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
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	Corrine 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
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