Diana Cofini

Diana was born in Rome and speaks fluent Italian and English and can read and work with the French language. Many years studying Dance, Piano and Singing led her to fall in love with Musical Theatre and ultimately, Acting. Diana has trained as an Actor in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. She specializes in movement, period and voice work with a proficiency in dialects/accents. She has sung in many different styles including Operetta, Opera and Jazz. Diana's formal education includes an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree from U of T, an Honours Diploma in Acting from Sheridan College, Diplomas in Singing and Piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music with First Class Honours, and Honours Diplomas in Jazz and Ballet from the Canadian Dance Teacher's Association. Upon graduating from her Theatre program, she dedicated a number of years strictly to on-camera technique for both the small and big screens. Diana has carried one-woman shows and performed with stellar ensembles, most notably, the Canadian Stage Company. In 2016, Diana played the female Lead in a Pirandello adaptation called MASQUERADE as Nadia,"the Ferrari of Women", to sold-out audiences in Canada's Theatre mecca of Stratford. She has appeared on network television shows such as REIGN and NIKITA. In 2015, Diana began working behind the camera on the award winning cross-Canada series THE CAMPS (33 episodes, released 2016-2017), which was viewed in 174 countries. She had the pleasure of directing the two French language episodes of Valcartier and Beauport and assistant directing Montreal. In 2016, Diana co-produced and co-created the feature documentary THAT NEVER HAPPENED: CANADA'S FIRST NATIONAL INTERNMENT OPERATIONS. After a year of festivals, numerous sold-out screenings and many awards, the documentary was chosen by the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, to screen at the Palais des Nations in Geneva (Sept. 2018) as part of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. THAT NEVER HAPPENED is distributed by IndieCan Entertainment and was #3 at the Canadian Box Office from Nov. 9 - 15, 2018 then #3 on iTunes for two weeks. In 2019, it had its CBC Broadcast Premiere on the documentary channel. Upon returning from the UN, Diana produced, starred in and completed 3 narrative projects, over a period of just nine months. The heart warming drama LOVE, SARAH was Diana's first time achieving gender parity on a project she produced and it went on to successfully screen in North American festivals with four nominations and two wins. The supernatural thriller COPENHAGEN ROAD had it's world premiere in June, 2019 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival and went on to screen for audiences on 5 continents, collecting numerous awards including two Best Actress wins for Diana.