Tess La Bella

Tess La Bella is an American Sag-Aftra voice over artist, actor, creator of original character Selma Blingowitz, writer, author and chef. A New Jersey native, her love of animation and imitation began in grade school when she voiced her favorite cartoon characters. Tess quickly moved on to imitating the local personalities at her family's historic hotel - perfecting voices ranging from the grumpy chef to the three-pack-a-day cigarette smoking women named Blossom who was the hostess. Tess was still just 9 at the time. Named Comedian of the Year (2016) and Outstanding Mentor (2017) by Women in the Arts Miami, Tess (as original character Selma Blingowitz) is the face of Calder Casino's multi-media, multi-year advertising campaign. She also appeared in an AT&T- Uverse commercial for Spanish markets. Tess was fortunate to land a dramatic role as nurse Louise in the critically acclaimed short film, "Who Is Lou Gehrig", written and directed by the famous American Music video, commercial, and film director, Gil Green. It chronicles the true story of Jeff Fogel, and his mental and physical battle with ALS, and was supported by the Miami Heat basketball team, several of whom appeared in the film. Tess has worked on several projects with Concord Films and has voiced advertising spots and training videos. Tess is the voice over for Night Owl Security Products, Legends Radio WLML FM streaming worldwide on the worldwide web. and Member of The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook. Tess is one of the writer/producers of, "What's Yours is Mine/The Saga of Sylvia and Selma. Sylvia-and-Selma.com. Tess is a local Miami Sag-Aftra board member and convention delegate for her second term.