Diane Keen
Diane is an actor and producer. She is principally known for her starring roles in some of the most iconic sitcoms on British TV, including her portrayal of Fliss Hawthorne in Granada’s The Cuckoo Waltz. For a decade she played Julia Parsons in the long‐running BBC One soap Doctors, and her TV credits encompass many of the UK’s greatest shows: The Professionals, The Sandbaggers, Brookside, the entire series of Ruth Rendell Mysteries, A Touch of Frost, and The Morecambe and Wise Show. She starred in The Sweeney feature film, and many other films, including the Oscar‐winning Nowhere in Africa. Her extensive theatre experience includes Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends, The Vagina Monologues, and Beautiful at the Adelphi Theatre, in which she played Genie, mother of Carole King. She also performed in a successful season at the Old Vic. Diane's many tours include premiering the dramatization of Susan Hill's ghost story The Small Hand, in which she played the Narrator and four other main parts. Her numerous awards include Best Actress in The National Television Awards, Best Single Episode in The British Soap Awards, and Best Actress on TV in the TV Times Awards.