Diane Lane

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Female

Birthday

1965-01-22 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Diane Lane

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Inside Out 2

    Inside Out 2

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • House of Cards

    House of Cards

  • The Tyra Banks Show

    The Tyra Banks Show

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Inside Out

    Inside Out

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  • Zack Snyder's Justice League

    Zack Snyder's Justice League

  • Man of Steel

    Man of Steel

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • The Bonnie Hunt Show

    The Bonnie Hunt Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Unfaithful

    Unfaithful

  • Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

  • Today

    Today

  • Extrapolations

    Extrapolations

  • Under the Tuscan Sun

    Under the Tuscan Sun

  • Serenity

    Serenity

  • FEUD

    FEUD

  • Jumper

    Jumper

  • The Perfect Storm

    The Perfect Storm

  • Nights in Rodanthe

    Nights in Rodanthe

  • Lonesome Dove

    Lonesome Dove

  • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

    Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Glass House

    The Glass House

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • Murder at 1600

    Murder at 1600

  • Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

    Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

  • Hardball

    Hardball

  • Anniversary

    Anniversary

  • The Romanoffs

    The Romanoffs

  • Must Love Dogs

    Must Love Dogs

  • Y: The Last Man

    Y: The Last Man

  • Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

  • Child Bride of Short Creek

    Child Bride of Short Creek

  • Priceless Beauty

    Priceless Beauty

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • The Directors

    The Directors

  • Amend: The Fight for America

    Amend: The Fight for America

  • Secretariat

    Secretariat

  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

  • Chaplin

    Chaplin

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • A Man in Full

    A Man in Full

  • The Only Thrill

    The Only Thrill

  • My New Gun

    My New Gun

  • Streets of Fire

    Streets of Fire

  • Judge Dredd

    Judge Dredd

  • Killshot

    Killshot

  • Paris Can Wait

    Paris Can Wait

  • Wild Bill

    Wild Bill

  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • Gunshy

    Gunshy

  • Every Secret Thing

    Every Secret Thing

  • Let Him Go

    Let Him Go

  • Untraceable

    Untraceable

  • Trumbo

    Trumbo

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Descending Angel

    Descending Angel

  • The Big Town

    The Big Town

  • Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

    Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

  • Jack

    Jack

  • Knight Moves

    Knight Moves

  • The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

  • Miss All-American Beauty

    Miss All-American Beauty

  • Hollywoodland

    Hollywoodland

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

  • Lady Beware

    Lady Beware

  • Riley's First Date?

    Riley's First Date?

  • Cinema Verite

    Cinema Verite

  • Six Pack

    Six Pack

  • Moral Capacity

    Moral Capacity

  • Mad Dog Time

    Mad Dog Time

  • A Little Romance

    A Little Romance

  • Fierce People

    Fierce People

  • The Cotton Club

    The Cotton Club

  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches

    Cattle Annie and Little Britches

  • Touched by Love

    Touched by Love

  • Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish

  • My Dog Skip

    My Dog Skip

  • Grace & Glorie

    Grace & Glorie

  • James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

    James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

  • Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

    Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

  • Ocean Paradise

    Ocean Paradise

  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

  • A Walk on the Moon

    A Walk on the Moon

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • National Lampoon's Movie Madness

    National Lampoon's Movie Madness

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'

    Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'

  • Queen City

    Queen City

  • Vital Signs

    Vital Signs