Bulgarian actress and theatre director Diana Dobreva was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters (l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Culture Ministry for her contribution to theatre art. The French Ambassador in Bulgaria, Joel Meyer, personally presented the Order during an official ceremony at the French Embassy in Sofia on Tuesday.
The honorary distinction is intended to honour people who have distinguished themselves by their creations in the fields of culture and communication or by the contribution they have made to the influence of the Arts and Letters in France or around the world.
Dobreva graduated in Acting for Theatre and Cinema and Theatre Directing from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, French philology at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, History of Art at the Sorbonne, Paris, and the theatre college Lyuben Grois.
Her acting career began in Theatre-Laboratory Sfumato, where she worked for almost 10 years. Her filmography includes Bulgarian and international films such as Monkeys in Winter and Warden of the Dead for which she was awarded the Golden Rose Award from the 27th Bulgarian Feature Film Festival for Best Leading Female Role and the Award of the Bulgarian National Film Center and Filmmakers Union for Best Leading Female Role.
Her career as a stage director began in 2006 with the play Medea, for which she received the 2007 Askeer Award 2007 for Best Debut Performance of the Year, the Award of The Ministry of Bulgarian Culture for high creative success and the development of Bulgarian Culture, as well as Coup de Coeur, the Critics and Press Award for Best Performance at the International Festival in Avignon, France. Since then, she has directed numerous plays, which have been staged in France, England, Russia, Monaco, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Romania, Macedonia, Slovakia, Albania, and Turkiye.
In 2017, Dobreva became the head of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia.
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