Diane Lane

Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Lane started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as a leading actor in film. She has starred in numerous leading lady and key supporting roles in a huge variety of films ranging from major film studio blockbuster productions to smaller independent film features. Her accolades include a New York Film Critics Circle Award, an ICON Award from the Newport Beach Film Festival, as well as nominations for one Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, several Screen Actors Guild Awards, and several Satellite Awards.

Lane started acting professionally on stage in 1971 (at the age of six) and made her film debut opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance (1979). Lane starred in various film roles in the 1980s, including The Outsiders (1983) and Streets of Fire (1984). After taking a brief break from acting, Lane participated in some independent films before being cast in the Western miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role.

Lane continued to star in films throughout the 1990s, ending the decade with a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for A Walk on the Moon (1999). In 2002, Lane received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the Adrian Lyne-directed film Unfaithful (2002). Lane earned further acclaim for her Golden Globe-nominated roles in the romantic comedy-drama Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) and the HBO film Cinema Verite (2011).

Lane has played various recurring roles throughout her career. Starting with Man of Steel (2013), Lane has portrayed Martha Kent, the adoptive mother of Superman, in a total of four films in the DC Extended Universe. She also voiced the role of Riley's mom in the animated Pixar films Inside Out (2015) and Inside Out 2 (2024).

Lane's later roles have included leads in two thriller films: Let Him Go (2020), a top box office hit during the COVID pandemic, and Anniversary (2025), for which she received a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Lead Actress. She also received a Primetime Emmy nomination for her starring role in the Ryan Murphy television series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024).

Lane has starred in three films each with Richard Gere and Matt Dillon and four films with Kevin Costner. She has also appeared in four films directed by Francis Ford Coppola — The Outsiders (1983); Rumble Fish (1983); The Cotton Club (1984); and Jack (1996) — and one film directed by his late wife Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait (2016).