| Stéphanie Montreux | |
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| Born | Stéphanie Shoshanna May Montreux Carswell 1 June 1985 Melbourne, Australia |
Stéphanie Montreux was born Stéphanie Shoshanna May Montreux Carswell on 19 June 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. Sometimes credited as Stephanie Carswell / Stéphanie May Carswell / Shoshanna May. She is the older sister of Jennifer Carswell.
Montreux was born in Melbourne, Australia, and attended Salesian College Rupertswood and St Columba's College. Montreux 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. In 2004, Montreux deferred her degree in psychology to pursue a performance career and, after finishing in the musical Chess in Melbourne, Montreux moved to London, and subsequently made her West End debut in Sunday Night Live at Her Majesty's Theatre (April 2005: Cats, September 2005: Beauty and the Beast). In concert, Montreux'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). Montreux has sung and performed at Melbourne venues including St. Patrick's Cathedral, Docklands Stadium and Rod Laver Arena.
Montreux 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. Montreux 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, Montreux appeared in Pegasus Opera Company's production of Delius' Koanga at Sadler's Wells Theatre to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. In 2008, Montreux was a member of the West End Chorus for Chess at the Royal Albert Hall, also starring Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Marti Pellow and Kerry Ellis.
Montreux has synesthesia and has been the subject of radio and television documentaries on the condition.