Diana Kent

Diana Kent is a South African actress.

Known for

 * Heavenly Creatures (1994)
 * Billy Elliot (2000)
 * The Awakening (2011)
 * One Day (2011)

Career
Diana was born in South Africa of English par­ents. Growing up she loved phys­ical pur­suits, such as swim­ming and gym­nastics, and was pas­sion­ate about anim­als. She was also an avid reader; devour­ing any­thing and everything from mod­ern nov­els to Shakespeare. Gymnast or vet might both have been pos­sible careers but Diana hadn’t yet found one that truly cap­tured her imagination.

When Diana com­pleted school, she came to London where she worked as a trainee designer for a soft fur­nish­ings com­pany before real­izing it was not a path she wanted to pursue.

However the exper­i­ence helped to give her a much needed focus and dir­ec­tion and soon after­wards Diana enrolled on a train­ing course as a pro­fes­sional actor.

Diana made her debut in 1987 in a television series called Nothing in Common. She went on to work in both films and television series, gaining notoriety for her work in Heavenly Creatures (1994). During the coming of the 21st century, Diana appeared in a film called Billy Elliot (2000) as well as the made-for-television Hallmark production Jason and the Argonauts (2000) as the mother of Jason. In 2004 Diana first appeared in the long-running BBC series Holby City. Thirteen years later, she returned to work in her second episode in 2017.

Personal life
Diana Kent is highly fond of animals.