Diane Lane
American actress
Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading lady and supporting roles in a huge variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio blockbuster productions. Her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, several Screen Actors Guild Awards, several Satellite Awards, and an ICON Award.
Lane made her film debut in the George Roy Hill film A Little Romance (1979). She had already been professionally acting on stage since 1971, at the age of six. Later, she acted in the movies Streets of Fire (1984) and The Cotton Club (1984).
Lane returned to acting to appear in The Big Town (1987), Lady Beware (1987), and the Western miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Lane earned further recognition for her role in A Walk on the Moon (1999), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. This was followed by several film roles of varying degrees of success, such as My Dog Skip (2000), The Perfect Storm (2000), The Glass House (2001), and Hardball (2001).
Lane received critical acclaim for her performance as an adulterous wife in the erotic thriller Unfaithful (2002), which earned her a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress.
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