Diane Lane
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.
Born: 22 January 1965
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Mar 2027
Untitled The Exorcist Film
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Oct 2025
Anniversary
Ellen Taylor
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Jun 2024
Inside Out 2
Mom (voice)
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May 2024
A Man in Full
Martha Croker
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Feb 2024
An American Family at 50
Self
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Mar 2023
Extrapolations
Martha Russell
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Sep 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
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Sep 2021
Y: The Last Man
Jennifer Brown
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Mar 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Martha Kent
TV Show
Feb 2021
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
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Nov 2020
Let Him Go
Margaret Blackledge
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Apr 2019
Ocean Paradise
Narrator
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Jan 2019
Serenity
Constance
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Oct 2018
The Romanoffs
Katherine Ford
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Nov 2017
Justice League
Martha Kent
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Sep 2017
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Audrey Felt
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Mar 2017
FEUD
Slim Keith
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Sep 2016
Paris Can Wait
Anne Lockwood
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Mar 2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Martha Kent
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Nov 2015
Riley's First Date?
Mom (voice)
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Oct 2015
Trumbo
Cleo Trumbo
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Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
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Jun 2015
Inside Out
Mom (voice)
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Apr 2014
Every Secret Thing
Helen Manning
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Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
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Dec 2013
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Self
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Nov 2013
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
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Jun 2013
Man of Steel
Martha Kent
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Apr 2013
The Frame
Martha Kent
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Feb 2013
House of Cards
Annette Shepherd
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Nov 2012
Casting By
Self
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Oct 2012
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Self
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Oct 2012
Half the Sky
Self
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Feb 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
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Apr 2011
Cinema Verite
Pat Loud
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Aug 2010
Secretariat
Penny Chenery
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Jul 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
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Nov 2008
Killshot
Carmen Colson
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Sep 2008
Nights in Rodanthe
Adrienne
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Sep 2008
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self
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Feb 2008
Jumper
Mary Rice
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Jan 2008
Untraceable
Agent Jennifer Marsh
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May 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Narrator (voice)
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Oct 2006
Fierce People
Liz Earl
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Aug 2006
Hollywoodland
Toni Mannix
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Sep 2005
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Self
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Sep 2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
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Sep 2005
The Tyra Banks Show
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Jul 2005
Must Love Dogs
Sarah
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Sep 2003
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances
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Sep 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
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Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
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Jul 2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
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May 2002
Unfaithful
Constance Sumner
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Sep 2001
The Glass House
Erin Glass
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Sep 2001
Hardball
Elizabeth Wilkes
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Jun 2000
The Perfect Storm
Christina "Chris" Cotter
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Jan 2000
My Dog Skip
Ellen Morris
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Jan 2000
The Virginian
Molly Stark
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May 1999
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Self
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Jan 1999
A Walk on the Moon
Pearl Kantrowitz
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Jan 1999
The Directors
Self
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Dec 1998
Grace & Glorie
Gloria Greenwood
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Mar 1998
Gunshy
Melissa
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Aug 1997
The View
Self
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Apr 1997
Murder at 1600
Agent Nina Chance
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Jan 1997
The Only Thrill
Katherine Fritzsimmons
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Nov 1996
Mad Dog Time
Grace Everly
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Aug 1996
Jack
Karen Powell
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Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
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Dec 1995
Wild Bill
Susannah Moore
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Oct 1995
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella Kowalski
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Jun 1995
Judge Dredd
Judge Hershey
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Jun 1995
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Herself
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Aug 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
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May 1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Lucy Honicut Marsden
TV Show
May 1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Lucy Honicut Marsden
TV Show
Nov 1993
Intimate Portrait
Self
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
TV Show
Aug 1993
Fallen Angels
Bernette Stone
Movie
Apr 1993
Indian Summer
Beth Warden / Clair Everett
Movie
Dec 1992
Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Movie
Oct 1992
My New Gun
Debbie Bender
Movie
Sep 1992
The Setting Sun
Lian Hong
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
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Jan 1992
Knight Moves
Kathy Sheppard
Movie
Nov 1990
Descending Angel
Irina Stroia
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Apr 1990
Vital Signs
Gina Wyler
TV Show
Feb 1989
Lonesome Dove
Lorena Wood Parker
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Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
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Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
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Apr 1988
Priceless Beauty
China
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Sep 1987
The Big Town
Lorry Dane
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Aug 1987
Lady Beware
Katya Yarno
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Dec 1984
The Cotton Club
Vera Cicero
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Jun 1984
Streets of Fire
Ellen Aim
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Oct 1983
Rumble Fish
Patty
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Mar 1983
The Outsiders
Cherry Valance
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Dec 1982
Miss All-American Beauty
Sally Butterfield
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Oct 1982
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Corinne Burns
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Jul 1982
Six Pack
Breezy
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Apr 1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Liza ("Growing Yourself")
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Dec 1981
Child Bride of Short Creek
Jessica Rae Jacobs
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Apr 1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Jenny (Little Britches)
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Oct 1980
Touched by Love
Karen
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Apr 1979
A Little Romance
Lauren King
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
Charity Royall
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Jan 1952
Today
Self
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Glorie
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
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Queen City
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Moral Capacity
Dr. Torre