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Theresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or rea ...

Tessa Tessa is a feminine given name, sometimes a shortened form of Theresa. It may refer to: People * Tessa Albertson (born 1996), American actress * Tessa Balfour, Countess of Balfour (born 1950), British aristocrat * Tessa Blanchard (born 1994), ...

People

Tess Amorim Tess Amorim Coelho (born September 15, 1994) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for the short film '' Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho'' and the film '' Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho'', in which she played Giovana. Filmography Awards an ...

(born 1994), Brazilian actress *

Tess Broussard Brenda Tess Broussard is an American actress, glamour model, and media personality. Career While attending Pepperdine University, Broussard was acting and modeling. Broussard worked as a spokesmodel, calendar model and poster model. for sever ...

(born 1972), American model and actress *

Tess Daly Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly (born 29 March 1969) is an English model and television presenter who co-presented the BBC One celebrity dancing show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2004 to 2013; she has been the show's main presenter since 2014. ...

(born 1969), British television presenter * Tess Frazer, American actress *

Tess Gaerthé Tess Gaerthé (born 21 August 1991), better known as simply Tess, is a Dutch singer and former child star. Gaerthé rose to fame as the Dutch representative at the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. Singing " Stupid", she finished in 7t ...

(born 1991), Dutch singer * Tess Gallagher (born 1943), American writer *

Tess Gardella Therese Gardella (December 19, 1894 – January 3, 1950) was an American performer on the stage and screen whose stage persona was Aunt Jemima. She was of Italian descent. The Aunt Jemima brand name used for pancake mix and related products in t ...

(1894-1950), American actress and vaudeville performer *

Tess Gerritsen Tess Gerritsen (born Terry Tom; June 12, 1953) is the pseudonym of Terry Gerritsen, an American novelist and retired general physician. Early life Tess Gerritsen is the child of a Chinese immigrant and a Chinese-American seafood chef. While grow ...

(born 1953), American novelist *

Tess Harper Tessie Jean Harper (''née'' Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's ''Tender Mercies'', and for the Academy Award for Bes ...

(born 1950), American actress * Tess Haubrich (born 1990), Australian actress *

Tess Henley Tess Henley is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Kent, Washington, United States. Born into a musical family, Henley studied and performed since childhood before launching a career performing soul music. Since 2008, she has released se ...

(born 1987), American singer-songwriter *

Tess Holliday Ryann Maegen Hoven, known professionally as Tess Holliday and formerly known as Tess Munster (born July 5, 1985), is an American plus-size model, blogger, and make-up artist based in Los Angeles. Early life Holliday was born and raised in La ...

(born 1985), American model and blogger * Tess Jaray (born 1937), British painter and printmaker *

Tess Kingham Teresa Jane Kingham (born 4 May 1963) is a British Labour Party politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 1997 to 2001. Kingham was educated at Dartford Grammar School for Girls, and gained a BA from Royal Holloway, ...

(born 1963), British politician and one-term Member of Parliament * Tess Lambe, Irish vaccine development scientist *

Tess Ledeux Tess Ledeux (born 23 November 2001) is a French freestyle skier who competes internationally. She competed for France at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she won a gold medal in slope ...

(born 2001), French freestyle skier * Tess Mattisson (born 1978), Swedish singer * Tess Merkel (born 1970), Swedish singer *

Tess Oliveira Tess Flore Badocco Helene de Oliveira (born January 6, 1987 in Paris) is a female water polo goalkeeper from Brazil, who won the bronze medal with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2003 Pan American Games. Oliveira also compete ...

(born 1987), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper * Tess Rafferty, American writer, comedian, and actress * Tess Rothschild (1915-1996), British counter-intelligence officer and magistrate * Tess Taylor (born 1972), American poet, academic, and CNN contributor * Tess Wiley (born 1974), American singer-songwriter

Fictional characters

Film

* Tess Skeffington, in ''Murder By Death'', played by Eileen Brennan * Tess Carlisle, in ''Guarding Tess'', played by Shirley MacLaine * Tess Carroll, in ''Charlie St. Cloud'', played by Amanda Crew * Tess Coleman, in ''Freaky Friday'', played by Jamie Lee Curtis * Tess Durbeyfield/D'Urberville, in ''Tess'', based on Thomas Hardy's novel, played by Nastassja Kinski * Tess Finnegan, in ''Fool's Gold'' (2008), played by Kate Hudson *

Tess Harding ''Roswell'' is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999, on the WB and later shifted to UPN for the third season. The final episode aired on May 14, ...

, in ''Woman of the Year'', played by Katharine Hepburn * Tess McGill, in ''Working Girl'', played by Melanie Griffith * Tess Nichols, in ''27 Dresses'', played by Malin Åkerman * Tess Ocean, in ''Ocean's Eleven'' (2001) and the sequel ''Ocean's Twelve'', played by Julia Roberts * Tess Tyler, in the television movie ''Camp Rock'' and ''Billboard Dad'', played by Meaghan Jette Martin * Tess Scali, in ''

Burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

'', played by Cher

Television

* Tess Adamson, on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' * Tess Bateman, on the British medical drama ''Casualty'', played by Suzanne Packer * Teresa Bell, on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' *

Tess Doerner This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''The 4400''. The list includes the series main characters, recurring characters, minor characters, as well a list of the 4400 returnees. Main characters Tom Baldwin Tom Baldwin, po ...

, on the American science fiction series ''The 4400'', played by Summer Glau * Tess Fontana, on the American series ''Eureka'' * Tess Foster, protagonist of the Canadian sitcom ''

Life with Boys ''Life with Boys'' is a Canadian teen sitcom that aired in Canada on YTV from September 2011 through August 2013. The show stars Torri Webster, Madison Pettis, Nathan McLeod, Michael Murphy, Jake Goodman, and Sandy Jobin-Bevans. The show follows ...

'' *

, on the series ''Roswell'', played by Emilie de Ravin * Tess Silverman McLeod, on the Australian series ''McLeod's Daughters'', played by Bridie Carter * Tess Mercer, on the American series ''Smallville'' * Tess Ramsey, on the American soap opera ''Port Charles'', played by Kelly Monaco * Tess Smith, an alternate personality of the character Jessica Buchanan on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'', played by Bree Williamson * Tess, on the television series ''

Touched by an Angel ''Touched by an Angel'' is an American fantasy drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes over nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and executive produced ...

'', played by Della Reese

Books and comics

* Tess Durbeyfield/D'Urberville, in the novel ''Tess of the D'Urbervilles'' by Thomas Hardy * Tess Clark, in Chuck Palahniuk's novel ''Haunted'' *

Tess Trueheart ''Tess Trueheart'' is the love interest character in the American comic strip ''Dick Tracy'', which was created by Chester Gould in 1931. The character eventually became the wife of Dick Tracy in the original comic strip. In the 1934-1948 radio ...

, in the ''Dick Tracy'' comic strip series

Video games

* Theresa "Tess" Servopoulos, in the game ''

The Last of Us ''The Last of Us'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United State ...

'' * Tess Wintory, in the game ''

Test Drive Unlimited 2 ''Test Drive Unlimited 2'' is a 2011 open world racing video game developed by Eden Games and published by Atari for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to the 2006 game ''Test Drive Unlimited'' and the nineteenth ent ...

'' * Tess Everis, in the game ''

Destiny (video game) ''Destiny'' is an online-only multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and previously published by Activision. ''Destiny'' is now self-published by Bungie after separating from Activision in 2019. It was released wo ...

'' * Tess Greymane, in the game ''