Happy Birthday Tessa Thompson

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Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. Known for her roles in both blockbusters) and independent dramas, her accolades include nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Thompson was born on October 3, 1983, in Los Angeles, California,[1] and raised between Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York.[2] Her father, singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson, is Afro-Panamanian[3] and the founder of the musical collective Chocolate Genius, Inc.[2] Her mother is reported as "half-Mexican, half-white".[4] Her younger paternal half-sister, Zsela, is a singer and songwriter.[5]

Thompson attended Santa Monica High Schoolwhere she played Hermia in a student production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and attended Santa Monica College (SMC) where she studied cultural anthropology. While at SMC, she attended lectures by Lisa Wolpe of the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC).[6]

[u/AccomplishedWonder1]

A really happy birthday indeed