Tessa Thompson Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

The actor discusses her career, including her titular performance in BFI London Film Festival selection, Hedda.

Equally at home in cutting-edge drama and comedy as she is big-budget blockbusters, Tessa Thompson is often the trump card in the cast of any film. In a diverse body of work that spans the small and large screen, she has proven equally adept at comedy as she has the high stakes of drama; she discusses them all in this in-depth conversation from BFI London Film Festival 2025.