Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall; January 5, 1946) is an American film (Cinema of the United States) actor, director (film director), and producer (film producer). Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam (Play It Again, Sam (1972 film)) in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (Sleeper (film)) (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor. Her fourth, Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Keaton subsequently expanded her range to avoid becoming typecast as her Annie Hall persona. She became an accomplished dramatic performer, starting in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)) (1977) and received Academy Award nominations for Reds (Reds (film)) (1981) and Marvins Room (Marvins Room (film)) (1996). Some of her popular later films include Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (Father of the Bride (1991 film)) (1991), The First Wives Club (1996), Somethings Gotta Give (Somethings Gotta Give (film)) (2003) and The Family Stone (2005). Films Keaton has been in have earned a cumulative gross of over USD (United States dollar)$1.1 billion (1000000000 (number)) in North America. In addition to acting, she is also a photographer (photography), real estate developer, and occasional singer.