Diane Lane
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 22, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress and producer. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at age 14 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance. Laurence Olivier, who played a major supporting role in the film, called her "the new Grace Kelly". The two films that could have catapulted her to star status, Streets of Fire and The Cotton Club, were both commercial and critical failures, and her career languished as a result. After taking a break, Lane returned to acting to appear in The Big Town and Lady Beware, but did not make another big impression on a sizable audience until 1989's popular and critically acclaimed TV miniseries Lonesome Dove, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award. It was not until 1999 that Lane earned further recognition for her role in A Walk on the Moon, and that was followed by her performance alongside George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg in the 2000 blockbuster The Perfect Storm. She was especially lauded and honored for the 2002 film Unfaithful, which earned her Satellite, New York Film Critics Circle, and National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama). Her performance in Unfaithful also garnered her Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actress. She was also highly lauded by critics for her performance in the immediately subsequent film Under the Tuscan Sun. For much of the rest of the decade, she alternately appeared as a lead actress in romantic films such as Must Love Dogs (2005) and Nights in Rodanthe (2008), and thrillers such as Fierce People (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), and Untraceable (2008). She has appeared in four films directed by Francis Ford Coppola: The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, and Jack. She has been in one film directed by his wife Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait. She also played the recurring role of Martha Kent, the adoptive mother of Superman, in Man of Steel (2013) and appeared in subsequent films of the DC Extended Universe. Her most recent film is the 2020 neo-western Let Him Go.
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Filmography
Queen City
Movie · as dian3
Moral Capacity
Movie · as Dr. Torre
A Hundred Percent
TV · as Suzanne · 1 ep
The Exorcist: Martyrs
Movie · as Mary Miller
Making Marie Antoinette
Movie · as Eleanor Coppola Voice Over (voice)
Anniversary
Movie · as Ellen Taylor
Inside Out 2
Movie · as Mom (voice)
An American Family at 50
Movie · as Self
A Man in Full
TV · as Martha Croker · 6 eps
Extrapolations
TV · as Martha Russell · 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie · as Martha Kent
Y: The Last Man
TV · as Jennifer Brown · 10 eps
Amend: The Fight for America
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Let Him Go
Movie · as Margaret Blackledge
Serenity
Movie · as Constance
Ocean Paradise
Movie · as Narrator
The Romanoffs
TV · as Katherine Ford · 2 eps
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Movie · as Audrey Felt
Justice League
Movie · as Martha Kent
FEUD
TV · as Slim Keith · 8 eps
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie · as Martha Kent
Paris Can Wait
Movie · as Anne Lockwood
Trumbo
Movie · as Cleo Trumbo
Inside Out
Movie · as Mom (voice)
Riley's First Date?
Movie · as Mom (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Every Secret Thing
Movie · as Helen Manning
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Man of Steel
Movie · as Martha Kent
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Movie · as Self
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Movie
House of Cards
TV · as Annette Shepherd · 8 eps
The Frame
TV · as Martha Kent · 1 ep
Half the Sky
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Cinema Verite
Movie · as Pat Loud
Secretariat
Movie · as Penny Chenery
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Untraceable
Movie · as Agent Jennifer Marsh
Jumper
Movie · as Mary Rice
Nights in Rodanthe
Movie · as Adrienne
Killshot
Movie · as Carmen Colson
The Bonnie Hunt Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Hollywoodland
Movie · as Toni Mannix
Fierce People
Movie · as Liz Earl
Must Love Dogs
Movie · as Sarah
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Movie · as Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tyra Banks Show
TV · 1 ep
Under the Tuscan Sun
Movie · as Frances
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Unfaithful
Movie · as Constance Sumner
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie · as Self
The Glass House
Movie · as Erin Glass
Hardball
Movie · as Elizabeth Wilkes
The Perfect Storm
Movie · as Christina "Chris" Cotter
My Dog Skip
Movie · as Ellen Morris
The Virginian
Movie · as Molly Stark
A Walk on the Moon
Movie · as Pearl Kantrowitz
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Movie · as Self
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gunshy
Movie · as Melissa
Grace & Glorie
Movie · as Gloria Greenwood
Murder at 1600
Movie · as Agent Nina Chance
The Only Thrill
Movie · as Katherine Fritzsimmons
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jack
Movie · as Karen Powell
Mad Dog Time
Movie · as Grace Everly
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Judge Dredd
Movie · as Judge Hershey
Wild Bill
Movie · as Susannah Moore
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · as Stella Kowalski
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Movie · as Herself
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Movie · as Lucy Honicut Marsden
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
TV · as Lucy Honicut Marsden · 2 eps
Indian Summer
Movie · as Beth Warden / Clair Everett
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fallen Angels
TV · as Bernette Stone · 1 ep
Knight Moves
Movie · as Kathy Sheppard
My New Gun
Movie · as Debbie Bender
Chaplin
Movie · as Paulette Goddard
The Setting Sun
Movie · as Lian Hong
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Vital Signs
Movie · as Gina Wyler
Descending Angel
Movie · as Irina Stroia
Lonesome Dove
TV · as Lorena Wood Parker · 4 eps
Priceless Beauty
Movie · as China
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Big Town
Movie · as Lorry Dane
Lady Beware
Movie · as Katya Yarno
The Cotton Club
Movie · as Vera Cicero
Streets of Fire
Movie · as Ellen Aim
The Outsiders
Movie · as Cherry Valance
Rumble Fish
Movie · as Patty
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Movie · as Corinne Burns
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Movie · as Liza ("Growing Yourself")
Six Pack
Movie · as Breezy
Miss All-American Beauty
Movie · as Sally Butterfield
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie · as Jenny (Little Britches)
Child Bride of Short Creek
Movie · as Jessica Rae Jacobs
Touched by Love
Movie · as Karen
A Little Romance
Movie · as Lauren King
Great Performances
TV · as Charity Royall · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Glorie · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep