Diane Lane
Acting
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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movieAnniversary
2025
Ellen Taylor
movieInside Out 2
2024
Mom (voice)
tvA Man in Full
2024
Martha Croker
tvExtrapolations
2023
Martha Russell
tvY: The Last Man
2021
Jennifer Brown
movieZack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Martha Kent
movieLet Him Go
2020
Margaret Blackledge
movieOcean Paradise
2019
Narrator
movieSerenity
2019
Constance
tvThe Romanoffs
2018
Katherine Ford
movieJustice League
2017
Martha Kent
tvFEUD
2017
Slim Keith
movieParis Can Wait
2016
Anne Lockwood
movieBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Martha Kent
movieRiley's First Date?
2015
Mom (voice)
movieTrumbo
2015
Cleo Trumbo
movieInside Out
2015
Mom (voice)
movieEvery Secret Thing
2014
Helen Manning
movieMan of Steel
2013
Martha Kent
tvThe Frame
2013
Martha Kent
tvHouse of Cards
2013
Annette Shepherd
movieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)
movieCinema Verite
2011
Pat Loud
movieSecretariat
2010
Penny Chenery
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieKillshot
2008
Carmen Colson
movieNights in Rodanthe
2008
Adrienne
movieJumper
2008
Mary Rice
movieUntraceable
2008
Agent Jennifer Marsh
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Narrator (voice)
movieFierce People
2006
Liz Earl
movieHollywoodland
2006
Toni Mannix
movieOn Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieUnfaithful
2002
Constance Sumner
movieThe Glass House
2001
Erin Glass
movieHardball
2001
Elizabeth Wilkes
movieThe Perfect Storm
2000
Christina "Chris" Cotter
movieMy Dog Skip
2000
Ellen Morris
movieThe Virginian
2000
Molly Stark
movieA Walk on the Moon
1999
Pearl Kantrowitz
movieGrace & Glorie
1998
Gloria Greenwood
movieGunshy
1998
Melissa
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieMurder at 1600
1997
Agent Nina Chance
movieThe Only Thrill
1997
Katherine Fritzsimmons
movieMad Dog Time
1996
Grace Everly
movieJack
1996
Karen Powell
movieWild Bill
1995
Susannah Moore
movieA Streetcar Named Desire
1995
Stella Kowalski
movieJudge Dredd
1995
Judge Hershey
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995
Herself
movieOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
Lucy Honicut Marsden
tvOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
Lucy Honicut Marsden
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvFallen Angels
1993
Bernette Stone
movieIndian Summer
1993
Beth Warden / Clair Everett
movieChaplin
1992
Paulette Goddard
movieMy New Gun
1992
Debbie Bender
movieThe Setting Sun
1992
Lian Hong
movieKnight Moves
1992
Kathy Sheppard
movieDescending Angel
1990
Irina Stroia
movieVital Signs
1990
Gina Wyler
tvLonesome Dove
1989
Lorena Wood Parker
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest / Self
movieThe Big Town
1987
Lorry Dane
movieLady Beware
1987
Katya Yarno
movieThe Cotton Club
1984
Vera Cicero
movieStreets of Fire
1984
Ellen Aim
movieRumble Fish
1983
Patty
movieThe Outsiders
1983
Cherry Valance
movieMiss All-American Beauty
1982
Sally Butterfield
movieLadies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982
Corinne Burns
movieSix Pack
1982
Breezy
movieNational Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
Liza ("Growing Yourself")
movieChild Bride of Short Creek
1981
Jessica Rae Jacobs
movieCattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
Jenny (Little Britches)
movieA Little Romance
1979
Lauren King
tvGreat Performances
1971
Charity Royall
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvToday
1952
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter
movieQueen City
dian3
Moral Capacity
Dr. Torre
Production1
movieAnniversary
2025
Executive Producer