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Diane Lane 
Lane at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival (2011)Born January 22, 1965
New York City, New York, United StatesOccupation Actress Years active 1979–present Spouse Christopher Lambert (1988–1994; divorced; 1 child)
Josh Brolin (2004–present)Website http://www.dianelane.com/ (offline) Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American film actress.
Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at the age of 13 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance, starring opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. Soon after, she was featured on the cover of Time magazine. She has since appeared in several notable films, including the 2002 film Unfaithful, which earned her Academy Award, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Lane has been married to actor Josh Brolin since 2004. She was previously married to actor Christopher Lambert from 1988 to 1994.
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Early life
Lane was born in New York City. Her mother, Colleen Farrington, was a nightclub singer and Playboy centerfold (Miss October 1957), who was also known as "Colleen Price". Her father, Burton Eugene Lane, was a Manhattan drama coach who ran an acting workshop with John Cassavetes, worked as a cab driver, and later taught humanities at City College.[1] When Lane was 13 months old, her parents split up. Her mother went to Mexico and obtained a divorce while retaining custody of her daughter until the child was six.[1] Her father got custody of her after Farrington moved to Georgia. Lane and her father lived in a number of residential hotels in New York City and she would ride with him in his taxi.[2]
When Lane was fifteen years old, she declared her independence from her father and ran away to Los Angeles for a week with actor and friend Christopher Atkins. Lane later remarked, "It was reckless behavior that comes from having too much independence too young."[2] She returned to New York and moved in with a friend's family, paying them rent. In 1981, she enrolled in high school after taking correspondence courses. However, Lane's mother kidnapped her and took the teenager back to Georgia. Lane and her father challenged her mother in court and six weeks later she was back in New York. Lane did not speak to her mother for the subsequent three years, but they have since reconciled.[2]
Career
Early work
Lane's maternal grandmother, Eleanor Scott, was a thrice-married Pentecostal preacher of the Apostolic denomination, and Lane was influenced by the theatrical quality of her grandmother's sermons.[3][4] Lane began acting professionally at the age of six at the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in New York, where she appeared in a production of Medea. At 12 she had a role in Joseph Papp's production of The Cherry Orchard with Meryl Streep.[1] Also at this time, Lane was enrolled in an accelerated program at Hunter College High School and was put on notice when her grades suffered from her busy schedule.[1] At 13 years old, she turned down a role in Runaways on Broadway to make her feature film debut opposite Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance.[2] Lane won high praise from Olivier who declared her 'The New Grace Kelly'.[5] At the same time Lane was featured on the cover of Time, which declared her one of Hollywood's "Whiz Kids."[6][7]
In the early 1980s, Lane made a successful transition from child actor to adult roles. Her breakout performances came with back-to-back adaptations of young adult novels by S. E. Hinton, adapted and directed by Francis Ford Coppola: The Outsiders in 1982 and Rumble Fish in 1983. Both films also featured memorable performances from a number of young male actors who would go on to become leading men in the next decade (as well as members of the so-called "Brat Pack"), including Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Emilio Estevez, the late Patrick Swayze, Mickey Rourke, Nicolas Cage, and Matt Dillon.[1] Lane's distinction among these heavily male casts advanced her career while affiliating her with this young generation of male actors. Andy Warhol proclaimed her, "the undisputed female lead of Hollywood's new rat pack."[8]
However, the two films that could have catapulted her to star status, Streets of Fire (she turned down Splash and Risky Business for this film)[5][9] and The Cotton Club, were both commercial and critical failures, and her career languished as a result.[1] After The Cotton Club, Lane dropped out of the movie business and lived with her mother in Georgia.[10] According to the actress, "I hadn't been close to my mom for a long time, so we had a lot of homework to do. We had to repair our relationship because I wanted my mother back".[11]
Recent work
Lane at the 41st Emmy Awards on September 17, 1989.
