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Diana Kent

Born
South Africa
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Children2

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]

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Career

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 The Happy Valley Christmas Party GuestTV movie
1991PalmerMiss RobertsTV 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
2001MorlangEllen 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
2020The Voice of SinSophie MorrisJapanese film
2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Older Jennifer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 - 1996 Screen Two Alison Hanratty / Night NurseTV series
1990 Capital City BarbaraEpisode: "A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing"
1991 Waterfront Beat HazelEpisode: "E.P.O.S.
1991 Bergerac DianaEpisode: "Warriors"
1991 Agatha Christie's Poirot Zoe HaveringEpisode: "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge"
1991 Paul Merton: The SeriesTV series
1994SeaforthDiana StaceyTV mini-series, 6 episodes
1995 Goodnight Sweetheart Jayne MansfieldTV series
1995 - 1996The VetPatrica LennoxTV series
1995 - 2010 The Bill Ruth Pearce [3] / Sue TolliverTV series
1997 The Beggar Bride Ffiona OrmerodTV series
1998Close RelationsDierdraTV series
2000 Jason and the Argonauts PolymeleTV series
2000 Heartbeat Jennifer BennetEpisode: "Gabriel's Last Stand"
2001 Band of Brothers Mrs. LambEpisode: "Carentan"
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Mrs. Nickleby
2004 Murder City Ellen VasseurEpisode: "Big City Small World"
2004 Midsomer Murders Anne Heldman [4] Episode: "The Fisher King"
2004 - 2018 Holby City Blanche Valentine / Barbara ArmstrongTV series
2005 Elizabeth I Lady EssexTV mini series
2007 Silent Witness Marie WilliamsTV series
2008Messiah: The RaptureHelen WaiteTV mini series
2011 Casualty Jennifer MayerTV series
2011 The Jury RegistrarTV series
2012 World Without End RoseTV series
2012 Titanic Eleanor WidenerTV mini series
2014 The Missing PennyTV series
2013 M.I.High Margery / Jemima ThursdayTV mini series
2013 Whitechapel Jacqui BrierleyTV mini series
2014 Undeniable Isobel HendrieTV series
2014 The Missing Penny [5] [6] TV series
2015Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. ForgeryHelenaTV series documentary
2018 Father Brown Lady RoseEpisode: "The Dance of Death"
2019 Mother Father Son Charlotte [7] TV series
2020 Belgravia The Duchess of Richmond [8] TV series

Theatre

YearTitleRoleWriterDirectorNotes
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 ZuccoElegant Lady Bernard-Marie Koltes James McDonald Royal Shakespeare Theatre, London
1999 Talk of the CityDaphne [9] Terry John-Bates Stephen Poliakoff Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2000ArcadiaHannah 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
2007Lovely and MisfitMiss Fenway [13] Tennessee Williams Anna LedwichFishwick Productions
2008 Breaking the Silence Eugenia [14] Lorae Parry Esther Richardson Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
2008 Carousel Miss Mullins [15] Rodgers and Hammerstein Lindsey PosnerStanhope 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
2015TomcatCaroline [19] James RushbrookeKate Hewitt Southwark Playhouse, London

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  2. ↑ "Review - Heavenly Creatures". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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  6. ↑ "Till Death The Missing Series 1 Episode 8 of 8". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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