Tessa Farrell
Tessa is an actress and filmmaker 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. After she had a taste of what it felt like to entertain on camera, she was hooked. Upon graduating high school, Tessa went to film school at The University of Texas to study being in front of and behind the camera. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in movies. Tessa immediately landed a recurring appearance on Entourage (2004) as a supermodel, the arm candy alongside Eminem in season 4 and continued studying at various acting studios while shooting commercials for Nike, Apple, Dish Network, Dodge, Allegra D, Rosetta Stone, Federal Credit Union and others. Tessa soon 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. While continuing to audition for TV and movie roles, Tessa developed a special interest in psychology, sociology, spirituality and global culture. These interests quickly inspired her to shift focus to making a difference in the world by becoming more than just a movie actress. Tessa grew increasingly unsatisfied with the TV and film projects she was auditioning for and transformed herself into a passionate artist driven to create original content, break female stereotypes and do something in film that's never been done before. This motivation evolved into the cutting-edge shoe-string budget coming-of-age comedy Cinema Rebel, a movie shot entirely on her iPhone. Tessa is now developing more movies to star in and overseeing distribution for Cinema Rebel.