Tess Walsh was a member of the 2016 graduating class of Music Theatre at the Arts Academy. After completing study in Ballarat, Tess relocated to Melbourne and performed as part of the Australian Shakespeare Company's 2016 summer season. She worked with Hannah Davies in her graduating year as part of the Student Theatre Festival, in which No More Silence was originally developed. Tess appeared in the ensemble for the 2017 rural tour of No More Silence.