Born in Montreal, Tetchena Bellange has a Major in Marketing and International Business from the Business School Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), and in Cinema at the University of Montreal. She worked at Telefilm Canada as an investment analyst in the television department for several years. She was also a consultant and development director for several production companies. Tetchena, who speaks four languages, enjoys storytelling and now writes, directs and produces many projects within her own production company [Bel Ange Moon Productions].

Ever since Tetchena got her first principal role in the French-Canadian movie The Boys III (one of the box-office smash hits in Canada), she has been steadily building a career of impressive versatility. Gifted in drama and comedy, Tetchena has played in more than thirty projects, including feature films, commercials and TV series, in English and French. People love working with her. Tetchena starred in movies and TV series such as "Day after tomorrow" with Dennis Quaid, "Rumors" (Radio- Canada) and "Naked Josh" (O Channel, Showtime). In both seasons of "Da kink in my hair" on CanWest-Global television, she plays Claudette, the nasty rival of Letty. Tetchena has also played opposite Quebec's star Pierre Lebeau in Roger Cantin's latest movie "Cargo for Africa". Passionate about storytelling, Tetchena writes, directs and produces projects she deeply cares about.

Tetchena Bellange graduated in Cinema at the University of Montreal. In 2010, she directed the documentary Doctors Without Residencies produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), which explores the mechanism that prevents several foreign-trained doctors from practicing medicine in Quebec, Canada. This film was #1 on the NFB's website for several weeks.

Tetchena has previously written and directed short films that toured several festivals, including Echos starring Janine Sutto and Richard Robitaille (nominated for Best Film at the Niagara Film Festival). Her film "Black Hands - Trial of the Arsonist Slave", successful with critics and audience alike, has been screened in several prestigious festivals like the World Film Festival in Montreal, the African Diaspora Film Festival in New York, the Victoria Film Festival in Canada and the International PanAfrican Film Festival in Cannes. The documentary was also selected in the official best picture competition at the biggest festival in Africa, the FESPACO in Burkina Faso.

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