Diane Lane
Acting
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.
Born: January 22, 1965
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Ellen
as Mom (voice)
as Martha Croker
as Martha Russell
as Self
as Jennifer Brown
as Martha Kent
as Self
as Margaret Blackledge
as Narrator
as Constance
as Katherine Ford
as Martha Kent
as Audrey Felt
as Slim Keith
as Anne Lockwood
as Martha Kent
as Mom (voice)
as Cleo Trumbo
as Mom (voice)
as Helen Manning
as Self
as Martha Kent
as Martha Kent
as Annette Shepherd
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Pat Loud
as Penny Chenery
as Self - Guest
as Carmen Colson
as Adrienne
as Self
as Mary Rice
as Agent Jennifer Marsh
as Narrator (voice)
as Liz Earl
as Toni Mannix
as Sarah
as Frances
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Constance Sumner
as Elizabeth Wilkes
as Erin Glass
as Christina "Chris" Cotter
as Ellen Morris
as Molly Stark
as Pearl Kantrowitz
as Self
as Gloria Greenwood
as Melissa
as Self
as Agent Nina Chance
as Katherine Fritzsimmons
as Grace Everly
as Karen Powell
as Self
as Susannah Moore
as Stella Kowalski
as Judge Hershey
as Self
as Lucy Honicut Marsden
as Lucy Honicut Marsden
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Bernette Stone
as Beth Warden / Clair Everett
as Paulette Goddard
as Debbie Bender
as Lian Hong
as Kathy Sheppard
as Irina Stroia
as Gina Wyler
as Lorena Wood Parker
as Self - Guest
as Self
as China
as Lorry Dane
as Katya Yarno
as Vera Cicero
as Ellen Aim
as Patty
as Cherry Valance
as Sally Butterfield
as Corinne Burns
as Breezy
as Liza ("Growing Yourself")
as Jessica Rae Jacobs
as Jenny (Little Britches)
as Karen
as Lauren King
as Charity Royall
as Self
as Self
as Glorie
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