- Birth nameTess Olivia Gillis
- Nickname
- Tess
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Tess Olivia was born in Hollis, New Hampshire to parents Mary and Cliff Gillis. Her mother is Northern European, while her father is of Celtic and French Canadian decent. Tess is one of six kids, whom all grew up closely together in New Hampshire. While all of her siblings moved around the Boston area - Tess took a big solo leap - and moved to New York City to pursue her acting career. Once there, she landed a role as "The Blue Chip Hooker" in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Wanting to become a more serious and truthful actor, Tess started attending The Maggie Flanigan Studio, where she studied the Sanford Meisner technique. Tess supported herself by working multiple serving and nannying jobs so she was able to do what she loved. Not knowing much of the business yet, she would self submit her head shot and resume through the mail to different production companies in hopes of landing more work. In 2017, Tess started working with the iconic Saturday Night Live, standing in and body doubling for some of the main cast members. During her time at SNL, Tess had the pleasure of working alongside some of the greats in the industry - such as - Will Ferrel, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Damon, Amy Schumer, Gal Gadot, Claire Foy, Adam Driver, Kristen Stewart, Adele and the amazing cast and crew. Saturday Night Live gave Tess the confidence to move forward with her five year plan, and move to Los Angeles to take her acting career to the next level. While currently pursuing her acting career in Los Angeles, Tess is also a certified yoga instructor and avid hiker in her free time.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tess Olivia, 08/16/2021
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
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