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Tessa Lynne Thompson[1] (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress.Thompson was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended Santa Monica High School and was in many high school theatre productions. She is known as Jackie Cook on Veronica Mars, having being a series regular for the show's second season. She has also guest starred on Cold Case and was an active member of the Colony Theater of Burbank, California. She guest-starred as Camille, Dr. Webber's niece, on Grey's Anatomy. She was a part of the cast on the CW`s short-lived drama Hidden Palms as Nikki.She will next be seen opposite Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the dancing filmMake it Happen.Thompson made her stage debut in a fifth grade play, starring as a tap dancing wolf, opposite Amber Tamblyn. More recently, Thompson was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her stage performance as Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans 1836" with The Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena, California--her first Shakespeare production. Subsequently, she has appeared in "The Tempest" and "Twelfth Night," as well as "Summertime," "Grease" and "Guys and Dolls." In the summer of 2005, she was the lead in the west coast premiere of "Indoor/Outdoor" at The Colony Theater in Burbank, California.A native to Los Angeles, Thompson is the daughter of singer/songwriter Marc A. Thompson of the New York-based band Chocolate Genius and granddaughter of actor/musician Bobby Ramos ("Latin Cruise"), one of the first Latin Americans to have his own television show. She enjoys dance, choreography, and sports, including tennis, swimming, volleyball, surfing and cheerleading. >> By WikiPedia
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