Lane returned to acting to appear in The Big Town and Lady Beware, but it was not until 1989's popular and critically acclaimed TV miniseries Lonesome Dove that Lane made another big impression on a sizable audience,[10] and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role. She was given positive reviews for her performance in the independent film My New Gun, which was well received at the Cannes Film Festival. She went on to appear as actress Paulette Goddard in Sir Richard Attenborough's big-budget biopic of Charles Chaplin, 1992's Chaplin.[8] Lane won further praise for her role in 1999's A Walk on the Moon, opposite Viggo Mortensen. One reviewer wrote, "Lane, after years in post-teenaged-career limbo, is meltingly effective."[12] The film's director, Tony Goldwyn, described Lane as having "...this potentially volcanic sexuality that is in no way self-conscious or opportunistic."[13] Lane earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. At this time, she was interested in making a film about actress Jean Seberg in which she would play Seberg.[14]
In 2000, Lane had a supporting role as Mark Wahlberg's love interest in The Perfect Storm. In 2002, she starred in Unfaithful, a drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and adapted from the French film The Unfaithful Wife. Lane played a housewife who indulges in an adulterous fling with a mysterious book dealer. The film featured several sex scenes. Lyne's repeated takes for these scenes were very demanding for the actors involved, especially for Lane, who had to be emotionally and physically fit for the duration.[15] Unfaithful received mostly mixed to negative reviews, though Lane earned widespread praise for her performance. Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman stated that "Lane, in the most urgent performance of her career, is a revelation. The play of lust, romance, degradation, and guilt on her face is the movie's real story".[16] She followed that film up with Under the Tuscan Sun, based on the best-selling book by Frances Mayes.
In 2008, Lane reunited with Richard Gere for the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe. It is the third film Gere and Lane filmed together. The film was based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Sparks. Lane also co-starred in Jumper, and Untraceable in the same year. She then appeared in Killshot with Mickey Rourke, which was given a limited theatrical release before being released on DVD in 2009. While promoting Nights in Rodanthe, she expressed frustration with being typecast and stated that she was "gunning for something that's not so sympathetic. I need to be a bitch, and I need to be in a comedy. I've decided. No more Miss Nice Guy".[17] The actress has even contemplated quitting acting and spending more time with her family if she is unable to get these kinds of roles. She said in an interview, "I can't do anything official. My agents won't let me. Between you and me, I don't have anything else coming out".[17]
In 2010, Lane starred in Secretariat, a Disney film about the relationship between the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse and his owner, Penny Chenery, whom Lane portrayed.[18] In 2011, it was announced that Lane would play Martha Kent in Zack Snyder's Superman film, " Man of Steel", that will be released in theaters on June 14th, 2013. Snyder said of her casting, "We are thrilled to have Diane in the role because she can convey the wisdom and the wonder of a woman whose son has powers beyond her imagination."[19]
Awards
Four days before the New York Film Critics Circle's vote in 2002, Lane was given a career tribute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. A day before that, Lyne held a dinner for the actress at the Four Seasons Hotel. Critics and award voters were invited to both.[20] She went on to win the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2003, she was named ShoWest's 2003 Female Star of the Year, [21] and was also a co-recipient of the Women in Film Crystal Award honoring outstanding women in entertainment.[22]
Lane ranked at #79 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars. She was ranked #45 on AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women in 2005,[23] #85 in 2006[24] and #98 in 2007.[25]
Personal life
Marriages and family
Lane with husband Josh Brolin in December 2009.Lane met actor Christopher Lambert in Paris while promoting The Cotton Club in 1984.[2] They had a brief affair and split up. They met again two years later in Rome to make a film together, entitled After the Rain, and in two weeks they were a couple again. Lane and Lambert married in October 1988 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2] They had a daughter, Eleanor Jasmine Lambert (born September 5, 1993), and were divorced following a prolonged separation in 1994.[26]
Lane became engaged to actor Josh Brolin in July 2003[27] and they were married on August 15, 2004.[28] On December 20 of that year, she called police after an altercation with him, and he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. Lane declined to press charges, however, and the couple's spokesperson described the incident as a "misunderstanding".[29]
Charity work
Lane is also involved in several charities, including Heifer International, which focuses on world hunger, and Artists for Peace and Justice, a Hollywood organization that supports Haiti relief. However, she tries not to draw attention to her humanitarian efforts: "Sometimes I give with my heart. Sometimes I give financially, but there's something about [helping others] that I think ought to be anonymous. I don't want it to be a boastful thing."[30]
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes 1979 A Little Romance Lauren King 1980 Touched by Love Karen aka To Elvis, with Love 1981 Great Performances Charity Royall TV (1 episode) 1981 Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains Corinne Burns 1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches Jenny (Little Britches) 1981 Child Bride of Short Creek Jessica Rae Jacobs TV 1982 National Lampoon Goes to the Movies Liza 1982 Six Pack Breezy 1982 Miss All-American Beauty Sally Butterfield TV 1983 The Outsiders Sherri 'Cherry' Valance 1983 Rumble Fish Patty 1984 Streets of Fire Ellen Aim 1984 The Cotton Club Vera Cicero 1987 Lady Beware Katya Yarno 1987 The Big Town Lorry Dane 1988 Priceless Beauty China 1988 Lonesome Dove Lorena Wood TV miniseries 1990 Vital Signs Gina Wyler 1990 Descending Angel Irina Stroia TV 1992 Knight Moves Kathy Sheppard 1992 My New Gun Debbie Bender 1992 The Setting Sun Cho Renko 1992 Chaplin Paulette Goddard 1993 Indian Summer Beth Warden 1993 Fallen Angels Bernette Stone TV (1 episode) 1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Lucy Honicut Marsden TV 1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Stella Kowalski TV 1995 Judge Dredd Judge Hershey 1996 Wild Bill Susannah Moore 1996 Jack Karen Powell 1996 Mad Dog Time Grace Everly aka Trigger Happy (UK) 1997 The Only Thrill Katherine Fitzsimmons 1997 Murder at 1600 Agent Nina Chance 1998 Gunshy Melissa 1998 Grace & Glorie Gloria TV 1999 A Walk on the Moon Pearl Kantrowitz Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress2000 My Dog Skip Ellen Morris 2000 The Virginian Molly Stark TV 2000 The Perfect Storm Christina Cotter 2001 Hardball Elizabeth Wilkes 2001 The Glass House Erin Glass 2002 Unfaithful Connie Sumner National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress - Motion Picture2003 Under the Tuscan Sun Frances Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy2005 Fierce People Liz Earl 2005 Must Love Dogs Sarah Nolan 2006 Hollywoodland Toni Mannix 2008 Untraceable Jennifer Marsh 2008 Jumper Mary Rice 2008 Nights in Rodanthe Adrienne Willis 2009 Killshot Carmen Colson 2010 Secretariat Penny Chenery 2011 Cinema Verite Pat Loud TV
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2013 Man of Steel Martha Kent References
- ^ a b c d e f Sager, Mike (2000-06-01). "The Happy Life of Diane Lane". Esquire. http://www.esquire.com/happy-life-diane-lane-0600. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f Dougherty, Margot; David Hutchings (1989-02-13). "Diane Lane, with a New Husband and No Fear of Flying, Takes Wing Again in Lonesome Dove". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119558,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ "Diane Lane". Inside the Actors Studio. Bravo. 2004-02-06. No. 9, season 10.
- ^ Cagle, Jess (2002-05-19). "Diane Lane Gets Lucky". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,238601,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ a b Bhattacharya, Sanjiv (2002-05-26). "Memory Lane". The Guardian. http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,722253,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ "Cover of Time Magazine". Time. 1979-08-13. http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19790813,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ Skow, John (1979-08-13). "Hollywood's Whiz Kids". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948564,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ a b Williamson, K (1993-01-02). "Child Star Lane Makes a Comeback — at 28!". Herald Sun.
- ^ Saroyan, Strawberry (2008-10-05). "Diane Lane: a fortysomething sex symbol". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/10/05/st_dianelane.xml. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ a b Wolk, Josh (2002-05-24). "Meet Unfaithfuls Diane Lane". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,238385~1~0~,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ Kleinedler, Clare (2003). "That Exposed Feeling". Los Angeles Times. http://www.clareiswriting.com/article_film_dianelane.php. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Lacey, Liam (1999-04-09). "A Walk on the Moon". Globe and Mail.
- ^ Arnold, Gary (1999-04-02). "Moon finally shines". Washington Times.
- ^ Braun, Liz (1999-04-11). "Looking for Lane Change". Toronto Sun.
- ^ Kobel, Peter (2002-05-05). "Smoke to Go With the Steam". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04EFD91731F936A35756C0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22Smoke+to+Go+With+the+Steam%22&st=nyt. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2002-05-05). "Unfaithful". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,237208,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b "Lane Contemplates Quitting Acting". Showbiz Spy. 2008-09-23. http://www.showbizspy.com/article/Lane-Contemplates-Quitting-Acting/172998. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ^ Fleming, Michael (2009-06-10). "Diane Lane takes reins of Secretariat". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004795.html?categoryId=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ Vary, Adam B (2011-03-02). "Diane Lane will play Martha Kent in new Superman". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/02/diane-lane-martha-kent-superman/. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ Bowles, Scott (2003-01-15). "Studio keeps Unfaithful out in open". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-01-15-unfaithful_x.htm?loc=interstitialskip. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ Garvey, Spencer (2003-01-30). "ShoWest Salutes Diane Lane". FilmStew.com. http://www.filmstew.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ContentID=5094. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ http://www.life.com/image/105146643
- ^ "Top 99 Most Desirable Women - 2005". AskMen.com. 2005. http://www.askmen.com/specials/2005_top_99/45.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Top 99 Most Desirable Women - 2006". AskMen.com. 2006. http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/diane-lane-85.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Top 99 Most Desirable Women - 2007". AskMen.com. 2007. http://www.askmen.com/specials/2007_top_99/98/diane-lane/picture-1.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ Spines, Christine (May 2005). "Diane on Top". Red.
- ^ Eimer, David (2004-03-14). "Diane Lane". The Times (London). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1044436.ece. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ Schneller, Johanna (January 2005). "Changing Lane". In Style.
- ^ Rush, George (2004-12-20). "Lane calls cops & hubby's arrested". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2004-12-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20041229225352/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/263757p-225852c.html. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ Spines, Christine (2010-10). "Diane Lane". Ladies' Home Journal. http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/diane-lane/. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
Further reading
- Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca. Confidence: The Ultimate Seducer. Men's Health. Accessed March 25, 2010.
- Radziwill, Carole. Gorgeous At Any Age: Diane Lane. Glamour magazine. September 1, 2008. Accessed March 25, 2010.
- Saroyan, Strawberry. Diane Lane: a fortysomething sex symbol. Daily Telegraph. October 5, 2008. Accessed March 25, 2010.
- Robinson, Tasha. Interview: Diane Lane. The Onion A.V. Club. October 7, 2010. Accessed October 8, 2010.
- Diane Lane: Her Best Roles - Empire magazine
- Kaplan, Michael. Diane Lane: A Career with a View . Movieline. April 1, 1996. Accessed June 30, 2011.
- Rebello, Stephen. Diane Lane: Sudden Lane Changes. Movieline. October 1, 2003. Accessed June 30, 2011.
- Hensley, Dennis. Diane Lane: Lane Changes. Movieline. June 1, 2000. Accessed June 30, 2011.
External links
- Diane Lane at the Internet Movie Database
- Diane Lane at AllRovi
- Diane Lane at Yahoo! Movies
- Diane Lane at Film Reference
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