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