Tessa Thompson
Tessa Thompson Thompson at the 46th NAACP Image Awards Nominee Press Conference Born Tessa Lynne Thompson (1983-10-03) October 3, 1983 (age 31) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 2005–present Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. She played Jackie Cook on the television noir Veronica Mars, Nyla Adrose in the film For Colored Girls, and civil rights activist Diane Nash in Selma (2014).