Biography
Click on Spotlight logo to view Spotlight Intro, voice reels and showreels. Extracts from Like Trees (Mother, Old Lady, Voice Over), Le Dindon (Maggie in French with strong English accent), Beyond Therapy (Charlotte Wallace), Auto-da-Fe (American Mme Duvenet), Brenda's Bar (evil Geordie Brenda), Mauvaise Mine (Old Mother Grigou in French), La Vie en Rose / La Mome (American lady). Voice over for Like Trees, advertising jingle in French with English accent.
Diana enjoys challenging roles and complex persona, with different accents and languages, breathing life into eccentric women, nice or nasty. With a strong presence, and a flair for comedy, she enjoys improvisation, narration, voice overs, dubbing, radio drama and audio books.
Sports: Fencing (modern & stage), swimming, tennis, Pilates & Tae Kwon Do. <>Singing (soprano & alto) in choirs, music groups, and on stage whenever. Dancing - as you like it - non-stop, all night ! Including belly dancing. But, snce 2009, no more Can-Can, Charleston & Rock'n Roll with throws.
Height: 5ft 7". 1.71m. Hair : Light brown with henne highlights, length usually fairly short but grows very quickly. Usually straight but naturally curly. Eyes: blue-green. Clean EU driving licence. Nationality: British & French. Member of IMdB. The Spotlight, CastingCallPro, Equity (Ambassador and Member of the North East Variety & Yorkshire Ridings General branches
Training:
Raymond Aquaviva's Drama School, Les Ateliers du Sudden. 4-year course in French with Diploma. Master Classes with Raymond Aquaviva, Roch-Antoine Albaladejo, Béla Grushka, Didier Long, Philippe Rondest, François Bourcier, Jonathan Chasseigne, Vincent Jouan. Comédiea dell'Arte, clown, improvisation, mime, classic and contemporary theatre, film & TV, English and American film & theatre, Writing.
Acting International: 2-year course in French with Robert Cordier, Pascal Castellata, David Barouk, Oleg Lipstin & Claude Viala. Clown, Film, Mime, Classic & contemporary theatre, Russian & American techniques.
1970' Cours Simon, Paris (film).
Links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR9BZbzi22U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWLhTxvHUOE
http://www.sharewhatyoulove.co.uk/?id=1096&check=do7ecc7a654ceb30751b96adcf09d3a2&src=m
www.dailymotion.com/quelquechose2mandela, www.liketrees-film.com
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