# Tessa

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 aristocrat
* Tessa Blanchard (born 1994), American professional wrestler
* Tessa Bonhomme (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, Vanuatuan politician
* Tessa Ganserer (born 1977), German politician
* Tessa Giele (born 2002), Dutch swimmer
* 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, Australian actress
* Tessa Ía (born 1995), Mexican actress
* Tessa James (born 1991), Australian actress
* Tessa Joseph, Indian model and actress
* Tessa Jowell (1947–2018), British Labour politician
* Tessa Kelso, (1863–1933), City librarian, Los Angeles Public Library 1889–1895
* Tessa Kennedy (born 1938), British interior designer
* Tessa Keswick (1942–2022), British policy analyst
* Tessa Lark, American concert violinist
* Tessa Majors (2001–2019), American murder victim
* Tessa Mittelstaedt (born 1974), German actress
* Tessa Munt (born 1959), British politician
* Tessa Niles (born 1961), English singer
* Tessa Parkinson (born 1986), Australian sailor
* Tessa Peake-Jones (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 (born 1988), Dutch actress and film director
* Tessa Simpson (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
* Tessa Tennant (1959–2018), British investment advocate
* Tessa Thompson (born 1983), American actress
* Tessa Violet (born 1990), American musician, singer-songwriter, activist and YouTuber
* Tessa Virtue (born 1989), Canadian ice dancer
* Tessa Wheeler (1893–1936), British archaeologist
* Tessa Worley (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, 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 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