Tess Harper

Tessie Jean "Tess" Harper (née Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart. Her other film appearances include Flashpoint (1984), Ishtar (1987), Far North (1988), and No Country for Old Men (2007). She also had a recurring role on the first three seasons of Breaking Bad (2008–2010). From Wikipedia

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Mrs. Hallander

Grey's Anatomy

2005 • as Pam Nelson

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 • as Julia Barrett

Criminal Minds

2005 • as Dinah Troy

Breaking Bad

2008 • as Mrs. Pinkman

One Tree Hill

2003 • as May Scott

Filmography

2023

Rosebud Lane

as Sugar

Movie - Released: 2/24/2023

Our Almost Completely True Story

as Tess

Movie - Released: 12/8/2023

Good Side of Bad

as Mary Ellen

Movie - Released: 6/22/2023

American Outlaws

as Loretta Hillhouse

Movie - Released: 9/15/2023

2021

The Evening Hour

as Dorothy Freeman

Movie - Released: 7/30/2021

2020

Burden

as Hazel

Movie - Released: 2/28/2020

The Long Shadow

as Mama Doris

Movie - Released: 4/20/2020

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/30/2020

2019

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/28/2019

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Mrs. Pinkman

Movie - Released: 10/11/2019

2015

Surprise

as Linda

Movie - Released: 4/28/2015

The Perfect Guy

as Mrs. McCarthy

Movie - Released: 9/11/2015

Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat

as Linda (segment "Surprise")

Movie - Released: 7/13/2015

2014

Frank

as Frank's Mom

Movie - Released: 5/9/2014

How to Get Away with Murder

as Sheila Miller

TV - Released: 9/25/2014

2013

Straight A's

as Mother

Movie - Released: 1/16/2013

Sunlight Jr.

as Kathleen

Movie - Released: 4/20/2013

2012

The Christmas Heart

as Elizabeth

Movie - Released: 12/2/2012

2011

A Christmas Wish

as Trudy Willis

Movie - Released: 11/20/2011

Revenge

as Carole Lyn Miller

TV - Released: 9/21/2011

2009

Fatal Secrets

as Naomi

Movie - Released: 1/3/2009

2008

Movie

Diary of a Country Sheriff

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/11/2008

Breaking Bad

as Mrs. Pinkman

TV - Released: 1/20/2008

Crash

as Wendy Olinville

TV - Released: 10/17/2008

2007

Broken

as Clare

Movie - Released: 10/5/2007

No Country for Old Men

as Loretta Bell

Movie - Released: 6/13/2007

Saving Sarah Cain

as Miriam Esh

Movie - Released: 8/19/2007

Movie

Judy's Got a Gun

as Susan Lemen

Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

Kiss the Bride

as Barbara Davis

Movie - Released: 7/23/2007

Private Practice

as Augusta King

TV - Released: 9/26/2007

2006

Jesus, Mary and Joey

as Liz O`Callahan

Movie - Released: 1/1/2006

Broken Bridges

as Dixie Rose Delton

Movie - Released: 9/8/2006

Jam

as Ruby

Movie - Released: 4/1/2006

Brothers and Sisters

as Beth Ridge

TV - Released: 9/24/2006

2005

Loggerheads

as Elizabeth

Movie - Released: 10/14/2005

Ghost Whisperer

as Ellen Wilkins

TV - Released: 9/23/2005

Criminal Minds

as Dinah Troy

TV - Released: 9/22/2005

Grey's Anatomy

as Pam Nelson

TV - Released: 3/27/2005

2004

Angel in the Family

as Mrs. Nelly Tomkins

Movie - Released: 11/24/2004

Movie

Lonely Place

Movie - Released: 9/12/2004

Jack & Bobby

TV - Released: 9/12/2004

Jack & Bobby

as Karen Carmichael

TV - Released: 9/12/2004

2003

One Tree Hill

as May Scott

TV - Released: 9/23/2003

Cold Case

as Sharon Lertola (2009)

