BIO

Bio

KNOWN FIRST AND FOREMOST AS A “SIT-COM” ACTRESS IN THE U.K, TRÈS’ WORK IS TRULY INTERNATIONAL AND HAS  RUN THE GAMUT. STARTING OUT ON THE CONCERT STAGE THEN ON TO  THEATRE, TV, FILM, AND RADIO, SHE’S RETURN TO HER MUSICAL ROOTS. NOW A RECORDING ARTIST AND LYRICIST, WITH HER MOST RECENT ALBUM SHADES OF DARKNESS.


BORN IN JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY,  TRES  SPENT MUCH OF HER CHILDHOOD HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY IN THE UK.  AS TEENAGE PROTÉGÉ OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN, SHE  ATTENDED THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHEN SHE WAS CHOSEN BY HIM TO SING AS THE PRINCIPAL FEMALE SOLOIST IN ONE OF THE LAST GREAT COMPOSERS SERIES AT LINCOLN CENTER WHICH HE CONDUCTED HER SINGING HIS TOUR DE FORCE  'GLITTER & BE GAY'  FROM CANDIDE  AND MORE.  


SHE WENT ON TO PERFORM IN NUMEROUS MUSICALS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD, INCLUDING MY FAIR LADY (ELIZA) AND CAMELOT (GUINEVERE). AND POLLY IN A LONDON REVIVAL OF THE BEGGAR’S OPERA. 


BEING A DUEL NATIONAL, TRES CHOSE TO MAKE LONDON HER PRIMARY HOME.


U.K. TV  CREDITS INCLUDE AS TIME GOES BY, CASUALTY, HALE & PACE, AND MURDER MOST HORRID. AND BBC COMEDY MY HERO.


FILM CREDITS INCLUDE THE ROLE OF ROBERT DOWNEY JR.’S MISTRESS IN RICHARD III, STARRING SIR IAN McKELLEN, AND MOUTH TO MOUTH (AKA BOCA A BOCA (in Europe) OPPOSITE 2008 OSCAR WINNER JAVIER BARDEM.


IN  TV COMMERCIALS HER CHARACTERS RAN THE GAMMOT  FROM QUIRKY PORTRAYALS AS THE ‘BOUNCY’ RUBBERMAID LADY (USA) , TO THE WHOLESOME  KELLOGG’S CORNFLAKES GIRL (Germany)  TO THE GLAMOROUS AND FUNNY  NCR (National Cash Register) COMMERCIAL OPPOSITE TOBY JONES, WHICH WAS SHOWN WORLDWIDE ON CNN and OTHER INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS.


SHE WAS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN IN THE LATE 90s THOUGH VARIOUS PARTS OF EUROPE AS “THE BACARDI GIRL”. 


HER 2006 DEBUT CD  TRES BROADWAY  RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS AND TOOK THE #1 SPOT 9 WEEKS RUNNING ON PLATINUM BROADWAY RADIO. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A EUROPEAN DANCE SINGLE DANCE OF THE EURO DIVA (ERIC SERRA composer) RELEASED SUMMER 2006 AND SUBSEQUENT POP ALBUM  EURO DIVA. HER 3rd album A SIREN'S ODYSSEY  WAS RELEASED DEC. 1, 2013. 


HER MOST RECENT PROJECT - WHICH SHE PENNED THE SONGS LYRICS - WITH MUSIC BY DANIEL MOCTEZUMA IS  SHADES OF DARKNESS


TRÈS (PRONOUNCED "TREY" AS IN THE FRENCH 'VERY') IS A VEGAN AND ANIMAL ACTIVIST. SHE IS MARRIED TO PAUL MILLMAN, A NYC ARCHITECT AND ENTREPRENEUR. THEY LIVE IN  BOTH THE USA  AND  UK.


PROFITS FROM HER MUSIC GO TO HELP ANIMAL GROUPS AS WELL AS CHARITIES FOR HIV AND THE BLIND. 



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