Diana Leblanc
Actor - Nella at 86
Photo: V. Tony Hauser
Diana Leblanc is an award-winning director, actor and artistic director, and has worked extensively in both French and English theatre. One of her most significant accomplishments has been to achieve greater prominence for French theatre in Toronto. During her leadership as Artistic Director of Théâtre français de Toronto (TFT) between 1991 and 1996, the theatre flourished and attracted English audiences as well as French. She directed dozens of productions for many Toronto theatre companies including TFT, the Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Mirvish Productions and Soulpepper Theatre - of which she is a founding member. She has also worked extensively outside Toronto for the Stratford Festival, Ottawa's National Arts Centre, Montreal's Segal Centre for the Performing Arts and the Manitoba Theatre Centre, among others. A proud member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada, her enormous energy, commitment and passion for the arts continues to be strongly evident.