Diane Lane is an acclaimed American actress who made her motion picture debut in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance.
Lane would earn critical acclaim for her performance as Constance "Connie" Sumner in Adrian Lyne's 2002 film Unfaithful, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Other notable film credits for Lane include The Outsiders (1983), The Perfect Storm (2000), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), and as Martha Kent in Zack Snyder's films Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017), and its director's cut, Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
Film Year Title Role Notes 1979 Lauren King 1980 Touched by Love Karen Brown 1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches Jenny "Little Britches" Stevens 1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness Liza Six Pack Heather "Breezy" Aikens Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains Corinne Burns 1983 Sherri "Cherry" Valance Rumble Fish Patty 1984 Streets of Fire Ellen Aim Vera Cicero 1987 Lady Beware Katya Yarno Lorry Dane 1988 Love Dream China 1990 Vital Signs Gina Wyler 1992 Knight Moves Kathy Sheppard My New Gun Debbie Bender Lian Hong Chaplin Paulette Goddard 1993 Indian Summer Beth Warden 1995 Judge Dredd Judge Barbara Hershey Wild Bill Susannah Moore 1996 Jack Karen Powell Mad Dog Time Grace Everly 1997 Katherine Fitzsimmons Murder at 1600 USSS Agent Nina Chance 1998 Gunshy Dr. Melissa 1999 Pearl Kantrowitz 2000 My Dog Skip Ellen Morris Christina "Chris" Cotter 2001 Erin Glass Hardball Elizabeth Wilkes 2002 Unfaithful Connie Sumner Searching for Debra Winger Herself Documentary film 2003 Under the Tuscan Sun Frances Mayes 2005 Fierce People Liz Earl Must Love Dogs Sarah Nolan 2006 Hollywoodland Toni Mannix 2008 Untraceable FBI Agent Jennifer Marsh Jumper Mary Rice Nights in Rodanthe Adrienne Willis 2009 Killshot Carmen Colson 2010 Secretariat Penny Chenery 2012 Casting By Herself Documentary film 2013 Man of Steel Martha Kent Diane Lane joins ‘Superman’ 2014 Every Secret Thing Helen Manning 2015 Inside Out Riley's Mom VoiceDiane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan Join Pixar's Inside Out Riley's First Date? Voice; short film Trumbo Cleo Trumbo 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Martha Kent 2017 Paris Can Wait Anne Lockwood Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Audrey Felt Diane Lane joins Liam Neeson in 'Deep Throat' thriller 'Felt' Justice League Martha Kent 2018Tully Corrine ‘Third Degree’ Burns 2019 Serenity Constance 2020 Let Him Go Margaret Blackledge 2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Martha Kent Director’s Cut of Justice League 2024 Inside Out 2 Riley's Mom Voice 2025 Anniversary Ellen Taylor 2027 The Exorcist: Martyrs Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 1981 Great Performances Charity Royall Episode: "Summer" Child Bride of Short Creek Jessica Rae Jacobs Television film 1982 Miss All-American Beauty Sally Butterfield 1989 Lonesome Dove Lorena Wood Miniseries; 4 episodes 1990 Descending Angel Irina Stroia Television film 1993 Fallen Angels Bernette Stone Episode: "Murder, Obliquely" 1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Lucy Honicut Marsden Miniseries 1995 Stella Kowalski Television film 1998 Grace and Glorie Gloria Greenwood 2000 The Virginian Molly Stark 2011 Cinema Verite Pat Loud 2012 Half the Sky Herself Documentary film 2018 The Romanoffs Katherine Ford 2 episodes House of Cards Annette Shepherd Main role, 7 episodes 2021 Y: The Last Man Senator Jennifer Brown Main role, 10 episodes 2023 Extrapolations Martha Russell Episode: "2059: Face of God" 2024 Feud: Capote vs. The Swans Slim Keith 8 episodes A Man in Full Martha Croker Netflix miniseries Dream Productions Riley's Mom Voice; 4 Episodes
Stage Year Title Role Theatre/company Notes 1971–76 The Trojan Women, Electra, The Good Woman of Szechuan, Blood Wedding, The Silver Queen, As You Like It Various La MaMa, E.T.C. Performed in New York and toured abroad 1976–77 The Cherry Orchard Ensemble (child peasant) Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center (New York) Broadway; New York Shakespeare Festival Agamemnon Iphigenia Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center (New York) Broadway; New York Shakespeare Festival 1978 Runaways Jackie The Public Theater (New York) Off-Broadway 1989 Twelfth Night Olivia American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, MA) Shakespeare play 2012 Sweet Bird of Youth Alexandra Del Lago / Princess Kosmonopolis Goodman Theatre (Chicago) 2015 The Mystery of Love and Sex Lucinda Mitzi Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center (New York) Off-Broadway 2016 The Cherry Orchard Madam Ranevskya American Airlines Theatre, Roundabout Theatre (New York) Broadway
References
External links Diane Lane at the Internet Movie Database