We wrote the biography of actress Diane Lane, who started her career by taking part in films and stages at a young age and has come to this day with many outstanding performances.
Her full name is Diane Colleen Lane, she was born on January 22, 1965 in New York, USA. She was born to her mother, Colleen Leigh Farrington, a nightclub singer, also known as "Colleen Price", and her father, Burton Eugene Lane, who was a drama coach, ran acting studio, and worked as a taxi driver. Lane, whose parents separated when she was just born, lived with her mother until she was six years old. Lane, who lived with her father in New York until the age of 15, later declared her independence from her father.
Lane began her professional acting career at the age of six at the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in New York, where she appeared in the production of "Medea". At the age of 12, she appeared with Meryl Streep and Irene Worth in Joseph Papp's production of "The Cherry Orchard". The following year, she co-starred with Laurence Olivier and Thelonious Bernard in the romantic comedy "A Little Romance" directed by George Roy Hill. The film, which received generally positive reviews, received many awards and nominations. She won an award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture at the Young Artist Awards for her performance. That same year, Lane was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
In 1981, she appeared in the western movie "Cattle Annie and Little Britches" directed by Lamont Johnson. The following year, she appeared as Heather "Breezy" Aikens in the comedy-drama film "Six Pack" directed by Daniel Petrie, which was a moderate success at the box office. In the same year, she shared the lead roles with Laura Dern and Marin Kanter in the youth musical drama "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" directed by Lou Adler.
Among Lane's breakthrough roles, she appeared in the crime drama film "The Outsiders", based on the novel of the same name directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film, which received mostly positive reviews, resulted in a moderate box office receipt. That same year, she appeared as Patty in the drama film "Rumble Fish" directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Thanks to these two films, Lane's career progressed.
Her next film came in the lead roles with Michael Paré, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan and Willem Dafoe in the neo-noir rock musical "Streets of Fire" directed by Walter Hill. She then starred in the crime drama film "The Cotton Club", co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Both films failed to achieve both box office and critical success. After these setbacks, Lane quit acting and lived with her mother in Georgia.
She returned to her career in 1987, starring in the neo-noir thriller drama "The Big Town" with Matt Dillon and Tommy Lee Jones. She then got a lead role in the thriller "Lady Beware" directed by Karen Arthur. Both films failed to do well at the box office and received mixed reviews. Her career peak was featured as Lorena Wood in the epic western adventure television mini-series "Lonesome Dove" directed by Simon Wincer. In 1989, she performed in Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night", which was shown at the American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts.
In 1992, she co-starred with James Le Gros and Tess Harper in the black comedy "My New Gun", written and directed by Stacy Cochran. In the same year, she appeared in the role of Paulette Goddard in a biographical comedy-drama film "Chaplin", about the life of comedian Charlie Chaplin and directed by Richard Attenborough. The film received mixed reviews and was a healthy success at the box office, receiving awards and nominations. Later in the year, she starred in the thriller "Knight Moves" directed by Carl Schenkel, which was a successful box office hit.
The following year, she appeared as Beth Warden / Claire Everett in the comedy drama film "Indian Summer" written and directed by Mike Binder. The unpopular film was also met with an average gross at the box office. In 1995, she starred as Judge Hershey in the science fiction action movie "Judge Dredd", based on the comic book character and directed by Danny Cannon. The film, which was criticized by critics, was met with moderate revenue at the box office.
In 1996, she co-starred with Robin Williams, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Bill Cosby and Brian Kerwin in the comedy-drama film "Jack" directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film received both moderate revenue and mixed reviews. In 1999, she starred in the drama film "A Walk on the Moon" directed by Tony Goldwyn, with Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her performance. The film received positive reviews from critics and received many awards and nominations.
The following year, she starred in the biographical disaster drama film "The Perfect Storm" directed by Wolfgang Petersen and based on the creative nonfiction book of the same name. The film, which was successful at the box office, received mixed critical acclaim. In 2002, she co-starred with Richard Gere and Olivier Martinez in the erotic thriller "Unfaithful" directed by Adrian Lyne. The film, which received generally mixed reviews, resulted in a healthy commercial gain at the box office. She won National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle awards for her performance. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award.
