Tessa is a feminine given name, sometimes a shortened form of

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

. It may refer to:

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Tessa (rapper) Theresa Ann Fallesen (born 8 September 1997), known professionally as Tessa, is a Danish rapper. Early life Tessa was born on 8 September 1997 and grew up with her mother in Greve Municipality, Greve, Zealand. Tessa's mother was diagnosed with ...

(born 1997), Danish rapper *

Tessa Albertson Tessa Albertson is an American actress. She plays Caitlin Miller on the television series '' Younger''. Early life Albertson was born in New York City. After high school graduation, she took time off for her acting career before attending Pri ...

(born 1996), American actress *

Tessa Balfour, Countess of Balfour Major General Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (21 July 1915 – 24 June 2002), known between 1971 and 1972 as the Lord Beaumont and until 1975 as the Lord Beaumont and Howard of Glossop, was a British Army general ...

(born 1950), British aristocrat *

Tessa Blanchard Tessa Blanchard (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former Impact World Champion, and a former Impact Knockouts Champion. She previously performed for ...

(born 1994), American professional wrestler * Tessa Bonhomme (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player * Tessa Brooks (born 1999), American musician and influencer * Tessa Dahl (born 1957), English author and actress *

Tessa Dare Tessa Dare is a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling American historical romance novelist. She has authored fifteen novels and novellas and created five different series. In 2012, she won the Romance Writers of America RITA award for ...

, American novelist *

Tessa de Josselin Tessa de Josselin (born 13 April 1989) is an Australian actress and voiceover artist. She left her job as an environmental planner to pursue a career in acting. Shortly after joining an acting agency, de Josselin appeared in an episode of '' Tri ...

(born 1989), Australian actress * Tessa Dunlop (born 1974), British television presenter, radio broadcaster and historian * Tessa Ferrer (born 1986), American actress * Tessa Fowler, Vanuatuan politician * Tessa Ganserer (born 1977), German politician * Tessa Giele (born 2002), Dutch swimmer * Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff (born 1994), German countess * Tessa Hadley (born 1956), British author *

Tessa Hofmann Tessa Hofmann (Savvidis) (born 15 December 1949, Bassum, Lower Saxony) is a scholar of Armenian studies and sociology, PhD, research scholar at the Free University of Berlin. Biography She studied at the Department of Slavonic Languages and Liter ...

(born 1949), German sociologist * Tessa Howard (born 1999), English field hockey player * Tessa Humphries, Australian actress * Tessa Ía (born 1995), Mexican actress *

Tessa James Tessa James (born 17 April 1991) is an Australian actress. She made her acting debut as Anne Baxter in soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2006. James played the role of Nicole Franklin in ''Home and Away'' from 2008 until 2011. She has also appeared ...

(born 1991), Australian actress *

Tessa Joseph Tessa Joseph is an Indian model-turned-actress who works in Malayalam films and television. She made her acting debut in 2003 with '' Pattalam''. Early and personal life Born to M.K George and Achimma, Tessa attended St. Antony's Public Scho ...

, Indian model and actress *

Tessa Jowell Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (; 17 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a Labour Party (UK), British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) f ...

(1947–2018), British Labour politician *

Tessa Kelso Teresa Laura "Tessa" Kelso (May 1863 – August 14, 1933) was an American librarian, publicist and journalist who was head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library. A local Methodist minister accused her of "sin" when the library stocked a boo ...

, (1863–1933), City librarian,

Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California, operating separate from the Los Angeles County Public Library system. The system holds more than six million volumes, and with around 19 million resid ...

1889–1895 *

Tessa Kennedy Tessa Georgina Kennedy (born 6 December 1938) is a British interior designer, whose clients include multi-national corporations, royalty, celebrities, and European hotels, restaurants, and clubs. Her elopement with society portrait painter Domin ...

(born 1938), British interior designer *

Tessa Keswick The Honourable Annabel Thérèse Keswick, Lady Keswick (née Fraser; 15 October 1942 – 13 September 2022), was a Scottish lady from the Fraser family who married Lord Reay and then Sir Henry Keswick. She was influential in British politics ...

(1942–2022), British policy analyst *

Tessa Lark Tessa Lark is an American concert violinist. Early life Lark was born and raised in Richmond, Kentucky. She started violin training at age six through the Suzuki method. Her musical career began performing and recording with her father's Gospe ...

, American concert violinist *

Tessa Majors Tessa is a feminine given name, sometimes a shortened form of Theresa. It may refer to: People * Tessa (rapper) (born 1997), Danish rapper * Tessa Albertson (born 1996), American actress * Tessa Balfour, Countess of Balfour (born 1950), British ...

(2001–2019), American murder victim *

Tessa Mittelstaedt Tessa Mittelstaedt (born 1 April 1974 in Ulm) is a German actress. She is best known for playing the role of Franziska Lüttgenjohann in the Westdeutscher Rundfunk iteration of ''Tatort'', alongside Klaus J. Behrendt and Dietmar Bär Dietma ...

