01/22/1965
New York City, New York, USA:
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.
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Untitled The Exorcist Film (2027) as |
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Anniversary (2025) as Ellen Taylor |
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Inside Out 2 (2024) as Mom (voice) |
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An American Family at 50 (2024) as Self |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) as Martha Kent |
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Let Him Go (2020) as Margaret Blackledge |
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Ocean Paradise (2019) as Narrator |
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Serenity (2019) as Constance |
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Justice League (2017) as Martha Kent |
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) as Audrey Felt |
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Paris Can Wait (2016) as Anne Lockwood |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as Martha Kent |
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Riley's First Date? (2015) as Mom (voice) |
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Trumbo (2015) as Cleo Trumbo |
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Inside Out (2015) as Mom (voice) |
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Every Secret Thing (2014) as Helen Manning |
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James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend (2013) as Self |
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Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel (2013) as Self |
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Man of Steel (2013) as Martha Kent |
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Casting By (2012) as Self |
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (2012) as Self |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) as (archive footage) |
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Cinema Verite (2011) as Pat Loud |
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Secretariat (2010) as Penny Chenery |
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Killshot (2008) as Carmen Colson |
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Nights in Rodanthe (2008) as Adrienne |
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Jumper (2008) as Mary Rice |
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Untraceable (2008) as Agent Jennifer Marsh |
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) as Narrator (voice) |
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Fierce People (2006) as Liz Earl |
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Hollywoodland (2006) as Toni Mannix |
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Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' (2005) as Self |
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On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Must Love Dogs (2005) as Sarah |
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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) as Frances |
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Searching for Debra Winger (2002) as Self |
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Unfaithful (2002) as Constance Sumner |
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Hardball (2001) as Elizabeth Wilkes |
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The Glass House (2001) as Erin Glass |
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The Perfect Storm (2000) as Christina "Chris" Cotter |
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My Dog Skip (2000) as Ellen Morris |
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The Virginian (2000) as Molly Stark |
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The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains (1999) as Self |
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A Walk on the Moon (1999) as Pearl Kantrowitz |
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Grace & Glorie (1998) as Gloria Greenwood |
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Gunshy (1998) as Melissa |
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Murder at 1600 (1997) as Agent Nina Chance |
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The Only Thrill (1997) as Katherine Fritzsimmons |
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Mad Dog Time (1996) as Grace Everly |
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Jack (1996) as Karen Powell |
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Wild Bill (1995) as Susannah Moore |
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) as Stella Kowalski |
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Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' (1995) as Herself |
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Judge Dredd (1995) as Judge Hershey |
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994) as Lucy Honicut Marsden |
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Indian Summer (1993) as Beth Warden / Clair Everett |
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Chaplin (1992) as Paulette Goddard |
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My New Gun (1992) as Debbie Bender |
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落陽 (1992) as Lian Hong |
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Knight Moves (1992) as Kathy Sheppard |
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Descending Angel (1990) as Irina Stroia |
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Vital Signs (1990) as Gina Wyler |
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Love Dream (1988) as China |
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The Big Town (1987) as Lorry Dane |
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Lady Beware (1987) as Katya Yarno |
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The Cotton Club (1984) as Vera Cicero |
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Streets of Fire (1984) as Ellen Aim |
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Rumble Fish (1983) as Patty |
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The Outsiders (1983) as Cherry Valance |
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Miss All-American Beauty (1982) as Sally Butterfield |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982) as Corinne Burns |
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Six Pack (1982) as Breezy |
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982) as Liza ("Growing Yourself") |
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Child Bride of Short Creek (1981) as Jessica Rae Jacobs |
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) as Jenny (Little Britches) |
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Touched by Love (1980) as Karen |
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A Little Romance (1979) as Lauren King |
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Queen City () as dian3 |
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Moral Capacity () as Dr. Torre |
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Anniversary (2025) Executive Producer |