Profile
Ethnicity
European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
174 cm
Age Range
26–36
Career Highlights
Tess is an actress who works across stage and screen. She has appeared in theatre productions such as Caucus Caucus Harvest Dawn, Black Confetti and A Traveller’s Guide to Turkish Dogs. Her film credits include High Tide 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 | Nurse | Dir. Sam Kelly |
2017 | High Tide | Fern | Dir. Florian Habicht |
Theatre.
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. Patrick Carroll | |
2019 | A Traveller's Guide to Turkish Dogs. Nominated Outstanding Touring Production, Dunedin Arts Festival. | Ian, Debbie, Efsun/Asena, Joe | Dir. Jonathan Price |
2017 | Black Confetti | The Dean, Counsellor, Kushla, Doctor Ian Bolt, The German Embassy | Dir. Leo Gene Peters |
2016 | Caucus Caucus Harvest Dawn | The Queen | Dir. Aaron Cortesi, Jonathan Price, Christian Penny |
2015 | Dead Dogs Bee Sting, a solo by Tess Sullivan | Dir. Aaron Cortesi, Tom Eason | |
2014 | The Bee | Reporter | Dir. Cameron Mattox |
2014 | There Is A War | Dr Moore | Dir. Cameron Mattox |
2013 | Why Torture Is Wrong And The People Who Love Them, by Christopher Durang | Luella | Dir. Cameron Mattox |
2008 | Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare | Portia | Dir. Claire Maxwell |
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 |