Diane Beck

Acting
1976-02-28
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK

Biography

Diane Beck was born in Stockport, 28th February 1976. Aged 18 Diane attended RADA and studied on the 3 year Acting course. Her stage career including work at the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Young Vic London, Statford Upon Avon, Tokyo Japan, New Haven NY Festival; Jo in 'The Good Hope' at National Theatre, 'Glass Eels' at Hampstead and Emily Bronte in 'Bronte' for Shared Experience London, among others. Diane was also chosen to work with the European Union of Theatres by Cheek By Jowl and film directors, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod where, along with Russian and Parisian actors, they devised 'Cold War Cabaret' a multi-lingual project at the L'Odeon in Paris.

Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles

#1Peak Practice

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Receptionist

6.5 / 10
Drama

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.

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#2Eastern Promises

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m as Nurse (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
ThrillerCrimeMystery

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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#3Murphy's Law

Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes as CPS Lawyer

7.6 / 10
CrimeMysteryDrama

Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy is a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment, he's given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment. A loner with little to lose and dealing with everything on his own terms, this time around, however, Murphy has an ally in Detective Inspector Annie Guthrie.

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#4Tipping the Velvet

Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes as Annie Price

6.9 / 10
Drama

A tempestuous tale of love and life as a naïve girl discovers both romance and pain in the hidden, decadent world of bohemian London in the 1890s. Nan Astley embarks on a voyage of emotional and sexual discovery with Kitty Butler, a music hall male impersonator.

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#5Boat Story

Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes as Guy's Wife

7.2 / 10
DramaCrime

Two hard-up strangers stumble across a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat. After agreeing to sell it and split the cash, they become entangled with police, masked hitmen, and a sharp-suited gangster known as 'The Tailor'.

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#6William and Mary

Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes as Nell

6.7 / 10
Drama

William and Mary is an ITV romantic comedy drama set in London, England, starring Martin Clunes as William Shawcross, an undertaker, and Julie Graham as Mary Gilcrest, a midwife. Its title refers to its two principal characters and is a cultural reference to the reign of the English monarchs William and Mary. It was shown in three six-part series in 2003-2005. It was also screened on Seven's best of-Scottish and English-oriented 7TWO.

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#7Making Waves

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes as Leading Reg Liz Wilson

7.0 / 10
Drama

HMS Suffolk is due for Flag Officer Sea Training in four weeks but an accident results in the dismissal of the executive officer and the resignation of the captain. His replacement, Commander Martin Brooke, attempts to get his vessel and crew ship-shape for final assessment. The series was in development hell for several years and first broadcast on 7 July 2004. However, due to low ratings, it was removed after only three episodes, the remainder of the series going unaired. A DVD of all six episodes was released in December 2004.

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#8Macbeth

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m as Lady Macduff / Weird Sister

6.6 / 10
Drama

Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter star in a highly-acclaimed screen version of William Shakespeare's classic story of tyranny and ambition. On the stage this Royal Shakespeare Company presentation was universally lauded. Following sell-out seasons at Statford's Swan Theatre and in London, the production played Japan and in the United States, where The New York Times praised director Gregory Doran's interpretation as a "harrowing and disturbingly funny parable for the dawn of the 21st century". To make this compelling screen version, Gregory Doran worked with all of the original cast and filmed at London's Roundhouse. Brilliantly shot by director of photography Ernie Vincze, the production uses the edgy techniques of fly-on-the-wall documentaries. The effect is raw, intimate and strikingly dynamic.

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#9Margery and Gladys

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m as Hotel Receptionist

7.7 / 10
TV MovieComedyDrama

Haughty housewife Margery and her cleaner Gladys go on the run after mistakenly believing that they have killed a teenage burglar.

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#10A Wing and a Prayer

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Worker #2

5.0 / 10
ActionDramaThriller

An air-traffic controller faces the challenge of her career when she is forced to guide a disabled airplane to safety, unaware that her husband is aboard.

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#11First Time Loser

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m as Kate Murphy

8.8 / 10
Music

Liverpool, 1962. An Irish teen boy on the run from a shotgun wedding arrives in Liverpool. He joins the music scene and is inspired by the yet to be famous Beatles

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