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Diane Lane
Actor, ProducerBorn January 22, 1965 (61 years)
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.
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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Diane Lane Filmography
| 2027 | |
| 2025 | Anniversary · as Ellen |
| 2024 | Dream Productions (TV Series) · as Mom |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 · as Mom (voice) |
| 2024 | A Man in Full (TV Series) · as Martha Croker |
| 2023 | Extrapolations (TV Series) · as Martha Russell |
| 2021 | Y: The Last Man (TV Series) · as Jennifer Brown |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Martha Kent |
| 2020 | Let Him Go · as Margaret Blackledge |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs (TV Series) · as Katherine Ford |
| 2018 | Tully · as Corrine Burns |
| 2017 | Justice League · as Martha Kent |
| 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House · as Audrey Felt |
| 2017 | Feud (TV Series) · as Slim Keith |
| 2016 | Paris Can Wait · as Anne Lockwood |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Martha Kent |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Riley's First Date? · as Mom (voice) |
| 2015 | Inside Out · as Mom (voice) |
| 2014 | Every Secret Thing · as Helen Manning |
| 2013 | Man of Steel · as Martha Kent |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Martha Kent |
| 2013 | House of Cards (US) (TV Series) · as Annette Shepherd |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite · as Pat Loud |
| 2010 | Secretariat · as Penny Chenery |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe · as Adrienne |
| 2008 | Jumper · as Mary Rice |
| 2008 | Untraceable · as Agent Jennifer Marsh |
| 2007 | Premio Donostia a Richard Gere · as Vera Cicero |
| 2007 | Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon · as Patty |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland · as Toni Mannix |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Must Love Dogs · as Sarah |
| 2005 | Fierce People · as Liz Earl |
| 2003 | Under the Tuscan Sun · as Frances |
| 2002 | Unfaithful · as Constance Sumner |
| 2001 | The Glass House · as Erin Glass |
| 2001 | Hardball · as Elizabeth Wilkes |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm · as Christina "chris" Cotter |
| 2000 | My Dog Skip · as Ellen Morris |
| 2000 | The Virginian · as Molly Stark |
| 1999 | A Walk on the Moon · as Pearl Kantrowitz |
| 1998 | Grace & Glorie · as Gloria Greenwood |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Murder at 1600 · as Agent Nina Chance |
| 1997 | The Only Thrill · as Katherine Fritzsimmons |
| 1996 | Mad Dog Time · as Grace Everly |
| 1996 | Jack · as Karen Powell |
| 1995 | Wild Bill · as Susannah Moore |
| 1995 | A Streetcar Named Desire · as Stella Kowalski |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd · as Judge Hershey |
| 1994 | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (TV Series) · as Lucy Honicut Marsden |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels (TV Series) · as Bernette Stone |
| 1993 | Indian Summer · as Beth Warden / Clair Everett |
| 1992 | Chaplin · as Paulette Goddard |
| 1992 | My New Gun · as Debbie Bender |
| 1992 | The Setting Sun · as Lian Hong |
| 1992 | Knight Moves · as Kathy Sheppard |
| 1990 | Descending Angel · as Irina Stroia |
| 1990 | Vital Signs · as Gina Wyler |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Lorena Wood Parker |
| 1988 | Priceless Beauty · as China |
| 1987 | The Big Town · as Lorry Dane |
| 1987 | Lady Beware · as Katya Yarno |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club · as Vera Cicero |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire · as Ellen Aim |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Patty |
| 1983 | The Outsiders · as Cherry Valance |
| 1982 | Miss All-American Beauty · as Sally Butterfield |
| 1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains · as Corinne Burns |
| 1982 | Six Pack · as Breezy |
| 1982 | Movie Madness · as Liza ("growing Yourself") |
| 1981 | Child Bride of Short Creek · as Jessica Rae Jacobs |
| 1980 | 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 (TV Series) · as Charity Royall |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV Series) · as Glorie |
| 2026 | 83rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2026 | 83rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2024 | The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Amend: The Fight for America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | The 70th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2016 | Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | The Noite with Danilo Gentili (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend · as Self |
| 2013 | Henry Cavill: Becoming Superman · as Self |
| 2012 | Casting By · as Self |
| 2012 | Half the Sky · as Self |
| 2012 | 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | The Chew (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Streisand: Live in Concert · as Self - Audience |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience |
| 2009 | 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Self |
| 2007 | Manufacturing Dissent · as Self - At 75th Annual Academy Awards |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Hollywoodland: Re-Creating Old Hollywood · as Self - Actress |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies · as Self - Place #96 |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2004 | The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | Hollywood on Set (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2003 | Sex at 24 Frames Per Second · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2003 | 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger · as Self |
| 2002 | The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2000 | 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Split Screen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The 3th Annual Women in Hollywood Awards · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Dennis Miller Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Getaway (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic · as Self |
| 1991 | The 18th Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Inside 'Streets of Fire' · as Self - Actress |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 53rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1981 | The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 2025 | Anniversary · as Executive Producer |