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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The View

Golden Globe Awards

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

All Movies (79)

• Untitled The Exorcist Film2027
• Anniversary2025 · as Ellen Taylor
• Inside Out 22024 · as Mom (voice)
• An American Family at 502024 · as Self
• Zack Snyder's Justice League2021 · as Martha Kent
• Let Him Go2020 · as Margaret Blackledge
• Ocean Paradise2019 · as Narrator
• Serenity2019 · as Constance
• Justice League2017 · as Martha Kent
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House2017 · as Audrey Felt
• Paris Can Wait2016 · as Anne Lockwood
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016 · as Martha Kent
• Riley's First Date?2015 · as Mom (voice)
• Trumbo2015 · as Cleo Trumbo
• Inside Out2015 · as Mom (voice)
• Every Secret Thing2014 · as Helen Manning
• James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend2013 · as Self
• Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel2013
• Man of Steel2013 · as Martha Kent
• Casting By2012 · as Self
• Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide2012 · as Self
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Cinema Verite2011 · as Pat Loud
• Secretariat2010 · as Penny Chenery
• Killshot2008 · as Carmen Colson
• Nights in Rodanthe2008 · as Adrienne
• Jumper2008 · as Mary Rice
• Untraceable2008 · as Agent Jennifer Marsh
• Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Fierce People2006 · as Liz Earl
• Hollywoodland2006 · as Toni Mannix
• 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 Dogs2005 · as Sarah
• Under the Tuscan Sun2003 · as Frances
• Searching for Debra Winger2002 · as Self
• Unfaithful2002 · as Constance Sumner
• The Glass House2001 · as Erin Glass
• Hardball2001 · as Elizabeth Wilkes
• The Perfect Storm2000 · as Christina "Chris" Cotter
• My Dog Skip2000 · as Ellen Morris
• The Virginian2000 · as Molly Stark
• The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains1999 · as Self
• A Walk on the Moon1999 · as Pearl Kantrowitz
• Grace & Glorie1998 · as Gloria Greenwood
• Gunshy1998 · as Melissa
• Murder at 16001997 · as Agent Nina Chance
• The Only Thrill1997 · as Katherine Fritzsimmons
• Mad Dog Time1996 · as Grace Everly
• Jack1996 · as Karen Powell
• Wild Bill1995 · as Susannah Moore
• A Streetcar Named Desire1995 · as Stella Kowalski
• Judge Dredd1995 · as Judge Hershey
• Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'1995 · as Herself
• Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · as Lucy Honicut Marsden
• Indian Summer1993 · as Beth Warden / Clair Everett
• Chaplin1992 · as Paulette Goddard
• My New Gun1992 · as Debbie Bender
• The Setting Sun1992 · as Lian Hong
• Knight Moves1992 · as Kathy Sheppard
• Descending Angel1990 · as Irina Stroia
• Vital Signs1990 · as Gina Wyler
• Priceless Beauty1988 · as China
• The Big Town1987 · as Lorry Dane
• Lady Beware1987 · as Katya Yarno
• The Cotton Club1984 · as Vera Cicero
• Streets of Fire1984 · as Ellen Aim
• Rumble Fish1983 · as Patty
• The Outsiders1983 · as Cherry Valance
• Miss All-American Beauty1982 · as Sally Butterfield
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains1982 · as Corinne Burns
• Six Pack1982 · as Breezy
• National Lampoon's Movie Madness1982 · as Liza ("Growing Yourself")
• Child Bride of Short Creek1981 · as Jessica Rae Jacobs
• Cattle Annie and Little Britches1981 · as Jenny (Little Britches)
• Touched by Love1980 · as Karen
• A Little Romance1979 · as Lauren King
• Queen City— · as dian3
• Moral Capacity— · as Dr. Torre

All TV Shows (34)

• A Man in Full2024 · as Martha Croker
• Extrapolations2023 · as Martha Russell
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Y: The Last Man2021 · as Jennifer Brown
• Amend: The Fight for America2021 · as Self
• The Romanoffs2018 · as Katherine Ford
• FEUD2017 · as Slim Keith
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Frame2013 · as Martha Kent
• House of Cards2013 · as Annette Shepherd
• Half the Sky2012 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Bonnie Hunt Show2008 · as Self
• The Tyra Banks Show2005
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• The Directors1999 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · as Lucy Honicut Marsden
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Fallen Angels1993 · as Bernette Stone
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• Lonesome Dove1989 · as Lorena Wood Parker
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Charity Royall
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Glorie
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter