Colette Dalal Tchantcho
Quick Facts
Biography
Colette Dalal Tchantcho is an actress and theatre maker based in the United Kingdom. She is known for her roles in the Sky Atlantic series Domina (2021) and the Starz series Dangerous Liaisons (2022).
Early life
Tchantcho was born in Kuwait to a Cameroonian father from Bangangté and a Kuwaiti mother. Her maternal side is Sunni. She attended the British School in Kuwait (BSK). She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) in 2011.
Career
Tchantcho made her television debut in 2018 with guest appearances in the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors and the BBC Four documentary series Arena. She also played Orsino in Twelfth Night at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh and the Bristol Old Vic and toured Scotland with Eddie and the Slumber Girls. The following year, she played Véa in an episode of the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher.
In 2021, Tchantcho began starring as Antigone in the British-Italian Sky Atlantic and Sky Italia historical drama Domina, set in Ancient Rome and centred around Livia Drusilla (Kasia Smutniak). That same year, Tchantcho was cast as Ondine, Vicomtesse de Valmont in the Starz adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons, which premiered in November 2022. She had performed Les Liaisons Dangereuses before during her time at LIPA. She is currently developing a one-woman stage show titled Dreamer. She has an upcoming role in the Paramount+ series No Escape.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Doctors | Joyce Langoya | Episode: "Suffer the Children" |
Arena | Alexa | Episode: "Make Me Up!" | |
2019 | The Witcher | Véa | Episode: "Rare Species" |
2020 | I Am Mary | Mary | Short film |
2021 | Domina | Antigone | Main role |
Baba | Fatima | Short film | |
2022 | Dangerous Liaisons | Ondine de Valmont | Main role |
2023 | No Escape | Shell |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Slave: A Question of Freedom | Nanu / Various | Unity Theatre, Liverpool / Riverside Studios, London |
2012 | After the Rainfall | Watford Palace Theatre, Watford Co-devisor | |
2016 | Crazy God | Hamlet | Polish Theatre, Wrocław |
2018 | Eddie and the Slumber Sisters | Augusta | Scotland tour |
Twelfth Night | Orsino | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh / Bristol Old Vic, Bristol |