List of awards and nominations received by Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson awards and nominations
Thompson in 2017
Thompson in 2017
Totals[a]
Wins11
Nominations24
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Tessa Thompson is an American actress. She is known for her roles complex and varied roles spanning genres ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to independent film. Thompson has received nominations from several organizations including for two British Academy Film Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as wins for a Gotham Award and a NAACP Image Award.

Thompson gained critical attention and praise for her early film role as a passionate student in the comedy-drama Dear White People (2014) for which she won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer. That same year she portrayed civil rights activist Diane Nash in the Ava DuVernay directed historical drama Selma (2014) for which she was nominated alongside the cast for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble. Thompson was also nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2017. She portrayed a Black woman navigating complex emotional and social terrain in 1920s Harlem in the Rebecca Hall directed Netflix period drama Passing (2021). The role earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance.

She gained mainstream attention for her roles in franchise films playing Bianca Taylor in the sports drama films Creed (2015), Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023) as well as for her starring role as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as her leading role in the science fiction franchise film Men in Black: International (2019). During this time she also starred in the independent films Sorry to Bother You (2018), Little Woods (2018), and Annihilation (2018).

On television, she played the dual role of Charlotte Hale / Dolores Abernathy in the HBO dystopian science fiction series Westworld (2016–2022), for which she was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television. She also portrayed the romantic lead in the Amazon Studios romance drama Sylvie's Love (2020), with her performance receiving a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. As a producer on the film, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.

Major associations

BAFTA Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2017 Rising Star Nominated [1]
2021 Best Actress in a Leading Role Passing Nominated [2]

Critics Choice Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Critics Choice Movie Awards
2014 Best Acting Ensemble Selma Nominated [3]
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2021 Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie Sylvie's Love Nominated [4]

Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2021 Outstanding Television Movie Sylvie's Love Nominated [5]

Critics associations

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
African-American Film Critics Association 2014 Breakthrough Performance Dear White People Won [6]
2015 Best Supporting Actress Creed Won [7]
Gotham Awards 2014 Breakthrough Actor Dear White People Won [8]
2021 Outstanding Lead Performance Passing Nominated [9]
New York Film Critics Online Awards 2021 Best Actress Passing Won
Online Association of Female Film Critics 2021 Best Actress Passing Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society 2014 Best Ensemble Selma Nominated [10]
Washington D.C. Film Critics Awards 2014 Best Ensemble Selma Nominated [11]
2021 Best Actress Passing Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
American Black Film Festival 2009 Best Actor Mississippi Damned Won [12]
Black Reel Movie Awards 2011 Best Breakthrough Performance For Colored Girls Won [13]
2015 Best Actress Dear White People Nominated [14]
2016 Best Supporting Actress Creed Won [15]
2018 Best Supporting Actress Thor: Ragnarok Nominated [16]
2022 Outstanding Actress Passing Won [1]
Black Reel Awards for Television 2018 Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series Westworld Nominated
2021 Outstanding Actress Sylvie's Love Nominated [17]
Empire Awards 2018 Best Female Newcomer Thor: Ragnarok Nominated [18]
Fargo Film Festival 2019 Best Actress Little Woods Won [19]
Hamptons International Film Festival 2015 Breakthrough Performer Selma Won
NAACP Image Awards 2014 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Dear White People Nominated [20]
2015 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Creed Won [21]
2018 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Thor: Ragnarok Nominated [22]
2021 Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Limited-Series Sylvie's Love Nominated [23]
People's Choice Awards 2019 Favorite Female Movie Star Men in Black: International Nominated [24]
Saturn Awards 2018 Best Supporting Actress Thor: Ragnarok Nominated [25]
2021 Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series Westworld Nominated [26]
Teen Choice Awards 2016 Choice Movie Actress: Drama Creed Nominated [27]
2018 Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi Westworld Nominated [28]
2019 Choice Action Movie Actress Men in Black: International Nominated [29]

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