Tess or TESS may refer to: Music Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005 TESS (musician), a UK musician Film and theatre Tess (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles Tess (2016 film), a South African production Tess (play), a stage adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles featuring Tanya Franks Science and technology Trademark Electronic Search System, a service of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a space telescope designed to search for extra-solar planets Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill Typhoon Tess (disambiguation) Other uses Tess (given name) Nikolay Tess (1921–2006), member of the Soviet Ministry for State Security, convicted in Latvia of mass deportations of Latvians in the 1940s See also TES (disambiguation)