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 Tessa Bonhomme (born July 23, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and is a television sports reporter for The Sports Network (TSN). She was an Olympic gold medallist as a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team ...

(born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player * Tessa Brooks (born 1999), American musician and influencer *

Tessa Dahl Chantal Sophia "Tessa" Dahl (born 11 April 1957) is a British author and former actress. She is the daughter of British-Norwegian author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal. Dahl was born at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, the sec ...

(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 Tessa Dunlop (born 1974 in Scotland) is a British historian, writer and broadcaster. She has written several history books based on oral history, and presented history programmes for the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, UKTV History and the H ...

(born 1974), British television presenter, radio broadcaster and historian * Tessa Ferrer (born 1986), American actress *

Tessa Fowler Tessa Fowler is a Vanuatuan former politician. She and Mary Gilu were the first women elected to the New Hebrides Representative Assembly, serving from 1975 to 1977. Biography Born Tessa Franklin, Fowler earned an MA in philosophy, politics and ...

, Vanuatuan politician *

Tessa Ganserer Tessa Ganserer (born Markus Ganserer; 16 May 1977) is a German politician who has served as a member of the Bundestag since 26 October 2021. Previously, she was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria, representing the constituency of Middle Franconi ...

(born 1977), German politician *

Tessa Giele Tessa Giele (born 1 November 2002) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly events. She competed at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held from 16 to 21 ...

(born 2002), Dutch swimmer *

Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff Countess Tessa June von Walderdorff (; born 20 February 1994), also known by her married name Tessa Hilton, is an American socialite, model, and real estate broker. She previously worked as an actress in short films, a free-lance disc jockey, and ...

(born 1994), German countess *

Tessa Hadley Tessa Jane Hadley (born 28 February 1956; née Nichols) is a British author, who writes novels, short stories and nonfiction. Her writing is realistic and often focuses on family relationships. Her novels have twice reached the longlists of the ...

(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 Tessa Gillian Howard (born 6 January 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for East Grinstead and the England and Great Britain national teams. Club career Howard plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey Leag ...

(born 1999), English field hockey player *

Tessa Humphries Tessa Humphries (born 1963) is an Australian actress, best known for her appearances in television soap operas. Career Humphries performed in ''Cassandra'' as the title character, and also played Mary Reynolds in '' Sons and Daughters'' and Co ...

, Australian actress *

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(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 Tessa Jane Munt () (born 16 October 1959) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills in Somerset, having previously been elected as the MP for Wells from 2010 to 2015 and serving as t ...

(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 Teresa Mary Clare Pollitt (born 7 May 1959) is an English musician who is best known as the bass guitarist for the punk rock band the Slits between 1976 and 1982. Music career At 16 years old, Pollitt replaced the Slits's original bassist, ...

(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 Maria Theresa Isabel "Tessa" Rufino Prieto-Valdes (born September 1963) is a Filipino interior designer, socialite, columnist, and television personality known for her flamboyant personal style in fashion and for her philanthropic work. Prieto ...

(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 Tessa Schram (born 18 October 1988) is a Dutch actress and director. She is the daughter of film producer and director Dave Schram and Maria Peters and the sister of actor Quinten Schram. Filmography Films As director * ''Sammie is Looking'' ( ...

(born 1988), Dutch actress and film director *

Tessa Simpson Tessa Simpson (born October 27, 1986) is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in Atomweight division of the Invicta Fighting Championships (Invicta). Background Simpson was born in Guam. Growing up as a teenager, she was active ...

(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 Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. She previously competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialised Career Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savo ...

(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 Tessa Wyatt is an English actress best known for her role as Vicky Tripp (née Nicholls) on the ITV sitcom '' Robin's Nest''. Early life Wyatt was born in Woking, Surrey and attended Elmhurst Ballet School. She was encouraged to act by her ma ...

(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'' *

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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 Josephine Eliza Langford (born 18 August 1997) is an Australian actress best known for her starring role as Tessa Young in the ''After'' film series. She also portrayed Emma Cunningham in the Netflix film ''Moxie''. She also played Zoey Miller i ...

'' 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 ''Murder Drones'' is an Australian adult independent-animated web series created, written, and directed by Liam Vickers and produced by Glitch Productions. The pilot episode premiered on Glitch's YouTube channel on October 29, 2021. The remain ...

(2021-2024)

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