Jeanette, Tessas Mutter — Big Girls Don't Cry Character Profile

About Jeanette, Tessas Mutter

Tessa's mother who reacts fiercely to her daughter's traumatic ordeal. She confronts Steffi's parents publicly, causing her own marital separation temporarily, and plays a key role in escalating the narrative's central conflict.

Character Facts

Played by

Teresa Harder

Appears in

Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)

Role

Supporting

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• Kati (Anna Maria Mühe)
• Steffi (Karoline Herfurth)
• Carlos (David Winter)
• Tessa (Josefine Domes)
• Klaus (Tillbert Strahl)
• Ann (Nina Petri)
• Polizistin (Beata Lehmann)
• Lehrer Amtmann (Falk Rockstroh)
• Lehrerin Rosenbaum (Swetlana Schönfeld)
• Ramona (Alma Leiberg)
• Hans, Steffis Vater (Stefan Kurt)
• Yvonne (Jennifer Ulrich)