Profile
Ethnicity
European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
173 cm
Age Range
27–37
Career Highlights
Tess Sullivan is an experienced actress and horsewoman. She graduated Toi Whkaari: New Zealand Drama School in 2017 and has since worked extensively in theatre, including Dakota of the White Flats, A Traveller’s Guide to Turkish Dogs, and co-created production Before Karma Gets Us. In 2021 she recieved the NZ International Comedy Festival Best Newcomer award for her character-comedy solo show Bobby Wood: If You Met My Mum, You’d Understand. Tess has appeared on screen in The Brokenwood Mysteries and Savage.
Awards.
| 2021 | Best Newcomer (Wellington) Award, NZ International Comedy Festival, for Bobby Wood - If You Met My Mum, You'd Understand | ||
| 2019 | Wellington Theatre Awards, nominated Most Promising Newcomer, for A Traveller's Guide to Turkish Dogs | ||
Film Film.
| 2018 | Savage | Dir. Sam Kelly |
Television.
| 2022 | The Brokenwood Mysteries (Season 10) | Rowena | Dir. Mike Smith |
Theatre.
| 2024 | Dakota of The White Flats | Lucy Pink, Medusan | Dir. Ella Becroft |
| 2024 | Peter Pan | Tiger Lily | Dir. Ben Crowder |
| 2022 | The King Of Taking | Dir. Thom Monckton | |
| 2021 | If You Met My Mum, You’d Understand. | Bobby Wood | Dir. Jonathan Price |
| 2021 | Story Studio Live - Capital E National Theatre for Children, national tour | Dir. Carrie Green and Barnaby Olsen. | |
| 2020 | Before Karma Gets Us. | Dir. Ariāna Osborne, Liv Parker, Tess Sullivan | |
| 2019 | A Traveller's Guide to Turkish Dogs | Dir. Jonathan Price | |
| 2017 | Black Confetti | Dir. Leo Gene Peters |
Training.
| The Splendid Pretender: Actor Training in the Art of Play, Aaron Cortesi and Jonathan Price - 2021 | |||
| US Accent Training - Chris Stewart - 2018 | |||
| Devising Mentorship, Two Productions - 2017 | |||
| Screen Masterclass, Danny Mulheron - 2017 | |||
| Stage Combat, Alex Holloway - 2017 | |||
| Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School, Bachelor of Performing Arts - 2017 | |||
| Bouffon Workshop, Eric Davis (Red Bastard) - 2016 | |||
| Devising Masterclass, Robin Kerr - 2016 | |||
| Screen Masterclass - Character Development, Brita McVeigh - 2016 | |||
| Screen Workshop - Michael Chekhov, Elena Stejko - 2016 | |||
| Performance Combat Intensive, Allan Henry - 2015 | |||
| Screen Workshop, Miranda Harcourt - 2015 | |||
| Hagley Theatre Company, Diploma in Performing Arts - 2014 |