Tess is a feminine given name, typically a diminutive form of Theresa or Tessa.
People
Tess Amorim (born 1994), Brazilian actress
Tess Broussard (born 1972), American model and actress
Tess Daly (born 1969), British television presenter
Tess Frazer, American actress
Tess Gaerthé (born 1991), Dutch singer
Tess Gallagher (born 1943), American writer
Tess Gardella (1894-1950), American actress and vaudeville performer
Tess Gerritsen (born 1953), American novelist
Tess Harper (born 1950), American actress
Tess Haubrich (born 1990), Australian actress
Tess Henley (born 1987), American singer-songwriter
Tess Holliday (born 1985), American model and blogger
Tess Jaray (born 1937), British painter and printmaker
Tess Joffroy (born 1994), Réunionese singer-songwriter
Tess Kingham (born 1963), British politician and one-term Member of Parliament
Tess Lambe, Irish vaccine development scientist
Tess Ledeux (born 2001), French freestyle skier
Tess Mattisson (born 1978), Swedish singer
Tess Merkel (born 1970), Swedish singer
Tess Oliveira (born 1987), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
Tess Rafferty, American writer, comedian, and actress
Tess Rothschild (1915-1996), British counter-intelligence officer and magistrate
Tess Taylor (born 1972), American poet, academic, and CNN contributor
Tess Wiley (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
Fictional characters
Film
Tess Skeffington, in Murder By Death, played by Eileen Brennan
Tess Carlisle, in Guarding Tess, played by Shirley MacLaine
Tess Carroll, in Charlie St. Cloud, played by Amanda Crew
Tess Coleman, in Freaky Friday, played by Jamie Lee Curtis
Tess Durbeyfield/D'Urberville, in Tess, based on Thomas Hardy's novel, played by Nastassja Kinski Tess Finnegan, in Fool's Gold (2008), played by Kate Hudson Tess Harding, in Woman of the Year, played by Katharine Hepburn Tess McGill, in Working Girl, played by Melanie Griffith Tess Nichols, in 27 Dresses, played by Malin Åkerman Tess Ocean, in Ocean's Eleven (2001) and the sequel Ocean's Twelve, played by Julia Roberts Tess Tyler, in the television movie Camp Rock and Billboard Dad, played by Meaghan Jette Martin Tess Scali, in Burlesque, played by Cher
Television
Tess Adamson, on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
Tess Bateman, on the British medical drama Casualty, played by Suzanne Packer
Teresa Bell, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Tess Doerner, on the American science fiction series The 4400, played by Summer Glau Tess Fontana, on the American series Eureka Tess Foster, protagonist of the Canadian sitcom Life with Boys Tess Harding, on the series Roswell, played by Emilie de Ravin Tess Silverman McLeod, on the Australian series McLeod's Daughters, played by Bridie Carter Tess Mercer, on the American series Smallville Tess Ramsey, on the American soap opera Port Charles, played by Kelly Monaco Tess Smith, an alternate personality of the character Jessica Buchanan on the American soap opera One Life to Live, played by Bree Williamson Tess, on the television series Touched by an Angel, played by Della Reese
Books and comics
Tess Durbeyfield/D'Urberville, in the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Tess Clark, in Chuck Palahniuk's novel Haunted Tess Trueheart, in the Dick Tracy comic strip series Tess Turbo, in the Bloom County comic strip
Video games
Theresa "Tess" Servopoulos, in the game The Last of Us
Tess Wintory, in the game Test Drive Unlimited 2
Tess Everis, in the game Destiny (video game) Tess Greymane, in the game World of Warcraft
See also
Tess (disambiguation)