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Tessa Thompson Finds Her Own 'Hedda'

Nia DaCosta’s adaptation relocates Hedda Gabler to 1954 England with Tessa Thompson as a queer antiheroine in a drama exploring race, gender, and power dynamics.

  • On October 22, 2025, Nia DaCosta's writer-director adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play starring Tessa Thompson was reviewed ahead of its theatrical Friday and streaming Oct. 29 release.
  • Amid efforts to update Ibsen, Nia DaCosta layered race and sexuality atop Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and gender-swapped characters to explore queerness, race, and gender politics.
  • Condensing Ibsen to one night, the film stages a single party at Hedda's mansion where Hedda manipulates guests, pushing Thea Clifton into a lake during the drug-fueled chaos.
  • Tessa Thompson's performance drew high praise from reviewers, placing her in the mix for a best actress Oscar nomination this year and among famed Hedda portrayals.
  • The film joins a long tradition of Hedda portrayals since Henrik Ibsen's 1891 premiere and reframes the character as a queer, Black antiheroine in modern gender and power debates.
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Tessa Thompson finds her own 'Hedda'

In Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda,” Tessa Thompson’s titular socialite sows chaos. She manipulates. She cuts people to the bone with a quip. She pours more drinks.

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Mashable broke the news in United States on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
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