Tessa Ía

Tessa Ía
Tessa Ía
	Tessa Ía in 2020
Born	3 April 1995 (age 29)
Nationality	Mexican
Parent	Nailea Norvind (mother);
Relatives	Naian Gonzalez Norvind (sister) ; Camila Sodi (half-sister)

Tessa Ía González Norvind (born 3 April 1995), known as Tessa Ía, is a Mexican actress best known for her starring role in After Lucia. Through her mother she belongs to the Norwegian-Mexican Norvind family of actors.

Early life

Ía was born Tessa Ía González Norvind. Her father is lawyer Fernando González Parra and her mother is actress Nailea Norvind. She is the granddaughter of Norwegian-Mexican actress Eva Norvind, and through her she is of Finnish and Russian descent.^[1]^[2]

She is the younger half-sister of Camila Sodi through her father.^[3] She is also the sister of actress Naian Gonzalez Norvind.

Career

Acting

Ía made her film debut in the 2008 film The Burning Plain. In 2012 she starred in the film After Lucia about a teenage girl who is violently bullied by her classmates. For her role Ía was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Young Actress

In 2017 she appeared in a biopic of Mexican feminist Rosario Castellanos in The Eternal Feminine, playing the role of Rosario.^[4]

She also had a role in the 2018 TV series Narcos: Mexico which starred her former brother-in-law, Diego Luna.

Ía had the leading role in the TV series De brutas, nada in 2019 playing in Pantaya in the USA.

In 2020 Ía had the lead role in the TV series Unstoppable.

In 2022 Ía once again had a lead role in the sex comedy film Two Plus Two.^[5]

Singing

Ía released her debut album, Correspondencia, in 2016.

Musical Collaborations

Song	Album	Artist	Year
Mi Amor Soy Yo featuring Trans-X^[6]	Lo Que Me Haces Sentir	Zemmoa	2021
«Tú y Yo» featuring Carla Morrison^[7]	Tú y Yo	Carla Morrison	2018

References

^ Palmer, Katie (30 March 2020). "Narcos Mexico: Who is Tessa Ía? What Narcos star was she related to?". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020. She is also the granddaughter of Norwegian-Mexican actress Eva Norvind
^ Elley, Derek (8 March 1998). "Didn't Do It for Love". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020. Norvind ... the daughter of a Russian prince and Finnish sculptress
^ SOTO, CAROLINA. "Camila Sodi, la más feliz en la boda de su hermana –y sí, ahí estuvo Diego Luna-". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "THE ETERNAL FEMININE (LOS ADIOSES)". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "El director Poncho Pineda lleva al cine mexicano la comedia "Dos más dos"". Diario Pronto (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ Palacios, Fernanda (7 June 2021). "Zemmoa y Tessa Ia le cantan al amor propio y la sanación". Reforma (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ Palacios, Fernanda (22 October 2018). "Tessa-Ia-lanza-"Tu-Y-Yo"-a-lado-de-Carla-Morrison". Indie Rocks (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.