Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at age 14 in

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's 1979 film ''

A Little Romance ''A Little Romance'' is a 1979 American romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Laurence Olivier, Thelonious Bernard, and Diane Lane in her film debut. The screenplay was written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill, based on ...

''. 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

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'', for which she was nominated for an

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. It was not until 1999 that Lane earned further recognition for her role in ''

A Walk on the Moon ''A Walk on the Moon'' is a 1999 drama film starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin. The film, which was set against the backdrop of the Woodstock festival of 1969 and the United States's Moon landing of that year, w ...

'', and that was followed by her performance alongside George Clooney and

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in the 2000 blockbuster '' The Perfect Storm''. She was especially lauded and honored for the 2002 film '' Unfaithful'', which earned her Satellite,

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, and

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awards for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama). Her performance in ''Unfaithful'' also garnered her

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, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actress. She was also highly acclaimed by critics for her performance in the immediately subsequent film '' Under the Tuscan Sun''. For much of the rest of the decade, she alternately appeared as a lead actress in romantic films such as ''

Must Love Dogs ''Must Love Dogs'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film based on Claire Cook's 2002 novel of the same name. Starring Diane Lane and John Cusack, it is the second film directed and written by Gary David Goldberg and was produced on a budget of ...

'' (2005) and ''

Nights in Rodanthe ''Nights in Rodanthe'' is a 2008 American romantic drama film. It is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' 2002 novel of the same name. The film stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane in their third screen collaboration after '' The Cotton Club'' (1984 ...

'' (2008), and thrillers such as '' Fierce People'' (2005), ''

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'' (2006), and ''

Untraceable ''Untraceable'' is a 2008 American psychological thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, and Joseph Cross. It was distributed by Screen Gems. Set in Portland, Oregon, the film involves a seria ...

'' (2008). She has appeared in four films directed by Francis Ford Coppola: '' The Outsiders'', ''

Rumble Fish ''Rumble Fish'' is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on the 1975 novel '' Rumble Fish'' by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. The film stars Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spa ...

'', '' The Cotton Club'', and ''

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''. She has been in one film directed by his wife

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: ''

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''. She also played the recurring role of

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, the adoptive mother of

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, in '' Man of Steel'' (2013) and appeared in subsequent films of the

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. Her most recent film is the 2020

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Let Him Go ''Let Him Go'' is a 2020 American neo-Western film starring Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, and directed, written, and co-produced by Thomas Bezucha, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Larry Watson. The film follows a retired sheriff ( ...

''.

Early life

Lane was born January 22, 1965, in New York City. Her mother, Colleen Leigh Farrington, was a

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and ''

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'' centerfold (Miss October 1957), who was also known as "Colleen Price". Her father, Burton Eugene Lane, was a

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who ran an acting

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with

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, worked as a cab driver, and later taught

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at City College. When Lane was 13 days old, her parents separated. Lane's mother went to

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and obtained a divorce while retaining custody of Lane until she was six years old. Lane's father received custody of her after Lane's mother moved to the state of

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. Lane and her father lived in a number of residential hotels in New York City and she rode with him in his taxi. When Lane was 15, she declared her independence from her father and flew to

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for a week with actor and friend

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with whom she starred in the 1981 movie ''

Child Bride of Short Creek ''Child Bride of Short Creek'' is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film written by Joyce Eliason, starring Christopher Atkins, Diane Lane, Conrad Bain, Helen Hunt and Dee Wallace. The film is a dramatization loosely based upon the ...

''. Lane later remarked, "It was reckless behavior that comes from having too much independence too young." 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 her 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 next three years, but they eventually reconciled.

Career

Early work: From ''A Little Romance'' to ''A Walk on the Moon''

Lane's grandmother, Eleanor Scott, was a

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of the

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denomination, and Lane was influenced theatrically by the demonstrative quality of her grandmother's sermons. Lane began acting professionally at the age of six at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, where she appeared in a production of ''

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''. When Lane was 12 years old, she had a role in

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's production of ''

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'' with

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and

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. At this time, Lane was enrolled in an accelerated program at Hunter College High School; however, her grades suffered from her busy schedule. When Lane was 13, she turned down a role in '' Runaways'' on

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to make her feature-film debut opposite

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in ''

''. Lane won high praise from Olivier, who declared her "The New

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". At the same time, Lane was featured on the cover of ''

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'', which declared her one of Hollywood's "Whiz Kids". In the early 1980s, Lane made a successful transition from inexperienced actress to confirmed roles. She was cast as the young female outlaw Little Britches in the 1981

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film, '' Cattle Annie and Little Britches'', with

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in her own debut role as Cattle Annie. She played the role of Heather (Breezy) in '' Six Pack'' (1982) with

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. Lane starred as Corinne Burns, leader of a punk rock band in 1982's ''

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'', with

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and punk musicians Steve Jones and

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of the Sex Pistols, and Paul Simonon from

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. The film has become a cult classic. Lane's breakout performances came with back-to-back adaptations of novels by

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, adapted and directed by Francis Ford Coppola: '' The Outsiders'' and ''

'', both 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 "

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"), including

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, and Matt Dillon. Lane's distinction among these heavily male casts advanced her career while affiliating her with young male actors.

