Bess Rous is an American actress, best known for her roles as Abby DeWitt on CBS’ Under the Dome, Karen Lipinski on Yahoo’s The Other Space and Ivana West on TNT’s Murder in the First. Other television credits include recurring roles on AMC’s Mad Men, CW’s Gossip Girl and MTV’s Damage Control with guest appearances on Castle, Blue Bloods, The Mentalist, Southland, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Army Wives and Third Watch.

Film credits include Welcome to Happiness, Loving Leah, The Hungry Ghosts and What Just Happened.

Off-Broadway roles include Rosie in From Riverdale to Riverhead (Studio Dante); and Open House (N.Y. International Fringe Festival). Regional theater roles include Rosy Perch in the world premiere of The Jacksonian (Geffen Playhouse); Rachel Hardeman in the world premiere of The How And The Why (McCarter Theatre); and Margot Frank in The Diary Of Anne Frank (Round House Theatre).