Colette Dalal Tchantcho

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Colette Dalal Tchantcho
Born
Kuwait
Other namesColette Tchantcho
Alma mater Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Occupation(s)Actress, theatre maker
Years active2011–present

Colette Dalal Tchantcho is an actress and theatre maker based in the United Kingdom. She is known for her roles in the Sky Atlantic series Domina (2021) and the Starz series Dangerous Liaisons (2022).

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Early life

Tchantcho was born in Kuwait to a Cameroonian father from Bangangté and a Kuwaiti mother from a Sunni family. [1] She attended the British School in Kuwait (BSK). She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) in 2011. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Tchantcho made her television debut in 2018 with guest appearances in the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors and the BBC Four documentary series Arena . She also played Orsino in Twelfth Night at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh and the Bristol Old Vic and toured Scotland with Eddie and the Slumber Girls. [5] [6] The following year, she played Véa in an episode of the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher .

In 2021, Tchantcho began starring as Antigone in the British-Italian Sky Atlantic and Sky Italia historical drama Domina , set in Ancient Rome and centred around Livia Drusilla (Kasia Smutniak). [7] That same year, Tchantcho was cast as Ondine, Vicomtesse de Valmont in the Starz adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons , [8] which premiered in November 2022. [9] She had performed Les Liaisons Dangereuses before during her time at LIPA. [10] She is currently developing a one-woman stage show titled Dreamer. [11] She is also featured in the Paramount+ series No Escape . [12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Doctors Joyce LangoyaEpisode: "Suffer the Children"
Arena AlexaEpisode: "Make Me Up!"
2019 The Witcher VéaEpisode: "Rare Species"
2020I Am MaryMaryShort film
2021 Domina AntigoneMain role
BabaFatimaShort film
2022 Dangerous Liaisons Ondine de ValmontMain role
2023 No Escape Shell

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Slave: A Question of FreedomNanu / Various Unity Theatre, Liverpool / Riverside Studios, London [13]
2012After the Rainfall Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
Co-devisor
2016Crazy GodHamlet Polish Theatre, Wrocław
2018Eddie and the Slumber SistersAugustaScotland tour
Twelfth Night Orsino Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh / Bristol Old Vic, Bristol

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  5. ↑ Wood, Alex (24 July 2018). "Bristol Old Vic and Edinburgh Lyceum announce casts for Touching the Void and Twelfth Night". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Brown, Mark (6 May 2018). "Theatre review: Eddie and the Slumber Sisters". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Tamika (2 April 2021). "Alex Lanipekun & Colette Dalal Tchantcho cast in Sky original drama 'Domina'". The British Black List. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Petski, Denise (16 June 2021). "'Dangerous Liaisons': Lesley Manville, Carice Van Houten, Paloma Faith, Michael McElhatton, Kosar Ali, 9 More Cast In Starz Prequel Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Hullender, Tatiana (5 November 2022). "Dangerous Liaisons' Colette Dalal Tchantcho Dishes On Valmont's Stepmother". Screen Rant. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Jones, Catherine (29 May 2010). "REVIEW: Lipa students present Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Unity theatre". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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  12. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (7 April 2022). "BBC Three Acquires HBO Max Show 'FBoy Island' – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Slave: A Question of Freedom". Feelgood Theatre Productions. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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