Diane Lane
Acting
Born: January 22, 1965 (age 61) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Inside Out
2015
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Man of Steel
2013
Justice League
2017
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Inside Out 2
2024
Jumper
2008
House of Cards
2013
Judge Dredd
1995
The Perfect Storm
2000
Unfaithful
2002
Trumbo
2015
Photos (9)
Movies (67)
Inside Out 2
Mom (voice)
Inside Out
Mom (voice)
Man of Steel
Martha Kent
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Martha Kent
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Martha Kent
Unfaithful
Constance Sumner
Justice League
Martha Kent
The Outsiders
Cherry Valance
Jumper
Mary Rice
The Perfect Storm
Christina "Chris" Cotter
Serenity
Constance
Judge Dredd
Judge Hershey
Jack
Karen Powell
The Glass House
Erin Glass
Rumble Fish
Patty
Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Hollywoodland
Toni Mannix
Anniversary
Ellen Taylor
Let Him Go
Margaret Blackledge
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Audrey Felt
Untraceable
Agent Jennifer Marsh
The Cotton Club
Vera Cicero
Riley's First Date?
Mom (voice)
Secretariat
Penny Chenery
Trumbo
Cleo Trumbo
Murder at 1600
Agent Nina Chance
Streets of Fire
Ellen Aim
Hardball
Elizabeth Wilkes
Nights in Rodanthe
Adrienne
Killshot
Carmen Colson
Must Love Dogs
Sarah
Paris Can Wait
Anne Lockwood
Knight Moves
Kathy Sheppard
Priceless Beauty
China
Every Secret Thing
Helen Manning
My Dog Skip
Ellen Morris
A Little Romance
Lauren King
Wild Bill
Susannah Moore
Lady Beware
Katya Yarno
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Fierce People
Liz Earl
The Big Town
Lorry Dane
A Walk on the Moon
Pearl Kantrowitz
Mad Dog Time
Grace Everly
Indian Summer
Beth Warden / Clair Everett
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Liza ("Growing Yourself")
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella Kowalski
Six Pack
Breezy
Vital Signs
Gina Wyler
Cinema Verite
Pat Loud
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Corinne Burns
Gunshy
Melissa
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Jenny (Little Britches)
The Virginian
Molly Stark
Grace & Glorie
Gloria Greenwood
The Only Thrill
Katherine Fritzsimmons
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Lucy Honicut Marsden
Touched by Love
Karen
The Setting Sun
Lian Hong
My New Gun
Debbie Bender
Descending Angel
Irina Stroia
Child Bride of Short Creek
Jessica Rae Jacobs
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Narrator (voice)
Ocean Paradise
Narrator
Miss All-American Beauty
Sally Butterfield
TV Shows (13)
Great Performances
Charity Royall · 1 eps
House of Cards
Annette Shepherd · 8 eps
The Tyra Banks Show
1 eps
Extrapolations
Martha Russell · 2 eps
Fallen Angels
Bernette Stone · 1 eps
FEUD
Slim Keith · 8 eps
Y: The Last Man
Jennifer Brown · 10 eps
Lonesome Dove
Lorena Wood Parker · 4 eps
A Man in Full
Martha Croker · 6 eps
The Romanoffs
Katherine Ford · 2 eps
The Frame
Martha Kent · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Glorie · 1 eps
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Lucy Honicut Marsden · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self · 1 eps
Amend: The Fight for America
Self · 2 eps
The Directors
Self · 1 eps
Half the Sky
Self · 2 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Casting By
Self
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Self
An American Family at 50
Self
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Self
