Tessa Ludwick
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Tessa Ludwick | |
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 Ludwick in a pile of fall leaves, 2009 | |
| Born | October 5, 1988 Seoul, South Korea |
| Other names | Tess, Tessy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–2008 |
| Website | www |
Tessa Ludwick (born October 5, 1988) is a South Korean-born American former actress from Apollo Beach, Florida. She began acting at the age of 5, when she appeared in Allegra's Window, a Nick Jr. children's television program show taped at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. When filming on Allegra's Window ended in May 1996, 7-year-old Ludwick went from Allegra's Window to a lead role in Big Bag, a live action/puppetry preschool television program on Cartoon Network. At the age of 8, she landed the role of Kate, an orphan girl in the touring Broadway musical Annie, the 20th Anniversary. For the next eight months, she toured the United States and Canada with the musical, during which time Ludwick gave eight performances per week.
In 2003, Ludwick appeared as the character Yumi in Thirteen, an autobiographical drama film based on American film actress/writer Nikki Reed's experiences as a 12 and 13-year-old girl. In 2004, Ludwick appeared on Movie Surfers, a Disney Channel short show where four teenagers go behind the scenes to report on Disney-related films. Three years later in June 2007, Ludwick began work on Teen Witch the Musical, a stage musical based on the 1989 fantasy-comedy film Teen Witch.
Tessa Ludwick was born October 5, 1988, in Seoul, South Korea. She was adopted by American parents as an infant.[1][2] Ludwick's career began at age two and a half when Ludwick saw a television commercial about modeling and begged her mother to call the number.[3] Her modeling led to acting roles.[3]
In the summer of 1994 at the age of 5, Ludwick spent time reading books but took time off to go to Six Flags Over Georgia,[4] a 230-acre (0.93 km2) theme park located west of Atlanta, in Austell. In September of that year, Ludwick attended 1st grade at Apollo Beach Elementary.[4] While attending Apollo Beach Elementary, Ludwick held a minor role in Allegra's Window,[3] a children's television program shown taped at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and shown on Nickelodeon's preschool block Nick Jr.
When filming on Allegra's Window ended in May 1996, 7-year-old Ludwick began a minor role in Big Bag,[3][5] a live-action television puppet program for preschoolers that was produced by Children's Television Workshop and aired from 1996 to 1998 on Cartoon Network.
