Diane Lane
Born: 1965-01-22 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- Anniversary as Ellen
2024
- Inside Out 2 as Mom (voice)
- A Man in Full as Martha Croker
2023
- Extrapolations as Martha Russell
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2021
- Zack Snyder's Justice League as Martha Kent
- Y: The Last Man as Jennifer Brown
- Amend: The Fight for America as Self
2020
- Let Him Go as Margaret Blackledge
2019
- Serenity as Constance
- Ocean Paradise as Narrator
2018
- The Romanoffs as Katherine Ford
2017
- Justice League as Martha Kent
- FEUD as Slim Keith
- Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Audrey Felt
2016
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Martha Kent
- Paris Can Wait as Anne Lockwood
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Inside Out as Mom (voice)
- Riley's First Date? as Mom (voice)
- Trumbo as Cleo Trumbo
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Every Secret Thing as Helen Manning
2013
- House of Cards as Annette Shepherd
- Man of Steel as Martha Kent
- James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend as Self
- The Frame as Martha Kent
2012
- Casting By as Self
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide as Self
2011
- Cinema Verite as Pat Loud
2010
- Secretariat as Penny Chenery
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2008
- Jumper as Mary Rice
- Killshot as Carmen Colson
- The Bonnie Hunt Show as Self
- Nights in Rodanthe as Adrienne
- Untraceable as Agent Jennifer Marsh
2007
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Narrator (voice)
2006
- Fierce People as Liz Earl
- Hollywoodland as Toni Mannix
2005
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Under the Tuscan Sun as Frances
2002
- Unfaithful as Constance Sumner
- Searching for Debra Winger as Self
2001
- Hardball as Elizabeth Wilkes
- The Glass House as Erin Glass
2000
- The Virginian as Molly Stark
- The Perfect Storm as Christina "Chris" Cotter
- My Dog Skip as Ellen Morris
1999
- A Walk on the Moon as Pearl Kantrowitz
- The Directors as Self
- The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains as Self
1998
- Gunshy as Melissa
- Grace & Glorie as Gloria Greenwood
1997
- The View as Self
- The Only Thrill as Katherine Fritzsimmons
- Murder at 1600 as Agent Nina Chance
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Jack as Karen Powell
- Mad Dog Time as Grace Everly
1995
- Wild Bill as Susannah Moore
- Judge Dredd as Judge Hershey
- A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski
- Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' as Herself
1994
- Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All as Lucy Honicut Marsden
- Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All as Lucy Honicut Marsden
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- Indian Summer as Beth Warden / Clair Everett
- Fallen Angels as Bernette Stone
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Knight Moves as Kathy Sheppard
- Chaplin as Paulette Goddard
- The Setting Sun as Lian Hong
- My New Gun as Debbie Bender
1990
- Descending Angel as Irina Stroia
- Vital Signs as Gina Wyler
1989
- Lonesome Dove as Lorena Wood Parker
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Priceless Beauty as China
1987
- Lady Beware as Katya Yarno
- The Big Town as Lorry Dane
1984
- Streets of Fire as Ellen Aim
- The Cotton Club as Vera Cicero
1983
- The Outsiders as Cherry Valance
- Rumble Fish as Patty
1982
- Six Pack as Breezy
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains as Corinne Burns
- Miss All-American Beauty as Sally Butterfield
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Liza ("Growing Yourself")
1981
- Child Bride of Short Creek as Jessica Rae Jacobs
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Jenny (Little Britches)
1980
- Touched by Love as Karen
1979
- A Little Romance as Lauren King
1971
- Great Performances as Charity Royall
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Glorie