Biography
But Tinseltown generally failed to match Lane's classical training with deserving roles, and the young actress found herself facing a career centered on her sex appeal. Instead, Lane opted for the stronger female characters often found in television movies and independent films, eventually enjoying the bulk of her critical success in more mature roles after the age of 35, when the adulterous drama, "Unfaithful" (2002) landed the actress firmly …
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Career Milestones
| Raised in NYC, primarily living in residential hotels | ||
| Reportedly turned down the lead in "Pretty Baby" (1978) | ||
| Returned to the stage to play Olivia in "Twelfth Night" at the American Repertory Theatre | ||
1971 | Appeared in stage productions with La Mama and the Public Theater between the ages of six and thirteen | |
1971 | Professional acting debut at age six in the La Mama production of "Medea" | |
1979 | Appeared on the cover of Time magazine (August 13 issue) | |
1979 | Feature acting debut as a precocious American child living in Paris in "A Little Romance" | |
1981 | Network TV-movie debut, "Child Bride of Short Creek" (NBC) | |
1982 | Had title role as a beauty contest winner in "Miss All-American" (CBS) | |
1983 | Cast by Francis Ford Coppola in "The Outsiders" and "Rumble Fish"; first screen collaborations with Matt Dillon | |
1984 | Portrayed rock singer Ellen Aim in the Walter Hill directed, "Streets of Fire" | |
1984 | Re-teamed with Coppola as the female lead in "The Cotton Club," opposite Richard Gere | |
1987 | Re-teamed with Dillon in "The Big Town" | |
1988 | First onscreen pairing with Christopher Lambert, "Love Dream" | |
1989 | Earned an Emmy nomination playing prositute Lorena Wood in the CBS miniseries "Lonesome Dove" | |
1990 | Portrayed a woman whose father may have had ties to the Nazis in the HBO drama "Descending Angel" | |
1992 | Portrayed Paulette Goddard in Richard Attenborough's biopic "Chaplin" | |
1992 | Re-teamed with then-husband Lambert in "Knight Moves" | |
1994 | Starred as the youthful incarnation of the title character in the CBS miniseries "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All" | |
1995 | Co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in the futuristic "Judge Dredd" | |
1995 | Played Stella Kowalski opposite Alec Baldwin's Stanley in the CBS remake of "A Streetcar Named Desire" | |
1995 | Re-teamed with director Walter Hill for the revisionist Western "Wild Bill" | |
1996 | Re-teamed with Coppola for "Jack" playing the mother of a boy (Robin Williams) who ages four times faster than normal | |
1997 | Co-starred as a competent Secret Service agent in "Murder at 1600" | |
1998 | Appeared opposite Gena Rowlands in the CBS adaptation of the Off-Broadway play "Grace & Glorie" | |
1999 | Had one of her best adult feature roles as a cheating wife in "A Walk on the Moon" | |
2000 | Played Mark Wahlberg's girlfriend in "The Perfect Storm" | |
2000 | Starred opposite Bill Pullman in the small screen remake of "The Virginia" | |
2001 | Co-starred in the thriller "The Glass House" as the guardian of a wealthy teen | |
2002 | Re-teamed on screen with Richard Gere in "Unfaithful" | |
2003 | Starred in the romantic feature, "Under the Tuscan Sun"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress | |
2005 | Co-starred with John Cusack in the romantic comedy, "Must Love Dogs" | |
2006 | Portrayed the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix (Bob Hoskins) in "Hollywoodland" | |
2007 | Played a junkie, trying to come clean for her teenage son in Griffin Dunne's "Fierce People" (filmed in 2004) | |
2008 | Played an FBI agent in the thriller, "Untraceable" | |
2008 | Re-teamed with Richard Gere for "Nights in Rodanthe"; based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks | |
2010 | Portrayed Penny Chenery, the owner of the first horse in twenty-five years to win the Triple Crown of Racing in "Secretariat" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie | |
2011 | Portrayed Pat Loud in the HBO film, "Cinema Verite," a fictionalized account of the production of "An American Family," a 1973 PBS documentary television series | |
Awards
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Lonesome Dove |
2000 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in A Walk on the Moon |
2002 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Unfaithful |
2002 | Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in Unfaithful |
2002 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Unfaithful |
2002 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in Unfaithful |
2002 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in Unfaithful |
2003 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Under the Tuscan Sun |
2003 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in Unfaithful |
2011 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Cinema Verite |
2011 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in Cinema Verite |
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in Cinema Verite |