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Diane Lane

Bio

Diane Lane earned SAG®, Golden Globe and Oscar® nominations,
and was hailed Best Actress by the New York Film Critics and National Society of Film
Critics for her turn as an adulterous wife in the critically acclaimed 2002 Adrian Lyne film “Unfaithful.â€�

One of the industry’s premiere talents, Lane has top-lined a diverse slate of both
independent and major studio releases, helmed by some of the world’s most renowned
directors. Her filmography includes the acclaimed Francis Ford Coppola films “The
Outsiders,â€� “Rumble Fishâ€� and “The Cotton Club.â€� Additional feature film credits include Gregory Hoblit’s recent thriller “Untraceableâ€�; John Madden’s “Killshotâ€�; Doug Liman’s
“Jumperâ€�; Allen Coulter’s period piece “Hollywoodland,â€� with Ben Affleck and Adrien
Brody; “Must Love Dogs,â€� with John Cusack; the drama “A Walk on the Moon,â€� which
landed Lane an Independent Spirit Award nomination; the Audrey Wells romantic comedy
“Under the Tuscan Sun,â€� which resulted in a Golden Globe nomination; Wolfgang
Petersen’s action drama “The Perfect Storm,â€� with George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg;
the highly successful adaptation of Willie Morris’ childhood memoir “My Dog Skipâ€�; the
critically acclaimed independent feature “My New Gunâ€�; “Hardball,â€� opposite Keanu
Reeves; her portrayal of actress Paulette Goddard in “Chaplin,â€� for director Sir Richard
Attenborough; Peter Masterson’s independent drama “The Only Thrill,â€� opposite Diane
Keaton, Sam Shepard and Robert Patrick; the political thriller “Murder at 1600,â€� opposite
Wesley Snipes; Francis Ford Coppola’s “Jack,â€� opposite Robin Williams; and Walter
Hill’s epic Western “Wild Bill,â€� with Jeff Bridges.

Lane has also appeared in a wide range of roles in some of television’s most
admired movies and miniseries, including TNT’s “The Virginian,â€� opposite Bill Pullman;
“A Streetcar Named Desire,â€� opposite Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange; and her Emmy nominated role, Lorena, in the CBS series “Lonesome Dove,â€� opposite Robert Duvall. She also starred opposite Gena Rowlands in the Hallmark Hall of Fame drama “Grace & Glorie.â€� In 1994, Lane starred with Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson and Anne Bancroft in the epic miniseries “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All,â€� based on the bestselling novel by Allan Gurganus, in which Lane portrayed a character from her early teens into her sixties.

The daughter of drama coach Burt Lane and singer Colleen Farrington, Lane
answered a call for child actors at La Mama Experimental Theater at age six. She won a
role in Andrei Serbian’s unique version of “Medeaâ€� and subsequently appeared over the
next five years in his productions of “Electra,â€� “The Trojan Women,â€� “The Good Woman
of Szechuanâ€� and “As You Like It,â€� both in New York and at theater festivals around the
world.

After performing in Joseph Papp’s productions of “The Cherry Orchardâ€� and
“Agamemnonâ€� at Lincoln Center in 1976-77, she starred at The Public Theater in
“Runawaysâ€� and made her film debut, opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, in George Roy Hill’s
“A Little Romanceâ€� in 1978.

IMDB Profile

Appearing as:

Adrienne Willis