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Lane was born in New York City, New York. The daughter of acting coach Burt Lane and singer/Playboy centerfold Colleen Farrington, Lane was raised by her father after her parents` divorced when she was still a baby. Career She began acting professionally at the age of six at the La Mama Experimental Theatre in New York where she appeared in acclaimed productions of Medea and The Cherry Orchard, among others. At 13, she made her film debut opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance, and at 14 was featured on the cover of Time. One of the few child performers to make a successful transition into adult roles, Lane made a hit with audiences in the back-to-back cult films The Outsiders and Rumble Fish, and for a time was designated a member of the so-called "Brat pack." However the two films that should have catapulted her to star status, Streets of Fire and The Cotton Club, were both box office flops and her career languished as a result. It wasn`t until 1989`s hugely popular and critically acclaimed TV mini-series Lonesome Dove that Lane made another big impression on a sizable audience. She didn`t appear in three Level 42 videos Out Of Sight Out Of Mind, Kansas City Milkman and Physical Presence (she was nominated for an Emmy Award). She won further praise for her role in 1999`s A Walk on the Moon, opposite Viggo Mortensen. In 2002 Lane was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress for her performance in Unfaithful, and was honored for her work in that film by The New York Film Critics and The National Society of Film Critics. She followed that up with Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), based on the best-selling book by Frances Mayes. Numerous web media sites have her rumored to take on the role of Jane Jetson in Warner Bros`. upcoming live action The Jetsons movie in 2009, but there has been no confirmation as of yet. Personal life Lane dated rock star Jon Bon Jovi in the 1980s and she was married to French actor Christopher Lambert from 1988 to 1994. They had a daughter, Eleanor Jasmine Lambert, born September 5, 1993, and were divorced following a prolonged separation. Lane married actor Josh Brolin on August 14, 2004. 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 characterized the incident as a"misunderstanding". |
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BiographyDistinctive Features1980: She was hit in the eye with a tennis ball, the impact of which caused permanent pupil dilationMeasurementsBust: 35" C Waist: 25" Hips: 34"Friends and FamilyBest friend of Elizabeth Perkins. [Friend] :: Colleen Farrington [Mother] (Playboy Centerfold (Miss October 1957).) :: Burt Lane [Father] (Acting Coach)Trivia and QuotesQuotes Even the short men I know appreciate a woman in heels. [about on-line dating] Look, it`s so interesting, because being a mom of a daughter - forget about it. I`m so hyper mama-bear protective: "In no way is it ever all right to meet anybody you`ve [only] ever met on-line! Period! End of story. Close chapter, end the book." But in my prickly, paranoid way, I`d say, "Well don`t they kind of pre-screen people at these agencies?" So I like the fact these services exist, and I think if you`re meeting someone randomly outside the protection of the umbrella, you know you can`t say you weren`t warned. [comparing herself to her mother, a former "Playboy" magazine centerfold] Mom was better endowed. [talking about her Oscar nomination (her father Burt Lane, who managed her early career, passed away in February 2002] The only phone call I really yearn to make is one I can`t, which is to say, "Guess what, Dad?"Trivia While filming "The Outsiders" (1983), co-star Tom Cruise received the script for "Risky Business" and asked her to co-star with him in the film as Lana. Diane stated that her father would "never let her star as a prostitute" and the role went to Rebecca De Mornay. 1980: She was hit in the eye with a tennis ball, the impact of which caused permanent pupil dilation. Auditioned for the role of Avery Bishop in Jerry Maguire (1996). One of the "later" members of the Brat Pack, along with John Cusack. There is a street in Ashland, MA, named "Diane Lane". Was considered for the role of Ana in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004). The part eventually went to Sarah Polley. Best friend of Elizabeth Perkins. Born on the same day as actor Mads Koudal. Daughter-in-law of Barbra Streisand. Daughter-in-law of James Brolin. Stepmother of Josh Brolin`s children Eden and Trevor from Brolin`s first marriage to Alice Adair 2004: Voted one of the "World`s Most Desirable Women". 9/14/01: Two of her movies - Hard Ball (2001) and The Glass House (2001) - opened in theaters in the US on the same day. They were the top two movies at the box office that weekend. August 1979: Was on the cover of Time Magazine at the age of 14. Daughter of acting coach Burt Lane and Playboy centerfold Colleen Farrington (Miss October 1957). February 2000: Admitted in Esquire Magazine that she had had affairs with both Timothy Hutton and Christopher Atkins. Has said that some of her biggest acting influences have been Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, and Susan Sarandon. Her father passed away shortly before Unfaithful (2002), in which she gave an Academy Award-nominated performance, was released. He did see a rough cut of the film three weeks before his death. In her off time, she likes to travel, ride her horses and go walking. She also enjoys keeping fit and does yoga. She especially loves to spend as much time as possible with her daughter, Eleanor, whose father is her ex-husband Christopher Lambert of Highlander (1986) fame. Once pursued professional modeling as a teen but was told by Eileen Ford (of the Ford Modeling Agency) that her neck was "too short" to be a model. When she was 13, George Roy Hill wanted her to star opposite Laurence Olivier in his film A Little Romance (1979). At the time, she was working on Broadway for Joseph Papp at the Public Theatre in the original production of "The Runaways". Both Hill and Papp wanted her, and a series of telegrams among Papp, Hill, Olivier` and her father transpired, with Hill, Olivier and Diane`s father wanting her in the film, and Papp wanting to keep her in the play. She ended up doing the film. Collects antique furniture and has a strange fetish - she admitted in Playboy (1995) that she has "a thing for really high thigh-boots. I have a cool collection! I love high heels." One of Francis Ford Coppola`s favorite actresses - she has starred in no less than four of his films She enjoys music and movies and has a large home-theater in her home Was a multi-millionaire by the time she was 18 years old Was raised by her father after her parents divorced while she was still a baby. | ||
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