Diana Cochran received her first acting experience at four years old during a school play where she performed the role of a carnation flower. This was the first of many leading roles she performed on various stages from community theater, school plays, Melodrama dinner shows, church plays, and musicals throughout her young adolescent and teen years. She started the drama club in her high school and convinced the school board to add classes in the curriculum that involved performance and acting. She was also a star athlete in her high school varsity sports teams for soccer, dance team, cheerleading, and track.
She used very opportunity to perform in front of an audience including competing in speech & debate, talent shows, pageants, serving as captain and dance choreographer for her cheerleading and dance teams, and singing the national anthem for sports games.
During her studies at the University of Oregon she studied Theater Arts while performing in their theater shows and began her professional career at The Shedd Institute of Arts, a professional theater company in Eugene, Oregon. She graduated with a BA degree in Digital Arts in order to create the visual effects for her own film projects.
During a summer of college she landed her first role in an Independent full-length feature film as Smitty in the "Bigfoot Chronicles." She moved to Los Angeles in the spring of 2016 and immediately began training in a Martial Art Academy where she belted in Kali, Silat, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She also trained in Muay Thai Kick Boxing, Shooto Wrestling and Jeet Kune Doe.
Diana always knew she wanted to be an action actress and showcased her martial arts in the short action films "Permission Granted", "Thirst Date", and "Elfa Team" directed by Brendan Nagle. Nagle also directed Diana in the drama short film "Funeral for a Gun" before she landed the lead role in Artour Bajanov's post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi film, "Descendent" as Anima.
"Descendent" premiered at the LA IFS Film Festival and was awarded Best Sci-Fi Film. It was also presented at the Marbella International Film Festival in Spain where Diana was awarded Best Actress.
Diana has worked in Angelo Libutti's film "The New Manna," Quinn Larson's "Declan Carter," and the short film "Compost" directed by Emmy Award-Winning Director W. David King.
Diana wrote, produced and created her own short films titled "Sticks and Stones" (2021) and "Break My Bones" (2025) where she stars in the leading role of Jetta Stone.
"Break My Bones" has so far gone on to win Best Short Film & Best Director of a Short Film in the Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards, Best Short Film in the Los Angeles Short Film Awards, Best Narrative Short Film in the Art Film Spirit Awards, and Best Action Short & Best Ensemble Cast & Best Cinematography & Best Sound Design in the Independent Shorts Awards.