- Films
- 28
- Avg rating
- 5.98
- Peak run
- 2005’07
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Tess by the numbers
Average
5.98
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.07
bigger films count more
Median
5.7
half are better
Consistency
±1.03
rating spread
Career
41y
1983 to 2023
Total votes
1.47M
across every film
Best
8.2
No Country for Old Men
Worst
4.2
Amityville 3-D
Newest first
Filmography
| 2023 | American Outlaws | Loretta Hillhouse | · | 622 |
| 2021 | Our Almost Completely True Story | Tess | · | 364 |
| 2020 | The Evening Hour | Dorothy Freeman | · | 375 |
| 2015 |  The Perfect Guy | Mrs. McCarthy | 5.6 | 12,085 |
| 2013 | Sunlight Jr. | Kathleen | 5.6 | 3,513 |
| 2013 | Straight A's | Mother | 5.6 | 5,041 |
| 2009 | Fatal Secrets | Naomi | · | 493 |
| 2007 |  No Country for Old Men | Loretta Bell | 8.2 | 1.22M |
| 2007 | Kiss the Bride | Barbara Davis | 5.7 | 1,782 |
| 2006 | Broken | Clare | 5.4 | 1,637 |
| 2006 | Broken Bridges | Dixie Rose Delton | 6.0 | 1,989 |
| 2006 | Jam | Ruby | · | 380 |
| 2005 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | Liz O'Callahan | · | 447 |
| 2005 | Loggerheads | Elizabeth | 7.2 | 1,828 |
| 2000 | The in Crowd | Dr. Amanda Giles | 4.7 | 5,061 |
| 1997 |  The Jackal | The First Lady | 6.4 | 132K |
| 1992 | My New Gun | Kimmy Hayes | · | 874 |
| 1992 | The Turning | Martha Harnish | · | 561 |
| 1991 |  The Man in the Moon | Abigail Trant | 7.2 | 22,131 |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Cheryl | · | 794 |
Better together?
Tess Harper's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Tess Harper
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1987Tess Harper
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