(born 1974), German actress * Tessa Munt (born 1959), British politician *

Tessa Niles Tessa Margaret Niles ( ''née'' Webb; born 27 January 1961) is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of contemporary artists. She began her professional singing career in 1979. Early life and career Niles began h ...

(born 1961), English singer * Tessa Parkinson (born 1986), Australian sailor *

Tessa Peake-Jones Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957) is an English actress who has appeared in '' The Danedyke Mystery'' (1979), ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1980), ''When We Are Married'' (1987), '' Up the Garden Path'' (1990–1993), '' So Haunt Me'' (1992–1994) ...

(born 1957), English actress * Tessa Pollitt (born 1959), British bass guitarist *

Tessa Prendergast Marie Therese "Tessa" Prendergast (17 October 1928 – 9 July 2001), also known as Tessa Welborn, was a Jamaicans, Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman, and socialite. A renowned beauty and movie starlet in the 1950s, she is best-re ...

(1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman * Tessa Prieto-Valdes (born 1963), Filipino columnist, media personality, and socialite *

Tessa Ross Tessa Sarah Ross CBE (born 1961) is an English film producer and executive. She received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award and was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Ho ...

(born 1961), English film producer *

Tessa Sanderson Theresa Ione Sanderson (born 14 March 1956) is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's ja ...

(born 1956), British javelin thrower and heptathlete * Tessa Schram (born 1988), Dutch actress and film director * Tessa Simpson (born 1986), American mixed martial artist *

Tessa Tennant Teresa Mary "Tessa" Tennant ( Cormack; 29 May 1959 – 7 July 2018) was a British advocate of sustainable investment. She co-founded one of the UK's first green investment funds. She was a pioneer in the field of responsible investment and was ...

(1959–2018), British investment advocate *

Tessa Thompson Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. She began her professional acting career with the List of Theatre Communications Group member theatres, Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica ...

(born 1983), American actress *

Tessa Violet Tessa Violet Williams (born March 20, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter, social media personality, actress, music video director, and former child model. Originally a vlogger under the username Meekakitty, Violet has since focused primari ...

(born 1990), American musician, singer-songwriter, activist and YouTuber *

Tessa Virtue Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue (born May 17, 1989) is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017) ...

(born 1989), Canadian ice dancer *

Tessa Wheeler Tessa Wheeler ( Verney; 27 March 1893 – 15 April 1936) was an archaeologist who made a significant contribution to excavation techniques and contributed to the setting up of major British archaeological institutions after the World War II, Se ...

(1893–1936), British archaeologist * Tessa Worley (born 1989), French skier and military officer *

Tessa Wullaert Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Belgium national team, where she has amassed the second-highest number of caps for her country ever. She is her ...

(born 1993), Belgian footballer * Tessa Wyatt (born 1948), English actress

Fictional characters

* Tessa Gray, protagonist of ''

The Infernal Devices ''The Infernal Devices'' is a trilogy by author Cassandra Clare, centring on a race called the Shadowhunters introduced in her ''The Mortal Instruments'' series. The trilogy is a prequel series to ''The'' ''Mortal Instruments'' series. Cassandr ...

'' novel series by Cassandra Clare *

Tessa Noël Tessa Noël is a fictional character in the television series ''Highlander: The Series'', portrayed by Belgians, Belgian actor Alexandra Vandernoot. A professional artist and Sculpture, sculptor, Tessa is the lover and confidant of the series prot ...

, in the TV series ''Highlander: The Series'' * Teresa "Tessa" Testarossa, in the multimedia franchise ''Full Metal Panic!'' * Tessa, a character on the TV series ''Supernatural'' * Sage, a Marvel Comics superhero also known as Tessa *

Tessa (Capcom) ''Red Earth'', released in Japan as , is a 1996 fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcade video game, arcades. It was the first game for Capcom's CP System III hardware, the same hardware which ''Street Fighter III'' and its der ...

, in the ''Red Earth'' video game series * Tessa, in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera ''

The Gondoliers ''The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria'' is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889 and ran for a very successful 554 performances (at that time t ...

'' * the title character of ''Tessa'' (novel), by Margit Sandemo * the title character of ''Tessa'' (play), by Jean Giraudoux * Tessa Young, Main Character in the movie, ''

After (2019 film) ''After'' is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Jenny Gage, who co-wrote the screenplay with Susan McMartin, Tamara Chestna, and Tom Betterton, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd. It is the first installment in t ...

'' played by '' Josephine Langford'' based on the novel written by ''

Anna Todd Anna Renee Todd (born March 20, 1989) is an American author, film producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing the book series ''After'', which she started publishing on the social storytelling platform Wattpad. The print edition o ...

'' * Tessa James Elliott, a character from the Australian animated web series Murder Drones (2021-2024)

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