Tessa Rose Ferrer (born March 30, 1986) is an American film, TV, and stage actress. She is the daughter of singer

Debby Boone Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, " You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the G ...

and Gabriel Ferrer.

Career

In 2012,

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cast Ferrer in a recurring role as Dr. Leah Murphy in season nine of the ABC drama series ''

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''. however, in , it was announced that she would be exiting the show at the end of the season. In 2016, Ferrer returned to her role as Dr. Leah Murphy in episode six of season 13. In 2014, Ferrer had a recurring role in the CBS series ''

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''. In 2015, she had recurring role in season two of the FXX comedy series, ''

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''. In 2016 Shonda Rhimes hired her again for a hybrid sitcom that ultimately didn’t get picked up. 2018 she was brought on to Insidious: The Last Key to play Audrey Rainier, Elise’s mother. Also in 2018 she played Cora Babineau in Stephen King and David E. Kelly’s Mr. Mercedes. In 2019 she played Nurse Duckett in Catch-22. Followed by playing Meg Bailey, a youth basketball coach in SWAGGER for Apple TV+.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1986 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American film actresses American television actresses Boone family (show business) Ferrer family (show business) Living people {{US-tv-actor-1980s-stub