Diane Lane
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 22, 1965
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
- Moral Capacity
Moral Capacity TBA
as Dr. Torre
Queen City TBA
as dian3
The Exorcist: Martyrs 2027
as Mary Miller
Making Marie Antoinette 2026
as Eleanor Coppola (voice)
Anniversary 2025
as Ellen Taylor, Executive Producer
Inside Out 2 2024
as Mom (voice)
An American Family at 50 2024
as Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
as Martha Kent
Let Him Go 2020
as Margaret Blackledge
Ocean Paradise 2019
as Narrator
Serenity 2019
as Constance
Justice League 2017
as Martha Kent
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 2017
as Audrey Felt
Paris Can Wait 2016
as Anne Lockwood
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
as Martha Kent
Riley's First Date? 2015
as Mom (voice)
Trumbo 2015
as Cleo Trumbo
Inside Out 2015
as Mom (voice)
Every Secret Thing 2014
as Helen Manning
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend 2013
as Self
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel 2013
Actor
Man of Steel 2013
as Martha Kent
Cinema Verite 2011
as Pat Loud
Secretariat 2010
as Penny Chenery
Killshot 2008
as Carmen Colson
Nights in Rodanthe 2008
as Adrienne
Jumper 2008
as Mary Rice
Untraceable 2008
as Agent Jennifer Marsh
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema 2007
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywoodland 2006
as Toni Mannix
Fierce People 2006
as Liz Earl
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' 2005
as Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Must Love Dogs 2005
as Sarah
Under the Tuscan Sun 2003
as Frances
Searching for Debra Winger 2002
as Self
Unfaithful 2002
as Constance Sumner
Hardball 2001
as Elizabeth Wilkes
The Glass House 2001
as Erin Glass
The Perfect Storm 2000
as Christina "Chris" Cotter
My Dog Skip 2000
as Ellen Morris
The Virginian 2000
as Molly Stark
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains 1999
as Self
A Walk on the Moon 1999
as Pearl Kantrowitz
Grace & Glorie 1998
as Gloria Greenwood
Gunshy 1998
as Melissa
Murder at 1600 1997
as Agent Nina Chance
The Only Thrill 1997
as Katherine Fritzsimmons
Mad Dog Time 1996
as Grace Everly
Jack 1996
as Karen Powell
Wild Bill 1995
as Susannah Moore
A Streetcar Named Desire 1995
as Stella Kowalski
- Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' 1995
as Herself
Judge Dredd 1995
as Judge Hershey
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All 1994
as Lucy Honicut Marsden
Indian Summer 1993
as Beth Warden / Clair Everett
Chaplin 1992
as Paulette Goddard
My New Gun 1992
as Debbie Bender
The Setting Sun 1992
as Lian Hong
Knight Moves 1992
as Kathy Sheppard
Descending Angel 1990
as Irina Stroia
Vital Signs 1990
as Gina Wyler
Priceless Beauty 1988
as China
The Big Town 1987
as Lorry Dane
Lady Beware 1987
as Katya Yarno
The Cotton Club 1984
as Vera Cicero
Streets of Fire 1984
as Ellen Aim
Rumble Fish 1983
as Patty
The Outsiders 1983
as Cherry Valance
Miss All-American Beauty 1982
as Sally Butterfield
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 1982
as Corinne Burns
Six Pack 1982
as Breezy
National Lampoon's Movie Madness 1982
as Liza ("Growing Yourself")
Child Bride of Short Creek 1981
as Jessica Rae Jacobs
Cattle Annie and Little Britches 1981
as Jenny (Little Britches)
Touched by Love 1980
as Karen
A Little Romance 1979
as Lauren King
Credits from TMDB.