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1986-03-30 · Los Angeles, California, U.S. · Female

6 series in the catalog

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 March 2014 (2014-03), 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.