TESSA HERSH

Tessa Hersh is an actress, writer, comedian, and poet who also happens to have a master’s degree in Somatic Psychology. She likes kids, dogs, ice cream, rainbows, sparkles, hugs, and the darkness that lurks within. She was selected as as a performer in the ABC DIVERSITY SHOWCASE and won “BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY” at the New York Television Festival for my work in Smuchr, which itself won “BEST COMEDY” in 2018. Recently she has been in YOUNGER, DESUS & MERO, and THE BREAK W/MICHELLE WOLF, as well as her commercial work as the spokesperson for H&R BLOCK. In the theater world she has performed in the critically acclaimed, off-broadway, improvised comedy Blank! The Musical and can regularly be seen performing in New York comedy theaters including the Upright Citizens Brigade and The People’s Improv Theater.