Tessa Allen
| Tessa Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 7, 1996 Manhattan Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996—present |
| Website | http://www.tessa-allen.com |
Tessa Allen (born August 7, 1996) is an American actress.
Allen made her motion picture debut in Enough starring as Gracie, the young daughter of Jennifer Lopez's character. Before Enough, Allen appeared in many commercials, the first of which when she was only four months old in a Maytag commercial. Following this, Allen appeared in many commercials including the very popular McDonald's Happy Meal The Tigger Movie promotion which ran for three weeks, the longest McDonald's promotion of its time.
After she filmed Enough, Allen was picked up almost right away by NBC to play Hannah Hansen on its Friday night family drama Providence from 2001 until the show was discontinued in December 2002. She was the third Hannah Hansen and the first non-twin role. Providence co-stars Melina Kanakaredes and Seth Peterson have said that it was easy to be upstaged by Allen with her wacky outfits, her perfect timing and her cuteness because the camera loved her.
After Providence ended, Allen shot many commercials including a Jif Peanut Butter commercial called "Sleepover" which has been reported to be seen on air until late 2005, early 2006. Allen was next seen on a TV show as a guest star on CSI: Miami's 2002-2003 season 1 finale playing Emma Kaye, a little girl who was abducted by a child molester. The episode aired in May 2003.
Allen continued to film many commercials and then in February 2004, she landed a small part on General Hospital playing Molly Farrell, a young girl trapped with her young brother in a hotel fire. After this short stint, Allen was asked to return to the show to play Luke and Laura Spencer's daughter Lesley Lu (Lulu) Spencer, a change that required that the character's age be retroactively lowered. Allen appeared as Lulu every now and then, often with TV grandmother Lesley. Allen left General Hospital when Julie Marie Berman took over the role in fall 2005 to play a SORASed (rapidly aged for plot purposes) Lulu.
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