Diana Kent

Diana Kent is an English actress known for Heavenly Creatures (1994), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), One Day (2011) and for the ITV drama series Belgravia (2020).^[1]

Diana Kent
Born	South Africa
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Children	2

Career

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Happy Valley	Christmas Party Guest	TV movie
1991	Palmer	Miss Roberts	TV movie
1994	Heavenly Creatures	Hilda Hume [2]
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Merton's Party Companion
1999	Runaway Bride	Hula Girl
2000	Billy Elliot	Tutor 2
2001	Morlang	Ellen Morlang
2005	Brothers of the Head	Laura Ashworth
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Rachel Petkoff
2009	Margaret	Margaret King
2011	One Day	Mrs Cope
2011	Turnout	Sophie's Mother
2011	The Awakening	Harriet Cathcart
2014	A Long Way Down	Hope
2015	Suite Française	Madame Michaud
2020	The Voice of Sin	Sophie Morris	Japanese film
2021	The Last Letter from Your Lover	Older Jennifer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989 - 1996	Screen Two	Alison Hanratty / Night Nurse	TV series
1990	Capital City	Barbara	Episode: "A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing"
1991	Waterfront Beat	Hazel	Episode: "E.P.O.S.
1991	Bergerac	Diana	Episode: "Warriors"
1991	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Zoe Havering	Episode: "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge"
1991	Paul Merton: The Series		TV series
1994	Seaforth	Diana Stacey	TV mini-series, 6 episodes
1995	Goodnight Sweetheart	Jayne Mansfield	TV series
1995 - 1996	The Vet	Patrica Lennox	TV series
1995 - 2010	The Bill	Ruth Pearce [3] / Sue Tolliver	TV series
1997	The Beggar Bride	Ffiona Ormerod	TV series
1998	Close Relations	Dierdra	TV series
2000	Jason and the Argonauts	Polymele	TV series
2000	Heartbeat	Jennifer Bennet	Episode: "Gabriel's Last Stand"
2001	Band of Brothers	Mrs. Lamb	Episode: "Carentan"
2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Mrs. Nickleby
2004	Murder City	Ellen Vasseur	Episode: "Big City Small World"
2004	Midsomer Murders	Anne Heldman [4]	Episode: "The Fisher King"
2004 - 2018	Holby City	Blanche Valentine / Barbara Armstrong	TV series
2005	Elizabeth I	Lady Essex	TV mini series
2007	Silent Witness	Marie Williams	TV series
2008	Messiah: The Rapture	Helen Waite	TV mini series
2011	Casualty	Jennifer Mayer	TV series
2011	The Jury	Registrar	TV series
2012	World Without End	Rose	TV series
2012	Titanic	Eleanor Widener	TV mini series
2014	The Missing	Penny	TV series
2013	M.I.High	Margery / Jemima Thursday	TV mini series
2013	Whitechapel	Jacqui Brierley	TV mini series
2014	Undeniable	Isobel Hendrie	TV series
2014	The Missing	Penny [5][6]	TV series
2015	Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery	Helena	TV series documentary
2018	Father Brown	Lady Rose	Episode: "The Dance of Death"
2019	Mother Father Son	Charlotte [7]	TV series
2020	Belgravia	The Duchess of Richmond [8]	TV series

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Writer	Director	Notes
1991	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	M. de Merteuil	Pierre Choderlos de Laclos	David Leveaux	Ambassadors Theatre, London
1992	An Inspector Calls	Sheila	J. B. Priestley	Stephen Daldry	Royal National Theatre, London
1998	Robert Zucco	Elegant Lady	Bernard-Marie Koltes	James McDonald	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, London
1999	Talk of the City	Daphne [9]	Terry John-Bates	Stephen Poliakoff	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2000	Arcadia	Hannah	Tom Stoppard	Rupert Goold	Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury
2001	The Prisoner's Dilemma	Floss [10]	David Edgar	Michael Attenborough	Royal Shakespeare Company, London
2001	Love in a Wood	Lady Flippant [11]	William Wycherley	Tim Supple	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2003	Caligula	Caesonia [12]	Albert Camus	Michael Grandage	Donmar Warehouse, London
2005	Phaedra's Love	Phaedra	Sarah Kane	Anne Tipton	Bristol Old Vic, Bristol & Barbican Centre, London
2007	Lovely and Misfit	Miss Fenway [13]	Tennessee Williams	Anna Ledwich	Fishwick Productions
2008	Breaking the Silence	Eugenia [14]	Lorae Parry	Esther Richardson	Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
2008	Carousel	Miss Mullins [15]	Rodgers and Hammerstein	Lindsey Posner	Stanhope Productions
2009	All My Sons	Kate Keller [16]	Arthur Miller	Walter Meierjohann	Leicester Curve Theatre, Leicester
2011	The Heresy of Love	Madre Marguerita [17]	Helen Edmundson	Nancy Meckler	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2014	Long Day's Journey into Night	Mary Tyrone [18]	Eugene O'Neill	Tony Cownie	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2015	Tomcat	Caroline [19]	James Rushbrooke	Kate Hewitt	Southwark Playhouse, London

References

1. "Meet the cast of ITV's Belgravia". Radio Times.
2. "Review - Heavenly Creatures". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
3. "The Bill - Series 26 - Episode 20 Walk on My Grave". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
4. "Midsomer Murders - Series 7 - Episode 3 The Fisher King". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
5. "Eden The Missing Series 1 Episode 1 of 8". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
6. "Till Death The Missing Series 1 Episode 8 of 8". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
7. "Meet the cast of BBC2's Richard Gere drama MotherFatherSon, 29 May 2019". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
8. "Belgravia review: This six-part snobathon toils in the shadow of Downton Abbey, 15 March 2020". The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
9. "RSC Performances Talk of the City, 29 April 1998". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
10. "The Prisoner's Dilemma, 20 July 2001". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
11. "Something nasty in the wood, 24 April 2001". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
12. "Caligula, 1 May 2003". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
13. "Defiantly camp and dramatically potent, 12 March 2007". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
14. "Breaking the Silence, 28 May 2008". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
15. "A CurtainUp London London Review Carousel, 3 December 2008". CurtainUp. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
16. "All My Sons - Joe and Kate Keller interviews, 1 October 2009". YouTube. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
17. "THE HERESY OF LOVE. March 2012". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
18. "Long Day's Journey into Night, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, review, 22 January 2014". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
19. "Tomcat review – paternal love lends heart to a genetic dilemma, 3 November 2015". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links

• Diana Kent at IMDb
• Official website