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 bre
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.
Born
Jan 22, 1965
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
79 acting
1 crew
Popularity
5.4
Known For
Inside Out 2
2024
as Mom (voice)
Inside Out
2015
as Mom (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Martha Kent
Justice League
2017
as Martha Kent
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Martha Kent
Man of Steel
2013
as Martha Kent
Unfaithful
2002
as Constance Sumner
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Christina "Chris" Cotter
Murder at 1600
1997
as Agent Nina Chance
Judge Dredd
1995
as Judge Hershey
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