Diana Payan

Acting

Diana Payan

Born 1934-11-28 · South Africa

Diana Payan is an actress, known for Kingdom (2007), Killing Eve (2018) and Paper Mask (1990).

Acting credits

Firelight poster
6.7

In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth Laurier agrees to bear a child of an anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth, she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later, she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The girl's father, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.

Firelight

1998

Another End poster
6.7

In a future where consciousness can be transferred, Sal is urged by his sister to try a breakthrough technology that implants the memories and personality of the dead into the living. After the passing of his wife, Sal must decide how far he's willing to go to reconnect with the past.

Another End

2024

Sharpe's Regiment poster
7.0

June, 1813. Major Richard Sharpe's men are in mortal danger - not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the depleted South Essex will be disbanded, their troops scattered throughout the army. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of well-bred, high-ranking traitors, any one of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word, or a stroke of the pen. Sharpe is forced into the most desperate gamble of his life - and not even the influence of the Price Regent may be enough to save him.

Sharpe's Regiment

1996

Urban Hymn poster
7.0

Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a remarkable voice, meets a determined social worker who inspires her to use it.

Urban Hymn

2015

The Storyteller: The Luck Child poster
NR

Seeking to avert a prophecy which foretells of a seventh son someday supplanting the current king, the unscrupulous monarch seeks out this luck child and attempts to do away with him. But those blessed with luck cannot be undone.

The Storyteller: The Luck Child

1988

The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster
6.2

TV-movie version of the Victor Hugo novel.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1976

Baby Love poster
NR

Play about Eileen who steals a baby, and the reactions of those around her, including the priest, police, and authorities and the consequences of what she does.

Baby Love

1974

Paper Mask poster
5.6

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.

Paper Mask

1990

The Storyteller: The True Bride poster
NR

A white lion comes to the aid of a girl being held under the cruel care of a troll.

The Storyteller: The True Bride

1988

The Laughter of God poster
4.0

Steve and Jane Clemant live a seemingly conent and happy life. They are both successful, professional people with a comfy home and a wide circle of friends. But each one has a secret similiar to the other; a plot to murder. And, that plot is on each other. Jane imagines killing Steve, who is actually more capable of killing Jane, but each of their lovers are connected amongst their many friends and a brilliant plot starts to unfold........

The Laughter of God

1991

Love/Loss poster
NR

A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apart, is there still love between them? How have their separate experiences shaped their lives over this long period apart, and is there still time for them to share the happiness that has so long been denied? As Mary and Joe confront the mistakes of their past and share memories of a previously unspoken love, their reunion appears to take them on a path to happiness. But the gentle narrative hides a twist that will challenge any preconceptions of love and loss.

Love/Loss

2010

Common People poster
NR

Romance, crisis and adventure on one of London's luscious commons.

Common People

2013

No Defence poster
NR

Rape is a matter which generates strong emotions. Immediate sympathies go to the victim...

No Defence

1980

Henry Intervening poster
NR

Today, Henry's usually dull journey to work is eventful enough to catapult him into the headlines.

Henry Intervening

1979