Tessa Humphries

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Tessa Humphries
Born1963 (age 6162)
OccupationActress
Parents

Tessa Humphries (born 1963) is an Australian actress, best known for her appearances in television soap operas.

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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

YearFilmRoleNotes
1977 The Getting of Wisdom ExtraFeature film
1987 Cassandra Jill / CassandraFeature film
1988 Out of the Body Neva St. ClairFeature film
1995 Sex Is a Four Letter Word TracyFeature film
1997 Paradise Road Celia RobertsFeature film
2004 Human Touch KateFeature film

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1985–1986 Sons and Daughters Mary ReynoldsTV series
1990–1991 Families Corinne ToddTV series
1991 G.P. GabrielleTV series
Episode: "Telling Tales"
1993 Law of the Land Hannah ScottTV series
2001 The Secret Life of Us NeridaTV series
Episode: "The Unbelievable Truth"

Television (as self)

YearFilmRoleNotes
1997 The Movie Show Herself with Bruce Beresford, Penne Hackforth-JonesTV series, 1 episode
1997 Good Morning Australia GuestTV series, 1 episode
1997 Hey Hey It's Saturday GuestTV series, 1 episode
2023Barry Humphries State MemorialHerselfTV 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

YearFilmRoleNotes
1981When Lips CollideDame Edith Playbox Theatre, Melbourne with St Martins Youth Arts Centre

References

  1. Official Trailer - CASSANDRA (1987, COlin Eggleston, Briony Behets), archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 14 September 2021