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Saucy and self-possessed, actress TESSA THOMPSON is the master of her own universe Over dinner at Bar Centrale, a Theater District haunt in New York City, Tessa Thompson is discussing the scope of her work and how she processes it. Thompson is also acutely aware of her unique positioning as a light-skinned Black woman and how that standard of beauty can unintentionally disrupt desired social progress, which she hopes to proactively address with her production company. Thompson plays Irene "Reenie" Redfield, a fair-skinned Black woman from Harlem who occasionally infiltrates the Caucasian world. Born in California and partially raised in New York, Thompson got her start at the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company, starring in the tragic comedy I The Tempest i in 2002. [Extracted from the article]
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