Tessa Thompson Took Two Years Out of the Spotlight. This Winter, She’s Back With a Vengeance.
Broadway, Netflix, the awards circuit—no platform is off the table in Thompson’s resurgence. Here, she calls up a friend, the director Janicza Bravo, to tell her what it’s like to re-enter the chat.
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