Diane Lane is an American actress, famous for her role in ‘Unfaithful’
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Diane Lane is an American actress, famous for her role in ‘Unfaithful’
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After a brief affair with Christopher Lambert, she married him in 1988 in New Mexico. They have a daughter; Eleanor Jasmine. However, the couple split six years later.
She married actor Josh Brolin in 2004, but the couple filed for divorce in February, 2013.
Diane Lane was born to Colleen Leigh Farrington, a nightclub singer and Burton Eugene Lane in New York City.
Her parents split when she was just thirteen days old and she was in the custody of her mother up to six years of age. By that time, she was already a professional actor at the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club.
At the age of 12, she was enrolled at Hunter College High School. Around the same time, she was offered a role alongside Meryl Streep in the play, ‘The Cherry Orchard’.
In 1979, she made her film debut with ‘A Little Romance’ winning great appreciation for her work and was featured on the cover of ‘Time’.
She lived with her father in New York City until she ran away to Los Angeles for a week, at the age of fifteen.
In 1983, she appeared in the film adaptations of adult novels by S.E. Hinton: ‘The Outsiders’ and ‘Rumble Fish’, transitioning to more serious, adult roles.
In 1984, she appeared in two films ‘Streets of Fire’ and ‘The Cotton Club’. The films could not get success and hit her career.
After a brief hiatus, she made her comeback in 1987 with ‘Lady Beware’, which also went unnoticed.
The TV miniseries ‘Lonesome Dove’ in 1989 was her big comeback for which she also earned an Emmy nomination.
In 1992, her film ‘My New Gun’, earned her critical acclaim and her performance was appreciated at the Cannes Film Festival. The same year, she appeared in the biographical movies ‘Chaplin’ and ‘The Setting Sun’.
‘Unfaithful’ is one of her highly appreciated works, marking her comeback into films. Her role was hugely appreciated and also earned her an Academy award nomination and won her the National Society of Film Critics award. The film grossed $119 million worldwide.