Recent Film
The Last Letter From Your Lover 2020
An adaptation of JoJo Moyes romantic novel in which an ambitious journalist (Felicity Jones) uncovers the story of two doomed lovers in the 1960s. Diana played the present day incarnation of the protagonist, Jennifer, (Shailene Woodley).
The Voice of Sin 2020
A Japanese journalist played by Takeshi Shiota, who also co-wrote the script, is trying to unravel the fate of a missing person. Diana plays an academic who assists him in his quest.
Recent television
Belgravia 2020
A new historical drama series, written and produced by Julian Fellowes started on ITV on the 15th of March. Diana played the formidable Duchess of Richmond in the season’s premiere episode.
Mother Father Son 2019
Diana played Charlotte, mother of Kathryn (Helen McRory) who is married to press baron Max (Richard Gere) in this BBC drama series, directed by James Kent, about a dysfunctional family and the power of the media.
Recent Theatre
Tomcat by James Rushbrooke
Directed by Kate Hewitt. Produced by PapaTango Theatre Co.
Cast includes: Brian Doherty, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Edward Harrison, Susan Stanley
Set in a dystopian near future where procreation is strictly controlled to breed out illnesses and genetic defects, a young girl identified as a psychopath is being studied in a laboratory.
Diana plays a sympathetic scientist who believes that the girl can be normalised if she is treated as a human being but she is about to lose control of the ‘experiment’ to an ambitious and ruthless younger colleague.
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neil
Directed by Tony Cownie. Produced by The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Opened January, 2014.
Cast included: Paul Shelley, Adam Best, Nicola Roy, Timothy Evers
Classic American drama about a dysfunctional family in free-fall during one emotionally gruelling day. Diana played the demanding role of Mary Tyrone, the family matriarch suffering a slow mental disintegration through her morphine addiction .
Reviewers say:
“Diana Kent’s playing of Mary, nervously fragile, falling visibly into the lonely parallel world of her addiction, is especially moving” The Daily Telegraph,
“Diana Kent gives a haunting performance . . .” The Times
“Kent makes Mary seem so fragile . . . she appears to be almost blown around the stage. A sobering portrayal of addiction.” British Theatre Guide