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.
TV Shows(32)
A Man in Full
Martha Croker
2024
Extrapolations
Martha Russell
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Y: The Last Man
Jennifer Brown
2021
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
2021
The Romanoffs
Katherine Ford
2018
FEUD
Slim Keith
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Frame
Martha Kent
2013
House of Cards
Annette Shepherd
2013
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self
2008
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The Directors
Self
1999
The View
Self
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Lucy Honicut Marsden
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Fallen Angels
Bernette Stone
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Lonesome Dove
Lorena Wood Parker
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Great Performances
Charity Royall
1971
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Glorie
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Movies(79)
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
Anniversary
Ellen Taylor
2025
Inside Out 2
Mom (voice)
2024
An American Family at 50
Self
2024
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Martha Kent
2021
Let Him Go
Margaret Blackledge
2020
Ocean Paradise
Narrator
2019
Serenity
Constance
2019
Justice League
Martha Kent
2017
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Audrey Felt
2017
Paris Can Wait
Anne Lockwood
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Martha Kent
2016
Riley's First Date?
Mom (voice)
2015
Trumbo
Cleo Trumbo
2015
Inside Out
Mom (voice)
2015
Every Secret Thing
Helen Manning
2014
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Self
2013
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Self
2013
Man of Steel
Martha Kent
2013
Casting By
Self
2012
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Self
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Cinema Verite
Pat Loud
2011
Secretariat
Penny Chenery
2010
Killshot
Carmen Colson
2008
Nights in Rodanthe
Adrienne
2008
Jumper
Mary Rice
2008
Untraceable
Agent Jennifer Marsh
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Narrator (voice)
2007
Fierce People
Liz Earl
2006
Hollywoodland
Toni Mannix
2006
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Self
2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Must Love Dogs
Sarah
2005
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances
2003
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Unfaithful
Constance Sumner
2002
The Glass House
Erin Glass
2001
Hardball
Elizabeth Wilkes
2001
The Perfect Storm
Christina "Chris" Cotter
2000
My Dog Skip
Ellen Morris
2000
The Virginian
Molly Stark
2000
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Self
1999
A Walk on the Moon
Pearl Kantrowitz
1999
Grace & Glorie
Gloria Greenwood
1998
Gunshy
Melissa
1998
Murder at 1600
Agent Nina Chance
1997
The Only Thrill
Katherine Fritzsimmons
1997
Mad Dog Time
Grace Everly
1996
Jack
Karen Powell
1996
Wild Bill
Susannah Moore
1995
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella Kowalski
1995
Judge Dredd
Judge Hershey
1995
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Herself
1995
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Lucy Honicut Marsden
1994
Indian Summer
Beth Warden / Clair Everett
1993
Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
1992
My New Gun
Debbie Bender
1992
The Setting Sun
Lian Hong
1992
Knight Moves
Kathy Sheppard
1992
Descending Angel
Irina Stroia
1990
Vital Signs
Gina Wyler
1990
Priceless Beauty
China
1988
The Big Town
Lorry Dane
1987
Lady Beware
Katya Yarno
1987
The Cotton Club
Vera Cicero
1984
Streets of Fire
Ellen Aim
1984
Rumble Fish
Patty
1983
The Outsiders
Cherry Valance
1983
Miss All-American Beauty
Sally Butterfield
1982
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Corinne Burns
1982
Six Pack
Breezy
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Liza ("Growing Yourself")
1982
Child Bride of Short Creek
Jessica Rae Jacobs
1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Jenny (Little Britches)
1981
Touched by Love
Karen
1980
A Little Romance
Lauren King
1979
Queen City
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Moral Capacity
Dr. Torre