Diane Lane

Acting · Born 1965-01-22 in New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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 break, Lane returned to acting to appear in The Big Town and Lady Beware, but did not make another big impression on a sizable audience until 1989's popular and critically acclaimed TV miniseries Lonesome Dove, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award. It was not until 1999 that Lane earned…

Filmography

TV

  • Lonesome Dove as Lorena Wood Parker
  • House of Cards as Annette Shepherd
  • Inside the Actors Studio as Self
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
  • The Daily Show as Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
  • Today as Self
  • The Tyra Banks Show
  • The View as Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self