The following year, she took the lead role in the romantic comedy-drama film "Under the Tuscan Sun", written and directed by Audrey Wells, based on the memoir of the same name. The film received mixed reviews and did moderately at the box office. For her performance, she garnered accolades and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Later, she co-starred with John Cusack in the romantic comedy "Must Love Dogs" based on the novel of the same name. The film, which was received mostly negatively, was a healthy financial gain. She then appeared as Toni Mannix in the mystery drama film "Hollywoodland" directed by Allen Coulter. The film, which was received positively, did not find much success at the box office.
In 2008, she appeared as Mary Rice in the science fiction action movie "Jumper" directed by Doug Liman and based on the novel of the same name. The film, which received mostly negative reviews from critics, was a great success at the box office. In the same year, she took the lead role in the psychological thriller "Untraceable" directed by Gregory Hoblit. The film was met with both negative reviews and moderate revenue.
In 2010, she starred as Penny Chenery in the biographical sports drama film "Secretariat" produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film, which received many positive reviews, was met with an average box office success at the box office. Later, she took part in the main cast of the drama movie "Cinema Verite" directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. She garnered nominations for an Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her performance. In late 2012 and early 2013, Lane returned to the theater and starred as Princess Kosmonopolis in David Cromer's "Sweet Bird of Youth," which was shown at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.
In the following years, she continued her career as Martha Kent in the superhero movie "Man of Steel", the prequel to a series based on the DC Comics character Superman. The film, which was received and appreciated mostly positively, became the ninth highest-grossing film of 2013 with its gross revenue. In 2015, she voiced the mother in the computer-animated movie "Inside Out" directed by Pete Docter. The film, which received generally positive reviews, was a great success at the box office. Also that year, she returned to the theater, appearing with Tony Shalhoub in Bathsheba Doran's play "The Cherry Orchard".
The following year, she appeared in the same role in the superhero movie "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," a sequel based on DC Comics characters Batman and Superman. In addition to making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2016, it received mostly negative reviews from critics. She later reappeared in the sequel "Justice League" superhero movie based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. The film was declared a box office bomb, despite a successful grossing against its production budget. It was also met with negative and mixed reviews. That same year, she got a lead role as Anne Lockwood in the comedy "Paris Can Wait" in Eleanor Coppola's directorial debut. The film achieved a mini-grossing and average reviews.
In 2018, she starred in the television series "The Romanoffs", an anthology drama created and directed by Matthew Weiner, and the film received mixed reception. That same year, she starred as Annette Shepherd in the sixth season of the political thriller television series "House of Cards" created by Beau Willimon.
The following year, she co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in the mystery thriller "Serenity," written and directed by Steven Knight. The film failed both critically and at the box office. In 2020, she co-starred with Kevin Costner in the western movie "Let Him Go", based on the novel of the same name and directed by Thomas Bezucha. The film, which was received positively, did not do well at the box office.
She also starred in the series aired on FX, based on the post-apocalyptic science fiction comic series "Y: The Last Man". The series, which received generally positive reviews, was canceled after one season. In 2021, she played the same role again in the superhero movie "Zack Snyder's Justice League", a sequel. Later, Martha Russell was set to appear in the anthology drama series "Extrapolations" created by Scott Z.Burns, which aired in March 2023. In addition, she is scheduled to star in the drama mini-series "A Man in Full" directed by Regina King, in which she plays the lead role with Jeff Daniels.
Private life
In 1984, Lane met actor Christopher Lambert. The couple, who had been separated and reconciled several times, got married in 1988. The couple has a daughter named Eleanor Jasmine Lambert and they divorced in 1994. In 2003, Lane became engaged to actor Josh Brolin, and the couple married the following year. The couple announced their separation by getting divorced in 2013.
Lane, who started her theater career at the age of six, took part in many productions throughout her life. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, she was listed by AskMen.com as the "99 Most Desirable Women". In addition, Lane takes part in support campaigns, collecting signatures and visits for institutions, organizations and associations in many different fields.