Tessa Sarah Ross CBE (born 1961) is an English film producer and executive.
She resigned in April 2015, citing concerns over the new leadership structure, but remained working with the National Theatre as a consultant.
[5] Ross has been the executive producer of a number of notable British films, including Billy Elliot (2000), The Last King of Scotland (2006), This Is England (2006), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Hunger (2008), Four Lions (2010), 127 Hours (2010), Shame (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Under the Skin (2013), Ex Machina (2015), 45 Years (2015), Room (2015), and Carol (2015).
The daughter of a lawyer and teacher, she attended Westminster School, and graduated from Somerville College, Oxford in 1980.
She then returned to London, and in 1990 ran the National Film Development Fund, which later became British Screen.
[4][1] She resigned in April 2015, citing concerns over the new leadership structure, but remained working with the National Theatre as a consultant.