Tonya Mosley

Tessa is also starring in a new murder mystery, the Netflix limited series His and Hers.

She plays a once-prominent news anchor who returns to the small Georgia town where she grew up after a murder pulls her back into the spotlight.

And the detective leading the case is her estranged husband.

It doesn't take long for them to realize that they're both hiding something.

There are at least two signs to every story.

The series is adapted from Alice Feeney's bestselling novel and is structured around competing versions of the truth.

Tessa Thompson, welcome to Fresh Air.

Am I right that this is your first lead in a murder mystery?

Yeah, I hadn't thought about that until just now.

You're very intentional in the roles that you choose.

I think that most actors are, but there is something that is very specific.

I talked about it a little bit in the intro.

There's a through line in many of your characters.

Many of them are, of course, they're highly intelligent, but they're also deeply self-reflective and aware.

They use control as a way to survive.

Anna, this particular character in his and hers is no exception.

And I actually want to play a scene where she's having lunch at a diner with a cameraman.

His name is Richard Jones, and he's played by Pablo Schreiber.

And he's married to your nemesis, another news anchor, which I should just say is really real.

There are so many photographers who are married to news anchors.