Tessa Humphries
Australian actress
- Barry Humphries (father)
- Rosalind Tong (mother)
Tessa Humphries (born 1963) is an Australian actress, best known for her appearances in television soap operas.
Career
Humphries performed in Cassandra as the title character,[1] and also played Mary Reynolds in Sons and Daughters and Corinne Todd in Families. In 1995 she played Tracy in Sex Is a Four Letter Word. She also starred in Out of the Body as Neva St. Clair.[citation needed]
Personal life
Humphries is the daughter of the late comedian Barry Humphries and his second wife, Rosalind Tong.
She was married to producer Jason Buesst with whom she has two sons.[citation needed]
She has three siblings – sister Emily (b.1965) and half-brothers Oscar (b.1981) and Rupert (b.1982).
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1977 | The Getting of Wisdom | Extra | Feature film |
1987 | Cassandra | Jill / Cassandra | Feature film |
1988 | Out of the Body | Neva St. Clair | Feature film |
1995 | Sex Is a Four Letter Word | Tracy | Feature film |
1997 | Paradise Road | Celia Roberts | Feature film |
2004 | Human Touch | Kate | Feature film |
Television
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1985–1986 | Sons and Daughters | Mary Reynolds | TV series |
1990–1991 | Families | Corinne Todd | TV series |
1991 | G.P. | Gabrielle | TV series Episode: "Telling Tales" |
1993 | Law of the Land | Hannah Scott | TV series |
2001 | The Secret Life of Us | Nerida | TV series Episode: "The Unbelievable Truth" |
Television (as self)
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1997 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2023 | Barry Humphries State Memorial | Herself | TV special |
2023 | 10 News First | Herself (Barry Humphries State Memorial) | TV series, 1 episode |
2023 | 7 News | Herself (Barry Humphries State Memorial) | TV series, 1 episode |
Stage
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1981 | When Lips Collide | Dame Edith | Playbox Theatre, Melbourne with St Martins Youth Arts Centre |
References
- ^ Official Trailer - CASSANDRA (1987, COlin Eggleston, Briony Behets), archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 14 September 2021
External links
- Tessa Humphries at IMDb
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