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'' and ''Risky Business'' for this film) and '' The Cotton Club'', were both commercial and critical failures, and her career languished as a result. After ''The Cotton Club'', Lane dropped out of the movie business and lived with her mother in Georgia. 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." Lane returned to acting to appear in '' The Big Town'' and '' Lady Beware'', but Lane had not made another big impression on a sizable audience until 1989's popular and critically acclaimed

'', and was nominated for an

for her role. She came very close to being cast as Vivian Ward in 1990's blockbuster hit '' Pretty Woman'' (which had a much darker script at the time), but due to scheduling conflicts, was unable to take the role. Apparently, costume fittings were made for Lane, before the role fell to

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. She was given positive reviews for her performance in the independent film ''

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'', which was well received at the

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. She went on to appear as actress

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in Sir Richard Attenborough's big-budget biopic of

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, 1992's ''

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''. Over the next seven years Lane would star in ten movies, including ''Jack'' and ''Judge Dredd''. It wasn't until 1999 that Lane earned further recognition for her role in ''

''. The film also stars

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, and

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. One reviewer wrote, "Lane, after years in post-young-career limbo, is meltingly effective." The film's director,

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, described Lane as having "this potentially volcanic sexuality that is in no way self-conscious or opportunistic." Lane earned an

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nomination for Best Female Lead. At this time, she was interested in making a film about actress

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in which she would play Seberg.

Recent work: From ''Unfaithful'' to the present

In 2000, Lane had a supporting role as

's love interest in '' The Perfect Storm''. In 2002, she starred in '' Unfaithful'', a

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directed by Adrian Lyne and adapted from the French film ''

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''. Lane played a housewife who indulges in an affair with a mysterious book dealer. The film featured several sex scenes, and Lane'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. ''Unfaithful'' received mostly mixed reviews, though Lane earned widespread praise for her performance. Besides winning the Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award and the New York Film Critics Circle Award, she also received Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. ''

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'' 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." Following ''Unfaithful'', Lane starred in '' Under the Tuscan Sun'', a film based on the best-selling book by

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for which Lane won a further Best Actress Golden Globe nomination. This was followed by lead roles in '' Fierce People'', ''

'', and ''

''. In 2008, Lane reunited with

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for the romantic drama ''

''. It is the third film Gere and Lane filmed together, and is based on the novel of the same title by

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. Lane also co-starred in ''

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'' and ''

'' 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." Lane had 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." Despite her concerns with being typecast, Lane signed on to ''

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'' (2010), a

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film about the relationship between the 1973

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-winning racehorse and his owner,

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, whom Lane portrayed. Lane then starred in '' Cinema Verite'' (2011), an HBO movie about the making of the first reality television show ''

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''. Lane earned Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite, and Golden Globe award nominations for her portrayal of Pat Loud. In 2012, Lane was featured in the PBS documentary ''Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide'' (produced by Show of Force along with Fugitive Films), which showcased women and girls living under very difficult circumstances and bravely fighting to challenge them. Following the success of ''Cinema Verite'', Lane starred in

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film '' Man of Steel'', playing

. 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." Lane reprised her role as Martha Kent in '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016) and ''

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'' (2017). Shortly after the release of '' Man of Steel'', Lane was tapped to play

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in an NBC miniseries, ''Hillary'', which was supposed to "start with the Monica Lewinsky morning-after ... And then continue on until she was embarking on her

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presidential bid." Intense media backlash ultimately caused NBC to cancel the series. In 2015, Lane appeared in the drama '' Every Secret Thing'' (alongside

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and

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), had a voice role in the Pixar animated feature '' Inside Out'', and co-starred in the biopic '' Trumbo'' (opposite

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and Helen Mirren), which received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Ensemble Cast. Besides ''

'', Lane appeared in two other films in 2017:

's ''

'' and '' Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House''. In the end of 2012, and before her divorce from Josh Brolin in early 2013, Lane returned to her theater roots and headlined a production of the David Cromer directed ''

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'' (by

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) at the

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in Chicago. Lane played Princess Kosmonopolis, a fading Hollywood movie star, opposite

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, who portrayed Chance, her attractive gigolo. This was the first time she had done a stage play since 1989, when she played Olivia in

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's ''

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'' at the

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lane returned to theatre in the winter of 2015, starring with

