Tessa Farrell

Tessa is best known for her record breaking, courageous performance in Cinema Rebel, tentatively set to release in 2021. Tessa was born in Scottsdale, Arizona to Catherine McGinley, a real estate agent, and Scott Farrell, a novelist under the pen name Scott Falcon. Tessa has one younger sister, Kelsey, and two younger half brothers, Ryan and Shane. Tessa has Italian as well as Irish, Cherokee, and German ancestry. By age 3, Tessa was active in gymnastics, dance, girl scouts and choir. She was raised by Catherine and Patrick McGinley and spent her adolescent years attending public schools and participating in extracurriculars such as soccer, dance and choir. Tessa's longest residence was in Austin, Texas where she was scouted at a dance club and asked to perform in NBA player Tony Parker's first music video "Balance-Toi". Tessa was frequently featured in the music video and after she had a taste of what it felt like to entertain, she was hooked. Tessa went to film school at The University of Texas to study being in front and behind the camera. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her film career and landed a recurring appearance on Entourage (2004) as a supermodel and the arm candy alongside Eminem during the fight scene in season 4. Tessa continued her studies at various acting studios while shooting commercials for Nike, Apple, Dish Network, Dodge, Allegra D, Federal Credit Union and others. Tessa quickly caught the eye of actor Ty Granderson Jones from Con Air (1997) and was asked to star in his action film Diamond (2016). Tessa's "compelling, charismatic and graceful" performance secured her a nomination for Best Female Action Performer of the Year in the International Action on Film Festival. Tessa's drive to break female stereotypes inspired her to quit auditioning to create her own roles and is actively developing a slate of feature films to star in.