Hey, I'm Tessa!
I’m a bicoastal actor, filmmaker and University Professor with a passion for women and queer led storytelling.
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My 3rd film AISLES has been completed and is heading into the festival circuit.
I am in development to direct my first Feature film.
As an actor, you can catch me on Season 1 of THE WALKING DEAD, THE ONES WHO LIVED.
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The byproduct of an Argentinean Catholic and New Jersey Jew- A self titled “CASHEW”.
I started my acting career at the ripe old age of 9 and have continued to develop my creative voice as a hyphenated artist. I graduated from Barnard College with a dual degree in Theatre and Anthropology. I moved from NYC to LA in 2016 and gave up my subway crawling for traffic jams and a Prius named Ruth Bader Ginsburg II.
You can usually find me in a Los Feliz coffee shop or at a bar with a book and a fizzy drink. If i’m not there i’m definitely somewhere on a diatribe with a stranger about how the only thing better than a New York bagel is a New Jersey bagel.
I completed my MFA in acting at The University of Southern California where I am now a proud Professor of Theatre Arts and Filmmaking.