents. There was a period where I thought it was embarrassing, and then I started to get older - I realized they were really cool.
- There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.
- The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon.
- Veronica Mars (2004) was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I don't even know why - suddenly straight.
- I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any fashion rules dictated by weather, whereas in New York, of course, there are. New York is seasonal, and also it's a fashion mecca, so people are a little more aware of how they put things together.
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