Meet Catherine Missal, whose Tell Me Lies character Bree has a toxic love life

Based on Carola Lovering’s 2018 novel of the same name, Hulu’s dual timeline drama Tell Me Lies has finally returned to our screens with a third instalment on January 13.\nThe series takes place in 2015 with flashbacks to 2007 following the complicated and sometimes toxic love story between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) over the course of eight years after meeting in college.\n“I’m scared for the audience,” said Van Patten about the new season in an interview with People last November. “Everything’s coming to a head, and everything’s getting more and more tangled and intertwined.”\n\nAnd while Van Patten and White may play the lead characters in the show, they’re not the only characters with a turbulent love life. At the end of season two, we see one of Lucy’s friends, Bree, played by actress Catherine Missal, navigate a toxic love life of her own after starting and eventually ending an inappropriate relationship with her married college professor. Keeping in mind that this is a dual timeline series, we see Bree getting ready to walk down the aisle on her wedding day in 2015 – only to find out that her soon-to-be husband actually cheated on her with Lucy.\nHere’s everything you need to know about Catherine Missal.\nShe has been acting since she was 10\n\nMissal, 26, kick-started her professional career when she was just 10 years old, starring in the 2009 short film Shopping. She went on to land roles in TV shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and films like the 2025 drama thriller A House of Dynamite starring Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson.\nMissal’s role in Tell Me Lies is her biggest yet and came after a four-year hiatus between acting roles.\nHer older sister is an actress\n\nMissal is not the only one with the acting bug in her family. The actress’ older sister Kelley Missal is known for her role in ABC’s long-running soap opera One Life to Live. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2014 for her role in the series.\nLike her sister, Kelley has also been acting since she was young. Some of her first appearances were on Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central promos.\nHer words of advice to fans\n\nIn an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in October 2024, Missal spoke about her role on the show, admitting to the toxic dynamic between the characters. Her word of advice to fans? “If any of your friends in your real life are acting like any of these characters on this show, run away as fast as possible.”\n