Diane Lane
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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Movies (77)
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027 · Mary Miller
Making Marie Antoinette
2026 · Eleanor Coppola (voice)
Aniversario
2025 · Ellen Taylor, Executive Producer
Inside Out 2
2024 · Mom (voice)
An American Family at 50
2024 · Self
La Liga de la Justicia de Zack Snyder
2021 · Martha Kent
Déjalo ir
2020 · Margaret Blackledge
Ocean Paradise
2019 · Narrator
Obsesión
2019 · Constance
Liga de la Justicia
2017 · Martha Kent
El Informante
2017 · Audrey Felt
Paris Puede Esperar
2016 · Anne Lockwood
Batman vs Superman: El Origen de la Justicia
2016 · Martha Kent
Primera cita de Riley
2015 · Mom (voice)
Trumbo: La lista negra de Hollywood
2015 · Cleo Trumbo
Intensa-Mente
2015 · Mom (voice)
Every Secret Thing
2014 · Helen Manning
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013 · Self
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
El hombre de acero
2013 · Martha Kent
Cinema Verite: La Historia De Una Familia Americana
2011 · Pat Loud
Secretariat
2010 · Penny Chenery
Tiro mortal
2008 · Carmen Colson
Noches de tormenta
2008 · Adrienne
Jumper
2008 · Mary Rice
Sin rastros
2008 · Agent Jennifer Marsh
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Hollywoodland
2006 · Toni Mannix
Fierce People
2006 · Liz Earl
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005 · Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Se busca pareja
2005 · Sarah
Bajo el sol de Toscana
2003 · Frances
Searching for Debra Winger
2002 · Self
Infidelidad
2002 · Constance Sumner
La casa de cristal
2001 · Erin Glass
El Reto
2001 · Elizabeth Wilkes
Una Tormenta Perfecta
2000 · Christina "Chris" Cotter
Mi perro Skip
2000 · Ellen Morris
The Virginian
2000 · Molly Stark
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999 · Self
A Walk on the Moon
1999 · Pearl Kantrowitz
Grace & Glorie
1998 · Gloria Greenwood
Gunshy
1998 · Melissa
Murder at 1600
1997 · Agent Nina Chance
The Only Thrill
1997 · Katherine Fritzsimmons
Mad Dog Time
1996 · Grace Everly
Jack
1996 · Karen Powell
Wild Bill
1995 · Susannah Moore
A Streetcar Named Desire
1995 · Stella Kowalski
Judge Dredd
1995 · Judge Hershey
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995 · Herself
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994 · Lucy Honicut Marsden
Indian Summer
1993 · Beth Warden / Clair Everett
Chaplin
1992 · Paulette Goddard
My New Gun
1992 · Debbie Bender
The Setting Sun
1992 · Lian Hong
Knight Moves
1992 · Kathy Sheppard
Descending Angel
1990 · Irina Stroia
Vital Signs
1990 · Gina Wyler
Priceless Beauty
1988 · China
The Big Town
1987 · Lorry Dane
Lady Beware
1987 · Katya Yarno
The Cotton Club
1984 · Vera Cicero
Streets of Fire
1984 · Ellen Aim
Rumble Fish
1983 · Patty
The Outsiders
1983 · Cherry Valance
Miss All-American Beauty
1982 · Sally Butterfield
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982 · Corinne Burns
Six Pack
1982 · Breezy
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982 · Liza ("Growing Yourself")
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981 · Jessica Rae Jacobs
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981 · Jenny (Little Britches)
Touched by Love
1980 · Karen
A Little Romance
1979 · Lauren King
Queen City
· dian3
Moral Capacity
· Dr. Torre
TV shows (34)
Todo un hombre
2024 · Martha Croker
Extrapolaciones
2023 · Martha Russell
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Y: El último hombre
2021 · Jennifer Brown
Enmienda: La lucha por la igualdad en EE. UU.
2021 · Self
The Romanoffs
2018 · Katherine Ford
FEUD
2017 · Slim Keith
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Frame
2013 · Martha Kent
House of Cards
2013 · Annette Shepherd
Half the Sky
2012 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008 · Self
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
The Directors
1999 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994 · Lucy Honicut Marsden
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
1993 · Bernette Stone
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
Lonesome Dove
1989 · Lorena Wood Parker
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest, Self
Great Performances
1971 · Charity Royall
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Today
1952 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Glorie
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter
A Hundred Percent
· Suzanne