Tessa Rose Ferrer (born March 30, 1986) is an American film, TV, and stage actress.
Early life and family Ferrer was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of singer Debby Boone and, through her father Gabriel Ferrer, the granddaughter of actor José Ferrer and actress/ singer Rosemary Clooney.
Career In 2012, Shonda Rhimes cast Ferrer in a recurring role as Dr. Leah Murphy in season nine of the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy. However, in , it was announced that she would be exiting the show at the end of season ten. In 2016, Ferrer returned to her role as Dr. Leah Murphy in episode six of season thirteen.
In 2014, Ferrer had a recurring role in the CBS series Extant. In 2015, she had recurring role in season two of the FXX comedy series You're the Worst. In 2016, Shonda Rhimes hired her again for a hybrid sitcom that ultimately didn’t get picked up.
In 2018, she was brought onto the film Insidious: The Last Key to play Audrey Rainier, mother of the main character Elise. That same year, she played Cora Babineau in Stephen King and David E. Kelly’s TV series Mr. Mercedes.
In 2019, she played Nurse Duckett in the Catch-22 miniseries, followed by playing Meg Bailey, a youth basketball coach, in Swagger for Apple TV+, from 2021 to 2023.
In 2024, she was cast in a recurring role on the Ryan Murphy TV series Grotesquerie.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 Excision Pauline Short filmWon Craft Award for Acting at First Run Film Festival Best Actress in Horror Genre at ShockerFest International Film Festival 2009 Nobody’s Night Nora Short film 2009 Ramblin' Round Fighting Woman Short film; voice role 2010 Red Rare Veins Short film 2012 Modern Mad Men Jessica Short film 2012 After the Triumph of Your Birth Eva 2013 Go for Sisters Katrina as Tessa Rose Ferrer 2013 Abducted Jessica Marino 2018 Insidious: The Last Key Audrey Rainier 2018 The Passing Parade Errol Larson Also producer
Television Year Title Role Notes 2012–14, 2016–17 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Leah Murphy Recurring role in seasons 9 & 13; main role in season 10 (45 episodes) 2014 Extant Katie Sparks Recurring role (6 episodes) 2015 You're the Worst Nina Keune Recurring role (5 episodes) 2016 Toast Jules TV film 2018 Mr. Mercedes Cora Babineau Main role, season 2 2019 Catch-22 Lt. Sue Ann Duckett Recurring role 2021-2023 Swagger Coach Meg Main role, seasons 1 & 2 2024 Grotesquerie Grace Finn Recurring role (2 episodes) 2025 All's Fair Ann Ford Episode: "Oh, Jesus!" 2026-present The Agency Robyn Crawford Recurring role (5 episodes)
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