Nerissa Tedesco

Nerissa Tedesco is a highly versatile actress known for comedy, drama, horror, crime and family films, plus music video and network reality TV. She's also known for improvisational skills and a dozen varied accents/dialects, e.g. American Southern in You Should Meet My Son 2! (2018), Russian in Ocean's Twelve (2004) and three accents in $elfie Shootout (2016) Nerissa was rewarded with the starring roles of Rose, the sweet aunt, in You Should Meet My Son 2! (2018) and the prostitute and grifter, Irina, in $elfie Shootout (2016) after auditioning for supporting roles in both movies. Each film's director welcomed improvisation, and both movie's final cuts included Nerissa's improvised dialogue and physical humor. During her favorite improv, in $elfie, she rapidly changes accents while shifting a costume piece to show how the garment is worn in each accent's home country. Nerissa studied improv with Second City and Groundlings teacher, Shirley Prestia. She pairs this with ongoing, on-cam