Tessa Thompson sempat memerankan Jackie Cook dalam film  berjudul VERONICA MARS yang dirilis tahun 2014, Samantha White dalam film berjudul DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, dan ia memerankan Charlotte Hale dalam seri HBO WESTWORLD. 

FILMOGRAFI

WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (2006)

MAKE IT HAPPEN (2008)

THE HUMAN CONTRACT (2008)

MISSISSIPPI DAMNED (2009)

EVERYDAY BLACK MAN (2010)

EXQUISITE CORPSE (2010)

FOR COLORED GIRLS (2010)

PERIPHERY (2011)

RED & BLUE MARBLES (2011)

MURDER ON THE 13TH FLOOR (2012)

SOUTH DAKOTA (2013)

AUTOMOTIVE (2013)

GRANTHAM & ROSE (2014)

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE (2014)

SELMA (2014)

CREED (2015)

WAR ON EVERYONE (2016)

THOR RAGANAROK (2017)

ANNIHILATION (2017)

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018)

AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019)

MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL (2019)

PENGHARGAAN 

American Black Film Festival (2009)

Black Reel Awards (2011)

Gotham Awards (2014)

Georgia Film Critics Association Awards (2014)

NAACP Image Awards (2014)

Black Reel Awards (2014)

African-American Film Critics Association (2015