TV - Released: 9/28/2003

2002

Without a Trace

as Patricia Spade

TV - Released: 9/26/2002

2001

Movie

The Rising Place

as Rebecca Hodge

Movie - Released: 2/1/2001

The Division

TV - Released: 1/7/2001

2000

The In Crowd

as Dr. Amanda Giles

Movie - Released: 7/19/2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Julia Barrett

TV - Released: 10/6/2000

1999

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

as Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder

Movie - Released: 1/21/1999

Judging Amy

as Barbara Nissman

TV - Released: 9/19/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Mrs. Hallander

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1997

The Jackal

as The First Lady

Movie - Released: 11/14/1997

A Child's Wish

as Joanna Chandler

Movie - Released: 1/21/1997

The Killing Secret

as Tina Decapprio

Movie - Released: 1/6/1997

Gun

as Virginia

Movie - Released: 4/12/1997

Cracker

TV - Released: 9/18/1997

1996

A Stranger to Love

as Linda Grant

Movie - Released: 3/24/1996

The Road to Galveston

as Julia Archer

Movie - Released: 1/24/1996

Early Edition

as Lois Hobson

TV - Released: 9/28/1996

1995

Death in Small Doses

as Jerri Sims

Movie - Released: 1/16/1995

1994

Christy

as Fairlight Spencer

TV - Released: 4/3/1994

Touched by an Angel

as Betsy Baxter

TV - Released: 9/21/1994

1993

Dangerous: The Short Films

as Self (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 9/28/1993

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Katie Malloy

TV - Released: 4/21/1993

Grace Under Fire

as Joan

TV - Released: 9/29/1993

1992

The Turning

as Martha Harnish

Movie - Released: 1/1/1992

My New Gun

as Kimmy Hayes

Movie - Released: 10/26/1992

In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion

as Vickie Singer

Movie - Released: 2/10/1992

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

as Verna Heath

Movie - Released: 11/8/1992

1991

The Man in the Moon

as Abigail Trant

Movie - Released: 9/30/1991

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

as Cheryl

Movie - Released: 3/1/1991

1990

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

as Sara Lee

Movie - Released: 5/4/1990

1989

Criminal Law

as Detective Stillwell

Movie - Released: 4/28/1989

Her Alibi

as Sally Blackwood

Movie - Released: 2/3/1989

Unconquered

as Mrs. Mary Flowers

Movie - Released: 1/15/1989

Incident at Dark River

as Betty McFall

Movie - Released: 12/4/1989

1988

Far North

as Rita

Movie - Released: 11/9/1988

Little Girl Lost

as Clara Brady

Movie - Released: 4/25/1988

1987

Ishtar

as Willa

Movie - Released: 5/15/1987

Daddy

as Ann Burnette

Movie - Released: 4/14/1987

thirtysomething

TV - Released: 9/29/1987

1986

Crimes of the Heart

as Chick Boyle

Movie - Released: 12/12/1986

L.A. Law

as Patricia M. Pittman

TV - Released: 9/15/1986

1985

A Summer to Remember

as Jeannie Wyler

Movie - Released: 3/27/1985

Promises to Keep

as Gwen Palmer

Movie - Released: 10/15/1985

Reckless Disregard

as Meredith Craig

Movie - Released: 3/17/1985

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Quarantine")

TV - Released: 9/27/1985

1984

Flashpoint

as Ellen

Movie - Released: 4/19/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Irene Rutledge

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

Celebrity

as Susan French

TV - Released: 2/12/1984

1983

Amityville 3-D

as Nancy Baxter

Movie - Released: 11/18/1983

Tender Mercies

as Rosa Lee

Movie - Released: 3/4/1983

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

as Janet Briggs

Movie - Released: 2/27/1983

Kentucky Woman

Movie - Released: 1/11/1983

Silkwood

as Linda Dawson

Movie - Released: 12/14/1983

Chiefs

as Carrie Lee

TV - Released: 11/13/1983