Bio

INTRODUCTION AND BIOGRAPHY:

Eliane Cat-Tuong Chappuis, was born at the Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood, to swiss-french-vietnamese parents. Just six months old, her parents decided to raise her in Bern, Switzerland, with her siblings, where she spent her childhood. Growing up in the international capitol, she became fluent in five languages, a talent that has influenced all aspects of her life.

She attended a Waldorf school with a curriculum that strongly emphasized the arts. There she performed in lead roles for school productions.

Played Cinderella twice in highschool. Once at age seven and once at around age nine.

In the eight grade highschoolplay, portrayed Anita the italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi's wife, aswell as smaller roles.

Passionate about personal expression through artistic creation, she divided her time between acting, fine art, and poetry, which she recited for her fellow students. Eliane debuted at the National Theatre in Bern at the age of twelve in such Musicals as "Oliver Twist," "Wizard of Oz" and Operas like "Lulu" and "I Cavallieri Rusticana." Playing characters as diverse as orphans, ballerinas, and opera singers planted a desire in her to seek challenging, unusual roles that use as many of her talents as possible.

As a teen growing up in Switzerland, Eliane would help her Mother with her Refugee Relief work for The Swiss Red Cross. Her mother is still actively involved with Refugee work. Watching her mother help others throughout her childhood developed in Eliane both compassion and passion for life that is reflected in herperformances, poetry, songs and spiritual studies.

Became the youngest student to be accepted by the Academy of Acting in Zurich, where she portrayed such roles like Joan of Arc and Iphigenie of Tauris to enter the Academy. She is one of the six female contestants who was chosen out of over 600 contestants to enter the Academy of Acting. There, she honed on her theatrical craft to a keen edge and began appearing in Swiss movies.

During her time at the Academy, the modeling world discovered her. She quickly became known as an interesting face as a model and worked for such international designers as Christian Lacroix in Paris and Vivienne Westwood in London.

Her well-trained voice and knowledge of music from Vietnam's old Imperial City led to an invitation to perform for Vietnam's last Emperor on two occasions. She has also performed for longtime friend and world renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who was nominated by Martin Luther King Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize. Besides singing, Eliane plays violin and had the honor of performing under the conduct of Sir Yehudi Menuhin in the orchestra of the conservatory as a thirteen year old during he visits to Switzerland.

Upon Eliane's first return back to the United States at age eighteen she was invited to attend Robert Redford's Sundance Workshop. There she studied American film while assisting on projects such as Tony Bui's "Three Seasons." This fueled Eliane's desire to be in film. Following the Workshop, she was then cast in a number of independent films like "Soundman" which traveled to many international Film Festivals, including a lead in a German TV-series for Pro 7.

Eliane completed filming in Rome for Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" a Miramax Film.

While she pursues her love for acting and singing on three continents, Eliane still loves to just spend time in nature with her family & friends in Switzerland.

Height: 5`9" 1/2
Bust: 34 b
Weist: 22
Hips: 34
Shoes: 8 1/2