| Stephanie Carswell | |
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| Born | Stéphanie Shoshanna May Montreux Carswell 1 June 1985 Melbourne, Australia |
Stephanie Carswell (born 1 June 1985) is an Australian actress and lyric soprano, with a vocal range of over 3½ octaves. Commonly credited as Stéphanie Montreux. She is the elder sister of Jennifer Carswell.
Carswell was born in Melbourne, Australia. She began her career with the role of Young Cosette in Les Misérables, before going on to play Brigitta von Trapp in The Sound of Music.
Carswell has appeared at Melbourne venues including St. Patrick's Cathedral, Colonial Stadium (now Telstra Dome) and Rod Laver Arena.
After finishing in the musical Chess in 2004, Carswell moved to London, and subsequently made her West End debut at Her Majesty's Theatre (April 2005: Cats, September 2005: Beauty and the Beast). Carswell later understudied and played the role of Mabel in the The Pirates of Penzance, before appearing in the musical Buddy at the Kenneth More Theatre. In concert, Carswell's roles have included Christine Daaé (The Phantom of the Opera), Rose Vibert (Aspects of Love), Betty Schaefer (Sunset Boulevard), Soprano (Requiem), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Maria (West Side Story) and Rapunzel (Into the Woods).
Carswell played Anne Haycock in the television series Psychic Private Eyes, Laetitia in Horace and Tina: School Camp, Charlotte Corday in Histoire de Paris, Gabrielle Lorenzo in Obsession, Charlotte Graham in Graham's Girls, Pirate Party Girl in The Green Fairy, and herself in a BBC London Musical Theatre special. Carswell has also been interviewed and performed live for Shanghai Radio, and was a performer in the 2006 Royal Variety Performance at the London Coliseum.
From April 2007, Carswell will be appearing in Pegasus Opera Company's production of Delius' Koanga at Sadler's Wells Theatre.