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Teresa Parente

SAG * AFTRA * AEA 
 

TELEVISION     

  NUMB3RS   Guest Star    CBS Paramount Network Television
  WITHOUT A TRACE   Guest Star - Recurring    Warner Brothers Television
  AMERICAN DREAMS   Guest Star - Recurring    NBC / Dick Clark Productions
  PASSIONS   Guest Star    NBC Studios Productions
  STRONG MEDICINE   Guest Star    Lifetime Television
  MALCOLM & EDDIE   Guest Lead    Jeff Franklin Productions
  3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN   Guest Star    Carsey-Werner Productions
  MARRIED...With Children   Guest Star - Recurring as Miranda
        VeraCruz de la Jolla Cardenal
   Columbia Pictures Television
 THE STEVEN BANKS SHOW   Series Regular - 40 different roles    PBS; Brandon Tartikoff, Producer
  LIVING IN THE USA   Series Regular    UPN PILOT; QDE Prod'ns (Quincy Jones)  
  FRIENDS   Co-Star    Warner Brothers Television
  JUDGING AMY   Co-Star    20th Century FOX
  LESS THAN PERFECT   Co-Star    Touchstone Television Prod’ns
  THE HUGHLEYS   Guest Star    Greenblatt/Janollari
  HOME TEAM   Series Regular    NBC PILOT
  SHERMAN OAKS   Series Regular    Ind. Pilot; Vin diBona, Producer
  VANISHING SON   Guest Star    Syndicated; Stu Seagal Productions
  CAFE AMERICAIN   Guest Star    Warner Brothers Television
  L.A. LAW   Guest Star    20th Century FOX
  NIGHT COURT   Guest Star    Warner Brothers Television
  SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH   Co-Star    Paramount Pictures TV
  CATDOG   Maria Cowess, Opera-singing Cow    Viacom Productions
     


          COMMERCIALS 
          Scores of Radio & TV Commercials, Animation V/O   Click here for partial list

           FILM      
          
 SIMONE (starring Al Pacino)   Supporting (as the MorningTalk Show Hostess)   Andrew Niccol, Director
 GEPPETTO   Supporting (as Maria, the mother of the perfect child)  Walt Disney Television - MOW
 SHARK IN A BOTTLE   Supporting (as the used car Saleswoman)   Independent Feature
          etc.           etc.           etc.

          
          THEATRE      
    
          Dozens of New York & Regional Productions (Comedy, Drama, Revue, Opera, Musical, Light Opera, Classics) 
         Acclaimed One-Woman music and comedy Cabaret performed at NYC Nightclubs

           TRAINING   

          LARRY MOSS: Advanced Class 
          DAVID CRAIG: Master Class, Musical Theatre
          BRIAN MURRAY: Acting Shakespeare
          Bachelor of Arts in THEATRE:  Stony Brook  University 
          Advanced SIGHTSINGING: Gerald White
          KEN McMILLAN: Scene Study
          HAL HOLDEN: Scene Study
          MARCIA HAUFRECHT: Strasberg Technique 
          VOICE: Lynda Sharman, Richard Dyer-Bennet
          DANCE: Peter Gennaro, Buck Heller, Chuck Kelly, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, etc.
          
          SPECIAL SKILLS   

          Highly skilled SINGER (Opera, JAZZ, Scat, Classical, R&B, Pop, Musical Theatre, 
          etc., see below) 
          ** SIGHTREAD Music ** 
           Original Characters
          Sketch & Character COMEDY
          Acclaimed One-Woman Music & Comedy Cabaret performed at NYC Nightclubs 
          Improvisation
          Mime (yes, mime)
          OPERA TRAINING
          Swimming
          Voice-Over Artist
          Dialect Specialist

          SINGING SYLES:  R&B, Funk, Opera and Classical, Jazz, Scat, Swing, Bluegrass, 
          Classic Country, Child's voices, Pop, Rock, Disco, Afro-Cuban, Salsa, Broadway 
          ("legit" & belt), Disney, Motown, Standards, A Cappella, Tight Harmony, Group, Choral

          LANGUAGES:  Fluent ITALIAN, read Spanish fluently, read French well. 

          ACCENTS & DIALECTS:  BRITISH, COCKNEY, SPANISH (incl. Mexican, Caribbean & 
          Cuban), ITALIAN (Northern, Southern, regional dialects),
          GERMAN, FRENCH, IRISH,  MIDWEST, SOUTHERN,
          NEW YORK (all boroughs) & Eastern Regions, SCOTTISH, 
          RUSSIAN & generic Slavic...ask me!


          AFFILIATIONS

          Member of  S.O.S. , the Sisters o' Swing  - "recreating the magical harmonies of the Andrews Sisters"

           Soloist & 1st Soprano with the HOLLYWOOD MASTER CHORALE and the 100-voice Theatrical Concert Choir, TOWNE SINGERS

           Member:  Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association

          REPRESENTATION  (TV & Film) 

          Bob Waters Agency
          4311 Wilshire Boulevard, suite #622 
          Los Angeles, CA 90010
          323-965-5555 
           
          

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