Charles worked from a young age in singing, modelling and acting on stage and television. She appears on the original soundtrack of film adaptation of the musical '
Hair'. Charles was cast in the role of Crissy singing the song 'Frank Mills' but was ultimately cut from the film production. She acted on the
ABC soap opera
Loving,
CBS television series ''
Frank's Place and performed on This Morning, a British talk show. She hosted a show on Bravo, Arts-Break
. She narrated the motion picture Beyond The Dream''. She has appeared on stage singing with
Stevie Wonder,
Alan King,
Joel Grey,
Sammy Davis Jr.,
Bill Cosby and
Frank Sinatra. In 1993, Charles was signed to
RCA Records and recorded with top British songwriters & producers
Mike Stock and
Pete Waterman, releasing her debut single, "Free To Love Again", in August of that year. The single peaked at number 58 on the
UK Singles Chart. She recorded five more songs with Stock and Waterman that went unreleased at the time, these included; "After You're Gone", "Don't Stop (All The Love You Can Give)", "Every Time We Touch", "What The Eye Don't See" and "Just For A Minute". Her producers have included
Mike Stock,
Pete Waterman and
David Foster who also signed her on his
143 Records Label. In the late 1980s,
Barry Manilow and his management company Stiletto Management represented her on
Capitol Records. In 2025 she returned to the UK and recorded an album with Mike Stock. The album included the original 6 tracks recorded in 1993, and another 5 new songs written and produced by Stock. The albums is due to be released in May 2026. ==References==