Tessa Lynn Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. She is of Afro-Panamanian, English, German, Irish, Mexican and Scottish descent. She was known for her role in the 2009 indie movie "Mississippi Damned". In movie, she starred as Nyla Adrose in the drama "For Colored Girls" (2010), civil rights activist Diane Nash in the historical drama "Selma" (2014), Bianca in the sports drama "Creed" (2015), and as Valkyrie in the superhero movie "" (2017) and in "" (2018).