Diane Lane
Acting • Born 1965-01-22
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.
Filmography
111 credits
The Outsiders
Movie • 1983
Cherry Valance
Rumble Fish
Movie • 1983
Patty
Hollywoodland
Movie • 2006
Toni Mannix
The Perfect Storm
Movie • 2000
Christina "Chris" Cotter
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Vera Cicero
The Glass House
Movie • 2001
Erin Glass
Unfaithful
Movie • 2002
Constance Sumner
Under the Tuscan Sun
Movie • 2003
Frances
Hardball
Movie • 2001
Elizabeth Wilkes
A Little Romance
Movie • 1979
Lauren King
Knight Moves
Movie • 1992
Kathy Sheppard
Must Love Dogs
Movie • 2005
Sarah
Jack
Movie • 1996
Karen Powell
Untraceable
Movie • 2008
Agent Jennifer Marsh
Jumper
Movie • 2008
Mary Rice
Murder at 1600
Movie • 1997
Agent Nina Chance
Judge Dredd
Movie • 1995
Judge Hershey
Indian Summer
Movie • 1993
Beth Warden / Clair Everett
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Movie • 1982
Corinne Burns
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Movie • 1982
Liza ("Growing Yourself")
A Walk on the Moon
Movie • 1999
Pearl Kantrowitz
Nights in Rodanthe
Movie • 2008
Adrienne
Streets of Fire
Movie • 1984
Ellen Aim
Killshot
Movie • 2008
Carmen Colson
Cinema Verite
Movie • 2011
Pat Loud
Mad Dog Time
Movie • 1996
Grace Everly
Vital Signs
Movie • 1990
Gina Wyler
My Dog Skip
Movie • 2000
Ellen Morris
Six Pack
Movie • 1982
Breezy
Wild Bill
Movie • 1995
Susannah Moore
The Big Town
Movie • 1987
Lorry Dane
Secretariat
Movie • 2010
Penny Chenery
Man of Steel
Movie • 2013
Martha Kent
Miss All-American Beauty
Movie • 1982
Sally Butterfield
Casting By
Movie • 2012
Self
Anniversary
Movie • 2025
Ellen
Fierce People
Movie • 2006
Liz Earl
My New Gun
Movie • 1992
Debbie Bender
Lady Beware
Movie • 1987
Katya Yarno
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
Gunshy
Movie • 1998
Melissa
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie • 1995
Stella Kowalski
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Movie • 2012
Self
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie • 1981
Jenny (Little Britches)
Descending Angel
Movie • 1990
Irina Stroia
Child Bride of Short Creek
Movie • 1981
Jessica Rae Jacobs
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie • 2016
Martha Kent
The Virginian
Movie • 2000
Molly Stark
The Only Thrill
Movie • 1997
Katherine Fritzsimmons
Touched by Love
Movie • 1980
Karen
Every Secret Thing
Movie • 2014
Helen Manning
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Movie • 1994
Lucy Honicut Marsden
Inside Out 2
Movie • 2024
Mom (voice)
Priceless Beauty
Movie • 1988
China
Trumbo
Movie • 2015
Cleo Trumbo
Chaplin
Movie • 1992
Paulette Goddard
Inside Out
Movie • 2015
Mom (voice)
Riley's First Date?
Movie • 2015
Mom (voice)
Paris Can Wait
Movie • 2016
Anne Lockwood
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Movie • 2017
Audrey Felt
Justice League
Movie • 2017
Martha Kent
Grace & Glorie
Movie • 1998
Gloria Greenwood
The Setting Sun
Movie • 1992
Lian Hong
Serenity
Movie • 2019
Constance
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Movie • 1995
Herself
Let Him Go
Movie • 2020
Margaret Blackledge
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Movie • 2013
Self
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Martha Kent
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Movie • 2005
Self
Ocean Paradise
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Queen City
Movie
dian3
Moral Capacity
Movie
Dr. Torre
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Movie • 1999
Self
An American Family at 50
Movie • 2024
Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist
Movie • 2027
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Tyra Banks Show
TV • 2005
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Glorie
The Directors
TV • 1999
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Extrapolations
TV • 2023
Martha Russell
The Bonnie Hunt Show
TV • 2008
Self
Lonesome Dove
TV • 1989
Lorena Wood Parker
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
House of Cards
TV • 2013
Annette Shepherd
Fallen Angels
TV • 1993
Bernette Stone
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Y: The Last Man
TV • 2021
Jennifer Brown
The Frame
TV • 2013
Martha Kent
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
FEUD
TV • 2017
Slim Keith
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
A Man in Full
TV • 2024
Martha Croker
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Amend: The Fight for America
TV • 2021
Self
The Romanoffs
TV • 2018
Katherine Ford
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
TV • 1994
Lucy Honicut Marsden
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Charity Royall
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter