Tess Gattuso is a Jewish-Italian writer and content creator based in Los Angeles. She has written for The New Yorker, Vice, Reductress, and Disney. Her original multi-cam TWO MOMS AND A DAD placed her on WeForShe’s 2020 Writers to Watch list, her animated pilot ALIEN GIRL was a Finalist in Universal’s 2021 animation writers program, and her comedy SHE BEASTS was in the top 2% of 600+ submissions for WWFC’s 2023 pilot accelerator. As a Senior Creative Producer, she has produced viral content for Barbie, TikTok, and Comedy Central.
After years performing musical improv at UCBLA and Second City, Tess began sharing comedy online to reach a larger audience. Her sketches, characters, and jokes consistently go viral, and have amassed her 350,000+ followers across TikTok, Threads, Instagram, and Twitter. As an influencer, she’s worked with Reformation, TOMS, and Instagram.
She got her start as a Writers’ PA for Marvel’s “Jessica Jones,” after graduating with a double major in Political Science and Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College. She is currently seeking representation.