Tessa Thompson Became a Must-Watch Actress With This Clever Comedy That Turned Into a Netflix Show

Tessa Thompson’s breakthrough role was in 2014’s Dear White People, alongside Tyler James Williams, Kyle Gallner, and Teyonah ...

Tessa Thompson finds her own 'Hedda'

In Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda,” Tessa Thompson’s titular socialite sows chaos. She manipulates. She cuts people to the bone with a quip. She pours more drinks. Henrik Ibsen's classic heroine is ...

Tessa Thompson Storms Into the Oscar Race With ‘Hedda’

With a mischievous glean in her eye that suggests she delights in twisting people into knots, Hedda Gabler (Tessa Thompson) is a woman not to be trifled with in Hedda, Nia DaCosta’s electrically ...

‘Hedda’ Review: Tessa Thompson Sinks Her Talons Into a Rich Stage Role Boldly Reinvented for the Big Screen

On the chain around Hedda Gabler’s neck hangs a key to her father’s gun case. One needn’t be a genius to deduce that the key ...
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Tessa Thompson finds her own 'Hedda'

TORONTO — In Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda,” Tessa Thompson’s titular socialite sows chaos. She manipulates. She cuts people to the bone with a quip. She pours more drinks. Hedda Gabler, the heroine of Henrik ...

Tessa Thompson and Hedda cast on the "fascinating" process of modernising iconic play

The film – which is simply titled Hedda – is a lavishly staged and brilliantly acted reinvention of the classic play, with ...