List of awards and nominations received by Tessa Thompson

List of Tessa Thompson awards

Thompson in 2017
Award	Wins	Nominations
British Academy Film Awards	0	2
Primetime Emmy Awards	0	1

Tessa Thompson is an American actress of film and television.

Thompson gained favorable notices for her early film performances in the comedy-drama Dear White People , Selma (both in 2014). She gained mainstream attention for her roles in franchise films playing Bianca Taylor in the sport dramas Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018), and 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). She also has received critical praise for her roles in independent films such as Sorry to Bother You (2018), Little Woods (2018), Annihilation (2018), the romantic drama Sylvie's Love (2020), and the period film Passing (2021), the latter of which earned her a British Academy Film Award nomination.

On television, she earned a Saturn Award nomination for her performance in the science fiction series Westworld (2016–present). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work as a producer on Sylvie's Love.

Major associations

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Outstanding Television Movie	Sylvie's Love	Nominated	[1]

British Academy Film Awards

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

Critics associations

African-American Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Breakthrough Performance	Dear White People	Won	[3]
2015	Best Supporting Actress	Creed	Won	[4]

Critics Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics Choice Movie Awards
2014	Best Acting Ensemble	Selma	Nominated	[5]
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2021	Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie	Sylvie's Love	Nominated	[6]

Gotham Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Breakthrough Actor	Dear White People	Won	[7]
2021	Outstanding Lead Performance	Passing	Nominated	[8]

Hamptons International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Breakthrough Performer	Selma	Won

New York Film Critics Online Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Actress	Passing	Won

Online Association of Female Film Critics

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Actress	Passing	Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Ensemble	Selma	Nominated	[9]

Washington D.C. Film Critics Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Ensemble	Selma	Nominated	[10]
2021	Best Actress	Passing	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

American Black Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Actor	Mississippi Damned	Won	[11]

Black Reel Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Breakthrough Performance	For Colored Girls	Won	[12]
2015	Best Actress	Dear White People	Nominated	[13]
2016	Best Supporting Actress	Creed	Won	[14]
2018	Best Supporting Actress	Thor: Ragnarok	Nominated	[15]
2022	Outstanding Actress	Passing	Won
Black Reel Awards for Television
2018	Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series	Westworld	Nominated
2021	Outstanding Actress	Sylvie's Love	Nominated	[16]

Empire Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Best Female Newcomer	Thor: Ragnarok	Nominated	[17]

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Dear White People	Nominated	[18]
2015	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Creed	Nominated	[19]
2018	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Thor: Ragnarok	Nominated	[20]
2021	Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Limited-Series	Sylvie's Love	Nominated	[21]

People's Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Favorite Female Movie Star	Men in Black: International	Nominated	[22]

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Best Supporting Actress	Thor: Ragnarok	Nominated	[23]
2021	Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series	Westworld	Nominated	[24]

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	Creed	Nominated	[25]
2018	Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi	Westworld	Nominated	[26]
2019	Choice Action Movie Actress	Men in Black: International	Nominated	[27]

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