Tessa Slovis

Tessa Slovis is a Latina, Jewish Actor, Director and Educator. She is a proud alumna of Barnard College at Columbia University and received her MFA in Acting from USC. She began acting professionally at the age of 9, and has performed Off-Broadway and regionally over the past 20 years. Tessa has appeared in recurring and guest star roles  on The Walking Dead:The Ones Who Lived,  Grey’s Anatomy, New Amsterdam and Law and Order: SVU as well as Cooper Raiff’s SXSW winning feature, Shithouse. During her time as a MFA candidate, Tessa wrote her short film Pizza Party, a magic realist retelling of the night before the Larry Nassar trials began. Pizza Party went on to screen at 25 national, international and academy-qualifying film festivals. It was awarded special Jury Mention at the Ashland Film Festival, the Female Gaze award at the Portland Film Festival, as well as nominations at Academy Qualifying Florida Film Festival, Indy Shorts, Cinequest and Rhode Island Film Festival.  She has continued to direct and write short films and commercial content over the years and  is currently in development to direct her first feature. Tessa spends her creative time acting, Teaching on camera and studio acting at USC and developing work with screenwriters. tessahopeslovis.com