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in the off-Broadway original production of Bathsheba Doran's ''The Mystery of Love and Sex''. In 2016, nearly four decades after she first appeared on Broadway, Lane starred in a play in which she previously performed: Chekhov's ''

'' (1977). While Lane played a child peasant (with no lines) in Broadway's 1977 run of the play, this time she played the lead role of Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya. In 2018, Lane starred in the Amazon original miniseries ''

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'', which premiered in October, and as Annette Shepherd in the final season of

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's hit series ''

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'', which was released on the streaming service on November 2. These roles "seemingly "mark drare TV appearance for Lane, who has primarily worked in film throughout her career." In 2019, she played one of

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's character's love interests in the thriller '' Serenity''. She will also star in an untitled

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-directed film with

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(whom she previously worked with in ''Wild Bill''), in addition to starring in the

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on FX based on the

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series '' Y: The Last Man''. Lane also co-starred with

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in the 2020 thriller ''

''.

Personal life

Family

Lane met actor Christopher Lambert in Paris while promoting ''The Cotton Club'' in 1984. They had a brief affair and split up. They met again two years later in Rome to make a film together, entitled ''Priceless Beauty'', and in two weeks they were a couple again. Lane and Lambert married in October 1988 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They have a daughter, Eleanor Jasmine Lambert. They divorced in March 1994. Lane became engaged to actor

Josh Brolin Joshua James Brolin (; born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''The Goonies'' (1985), '' Mimic'' (1997), '' Hollow Man'' (2000), '' Grindhouse'' (2007), '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007), '' American Gan ...

in July 2003 and they were married on August 15, 2004. On December 20 of that year, she called police after an altercation with him, and he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of

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battery. Lane declined to press charges, however, and the couple's spokesperson described the incident as a "misunderstanding". Lane and Brolin filed for divorce in February 2013. Their divorce was finalized on December 2, 2013.

Charity work

Lane is also involved in several charities, including

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, which focuses on world hunger, Artists for Peace and Justice, a Hollywood organization that supports

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relief, and the BrandAID Project. 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 elping othersthat I think ought to be anonymous. I don't want it to be a boastful thing." Lane was featured heavily in the documentary ''Half the Sky'', based on the book '' Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide''. The documentary had Lane and several other A-list actresses/celebrities visit Africa and other areas where women are oppressed. Lane has become very much an ambassador for this kind of work and charity work in general. On August 22, 2014, Lane was honored for her work with Heifer International at its third annual Beyond Hunger: A Place at the Table gala at the

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. Lane says working with Heifer International has affected her life and nurtured the relationship she has with her daughter.

Theater

At age 6, Lane landed her first acting role in La Mama Experimental Theatre Company's 1971 production of ''

'' in which she played Medea's daughter. From then until 1976, she performed with La MaMa, E.T.C. in New York and toured with them abroad. Some of the plays she performed in include ''

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'', '' Electra'', Bertolt Brecht's '' The Good Woman of Szechuan'',

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's ''

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'', Paul Foster's ''The Silver Queen'', and Shakespeare's '' As You Like It''. Most of these plays were directed and/or adapted by

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and

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. From 1976 to 1977, Lane appeared in ''

'' and ''

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'' at New York's

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. After participating in the first production of '' Runaways'' when it was off-Broadway, Lane took a decade-long hiatus from theatre. In 1989, Lane returned to the stage to play

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in ''

'' at the

in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lane took another hiatus from theatre until 2012, when she starred opposite

in ''

'' at the

in Chicago (directed by David Cromer). Lane then returned to New York theatre and starred off-Broadway in

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's ''The Mystery of Love and Sex'' in 2015 (alongside

) and in

's revival of Chekhov's ''

'' in 2016 (alongside

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and

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Awards and nominations

Four days before the

's vote in 2002, Lane was given a career tribute by the Film Society of

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. A day before that, Lyne held a dinner for the actress at the Four Seasons Hotel. Critics and award voters were invited to both. She went on to win the

, the New York Film Critics Circle awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an

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. In 2003, she was named ShoWest's 2003 Female Star of the Year, and was a co-recipient of the Women in Film

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honoring outstanding women in entertainment. Lane ranked at No. 79 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars. She was ranked No. 45 on AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women in 2005, No. 85 in 2006 and No. 98 in 2007.

Honors

* 2003: Honored as the Female Star of the Year by the

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. * 2004: Received the American Riviera Award during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. * 2012: Received the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award during the Savannah Film Festival. * 2017: Received the Career Achievement Award during the

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Accolades

References

External links

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Early life

Career

Early work: From ''A Little Romance'' to ''A Walk on the Moon''

Recent work: From ''Unfaithful'' to the present

Personal life

Family

Charity work

Theater

Awards and nominations

Honors

Accolades

References

Further reading

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