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 Tessa Mary Isabel Balfour, Countess of Balfour (née Fitzalan-Howard; born 30 September 1950), is a British people, British aristocrat. Biography Balfour was born on 30 September 1950 to Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, Miles Fitzal ...

(born 1950), British aristocrat *

Tessa Blanchard Tessa Blanchard (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she became the first female wrestler to win the Impact World Championship and is also a former Impact Knockouts ...

(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 (born 1957), English author and actress * Tessa Dare, American novelist * Tessa de Josselin (born 1989), Australian actress * Tessa Dunlop (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 Representative Assembly, serving from 1975 to 1977. Biography Born Tessa Franklin, Fowler earned an MA in philosophy, politics and economics at t ...

, Vanuatuan politician * Tessa Ganserer (born 1977), German politician * Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff (born 1994), German countess * Tessa Hadley (born 1956), British author * Tessa Hofmann (born 1949), German sociologist * Tessa Howard (born 1999), English field hockey player *

Tessa Humphries Tessa Humphries is an Australian actress, best known for her appearances in television soap opera. Humphries made her acting debut in '' Cassandra'' as the title character, and had also played Mary Reynolds in '' Sons and Daughters'' and Cori ...

, Australian actress * Tessa Ía (born 1995), Mexican actress * Tessa James (born 1991), Australian actress * Tessa Joseph, Indian model and actress *

Tessa Jowell Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (; 18 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood, previously Dulwich, from 1 ...

(1947–2018), British Labour politician *

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

(born 1938), British interior designer * Tessa Keswick (1942–2022), British policy analyst * Tessa Lark, American concert violinist *

Tessa Majors 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), A ...

(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 Dietmar ...

(born 1974), German actress *

Tessa Munt Tessa Jane Munt (born 16 October 1959) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset from 2010–15 and had previously served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary ...

(born 1959), British politician *

Tessa Niles Tessa Margaret Niles ( ''née'' Webb; born 27 January 1961 in Ilford, Essex) 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 ca ...

(born 1961), English singer *

Tessa Parkinson Tessa Parkinson OAM (born 22 September 1986) is an Australian sailor from Perth, Western Australia. Parkinson and skipper Elise Rechichi represented Australia in the 470 __NOTOC__ Year 470 ( CDLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday ...

(born 1986), Australian sailor *

Tessa Peake-Jones Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957) is an English actress having 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 (1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman * Tessa Ross (born 1961), English film producer * Tessa Sanderson (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 Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College. She appeared in productions of '' The Tempest ...

(born 1983), American actress *

Tessa Violet Tessa Violet Williams, previously known as Meekakitty, is a singer-songwriter, video blogger, actress, music video director, and former model. Originally a vlogger, over the years Tessa Violet's online content became devoted to her musical car ...

(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 medalist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 20 ...

(born 1989), Canadian ice dancer * Tessa Wheeler (1893–1936), British archaeologist *

Tessa Worley Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialises Career Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father ...

(born 1989), French skier and military officer * Tessa Wullaert (born 1993), Belgian footballer * Tessa Wyatt (born 1948), English actress

Fictional characters

* Tessa Gray, protagonist of '' The Infernal Devices'' novel series by Cassandra Clare *

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

, 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), 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 the ...

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

Anna Todd Anna Renee Todd (born March 20, 1989) is an American author and screenwriter, who is best known for her ''After'' series. She started publishing on the social storytelling platform Wattpad. The print edition of the series was published in 2014 by ...

Finance

* TESSA was the usual abbreviation for a

Tax-exempt special savings account In the UK, the tax-exempt special savings account (TESSA) was one of a number of tax-free savings accounts. The TESSA was announced by John Major in his only budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1990 (the "budget for savings") and at first ...

, a tax-privileged investment wrapper in the United Kingdom which was replaced by the ISA.

People

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Finance

See also