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

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 ...

. It may refer to:

People

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 Tessa Mary Isabel Balfour, Countess of Balfour (née Fitzalan-Howard; born 30 September 1950), is a British aristocrat. Biography Balfour was born on 30 September 1950 to Miles Fitzalan-Howard and his wife, the former Anne Constable-Maxwell. ...

(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 C ...

(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 an English author and former actress. She is the daughter of British author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal. Early life Dahl was born in Oxford, the second daughter of British au ...

(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 four different series. In 2012, she won the prestigious Romance Writers of America Ro ...

, 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 Dr Tessa Dunlop is a historian, writer and broadcaster. She has written several best selling oral history books and presented history programmes for the BBC, Discovery Channel Europe, Channel 4, UKTV History and the History Channel (US). She li ...

(born 1974), British television presenter, radio broadcaster and historian *

Tessa Ferrer Tessa Rosiola Ferrer (born March 30, 1986) is an American actress. She is known for playing Dr. Leah Murphy, a surgical intern then resident, in ''Grey's Anatomy''. She is the daughter of singer Debby Boone and Gabriel Ferrer. Career In 2012, S ...

(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 Tessa Ganserer (born Markus Ganserer; 16 May 1977) is a German politician who has served as a member of the Landtag of Bavaria since 7 October 2013, representing the constituency of Middle Franconia on the Alliance '90/The Greens list. During th ...

(born 1977), German politician *

Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff Countess Tessa June von Walderdorff (german: Tessa June Gräfin 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 ...

(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 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 She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier ...

(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 Corin ...

, 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 (Neighbours), Anne Baxter in soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2006. James played the role of Nicole Franklin in ''Home and Away'' from 2008 until 201 ...

(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 Sch ...

, 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 199 ...

(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 Do ...

(born 1938), British interior designer *

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

(1942–2022), British policy analyst *

Tessa Lark Tessa Lark is an American concert violinist from Kentucky. 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 ...

, 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), Ame ...

(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 Klaus Johannes Behrendt ...

(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 o ...

(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 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao, China, winning the gold me ...

(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 Teresa Mary Clare Pollitt (born 1 January 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 bassi ...

(born 1959), British bass guitarist *

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

(1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman *

Tessa Ross Tessa Sarah Ross CBE (born 1961) is an English film producer and executive. She was appointed Head of Film at Channel 4 in 2000 and ran Film4 and Film4 Productions from 2002 to 2014. Ross was appointed to the Board of the Royal National Theatre ...

(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 Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics. She was the second track and field ...

(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 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 care ...

(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, 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 Second World War ...

(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 S ...

(born 1989), French skier and military officer *

Tessa Wullaert Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional Women's association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Dutch club Fortuna Sittard and the Belgium women's national football team, Belgium na ...

(born 1993), Belgian footballer *

Tessa Wyatt Tessa Wyatt (born 23 April 1948) 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 in 1948 and attended Elmhurst Ballet School. She was ...

(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 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 Sage or SAGE may refer to: Plants * ''Salvia officinalis'', common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb ** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family ** ''Salvia'', a large ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero also known as Tessa *

Tessa (Capcom) ''Red Earth'', released in Japan as , is a fantasy-themed 2D fighting game released by Capcom as an arcade game in 1996. It was the first game for Capcom's CP System III hardware, the same hardware which ''Street Fighter III'' and its derivativ ...

, 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) ''After'' is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Jenny Gage and written by Gage, Susan McMartin and Tamara Chestna, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd. The film stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin and f ...

'' played by ''

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

'' 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 (Todd novel), After'' series. She started publishing on the social storytelling platform Wattpad. The print edition of the series was ...

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.

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