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{{ToneShort description|date=JulyFictional 2017}}{{Infoboxanimated television character}}

{{In-universe|date=October 2023}}{{Infobox character

| series = [[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]

| name = Lana Kane

| image = LanaKane.png

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Promotional image

| occupation = Intelligence agent<br>Head of Thethe Agency<br>Drug dealer (formerly)<br>Unlicensed private investigator (formerly)

| first = "[[Mole Hunt]]" (2009)<ref name="s1ratings">{{cite web|last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/01/27/archer-returns-for-season-2-heres-a-season-1-ratings-recap/80534|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140717235950/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/01/27/archer-returns-for-season-2-heres-a-season-1-ratings-recap/80534|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2014|title="Archer " Returns for Season 2, Here's a Season 1 Ratings Recap|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 27, 2010|access-date=January 27, 2010}}</ref>

| family = Lemuel Kane (father)<br>Claudette Kane (mother)<br>Unnamed sister▼

| last = ''[[Archer: Into the Cold]]'' (2023)

| spouse = Robert (ex-husband)▼

▲| family = {{ubl|Lemuel Kane (father)<br>|Claudette Kane (mother)<br>|Unnamed sister}}

| significant_other = [[Sterling Archer]] (ex-boyfriend)<br>Cyril Figgis (ex-boyfriend) <br>Joshua Gray (ex-boyfriend)▼

▲| spouse = Robert (ex-husband)

| children = Abbiejean Kane-Archer (daughter)▼

▲| significant_othersignificant_others = {{ubl|[[Sterling Archer]] (ex-boyfriend)<br>|Cyril Figgis (ex-boyfriend) <br>|Joshua Gray (ex-boyfriend)}}

| voice = [[Aisha Tyler]]▼

▲| children = Abbiejean "AJ" Kane-Archer (daughter)

| creator = [[Adam Reed]]▼

▲| voice = [[Aisha Tyler]]

▲| creator = [[Adam Reed]]

}}

'''Lana Anthony Kane''' is a [[fiction]]al [[Character (arts)|fictional character]] of the American [[adult animated]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]''. She is voicedCreated by [[AishaAdam TylerReed]]., Createdshe is voiced by [[AdamAisha ReedTyler]], sheand debuted in the series' [[pilot episode]], "[[Mole Hunt]]", on September 17, 2009.

For the first four seasons, sheLana is the top female special agent of the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), working at the agency's main headquartersa infictional [[New York City|New York]]-based duringintelligence theagency. [[ColdShe War]]serves rivalry withas the series' [[Sovietstraight Unionman|straight woman]]., Afterparticularly ISISto isher shutex-boyfriend downand byco-worker, theprotagonist [[FBISterling Archer]], Lanawhom takesshe ontypically newprovides rolesa assensible analbeit unlicensedshort-tempered P.Ifoil to. and''Archer'' later{{'s}} issubsequent imaginedyears insee variousher rolestake whileon Archerdifferent isoccupations inand apersonae coma,as includingthe asshow aexperiments nightclubwith singer/undercovernew treasury agentideas, ancharacter island princess,arcs and asself-contained a starship co-captainnarratives.

Lana has aspirations for advancement as a master spy and has considered positions offered by ODIN (Organization of Democratic Intelligence Networks), both at their international [[headquarters]] and as Regional Director for the [[Americas]], although her strong views often cause friction between her and her job.

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==Attributes==

===Background===

Lana was pushed to succeed as a child by her parents, both college professors. But she was so scared about going to science fairs that she puked in the vancar. Lana got her job as an ISIS agent during a protest at a local [[furrier]]. She was about to throw red paint on Malory Archer's new fur when Malory pointed her gun at Lana's forehead. The rest of the protesters fled, including Joshua Gray, but Lana was not intimidated. Malory, inspired by Lana's bravery, gave her a job. Three weeks later, she was on her first mission in [[Tunisia|Tunisia,]],"killing a different man," referencing that she restructured her priorities from being a college protester (sticking it to "the man") to who she is now.<ref name="pitts">{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09260/998599-67.stm|title=Preview: 'Archer' crude but clever|date=2009-11-17|author=Owen, Rob|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=2017-03-21}}</ref><ref name=bos>{{cite web|url=http://articles.boston.com/2010-01-14/ae/29294449_1_international-secret-intelligence-service-lana-kane-isis-chief-executive|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118083958/http://articles.boston.com/2010-01-14/ae/29294449_1_international-secret-intelligence-service-lana-kane-isis-chief-executive|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2013|title='Archer' is a sly, witty spy cartoon for adults|first=Matthew|last=Gilbert|work=[[Boston Globe]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=January 14, 2010|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref><ref name=EW>{{cite magazine|url=httphttps://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20577354,00.html2012/03/09/archer/|title=Archer (2012)|last=Tucker|first= Ken|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time, Inc.]]|date=March 9, 2012|access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref>

===Personality===

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For the beginning of Season 1, Lana has a relationship with Cyril Figgis, though she seems to question the relationship at times, considering Cyril to be "clingy" (so much so, she once commented to Malory, "Saran Wrap could take a lesson."). Despite that, she stays with him, until it becomes obvious that Cyril is insecure about their relationship, egged on by Pam and Carol, who suggest Lana is still sexually attracted to Archer. This causes Cyril to constantly follow her on missions, finally frustrating Lana to where she declares them "on a break." Cyril tries to propose to Lana to prove his trust in her, but he's forced to sacrifice the engagement ring for a jury-rigged device to save her. Later, their relationship goes south again when Lana finds out that Cyril, out of his insecurity, slept with several women at ISIS, causing her to supposedly sleep with other men at ISIS (in reality, she just has each of them pay $600 to say they did), and officially ends their relationship.

In Season 4, Lana, bothered by her involuntary streak of almost 18 months without sex, gives in to Cyril's persistence and resumes a "carefully planned out" relationship with him. This continues until in one episode, she and Archer pose as newlyweds for a stake-out, and Cyril is onceyet again made insecure by Pam and& CarolCheryl aboutthat herLana notwill fallingfall for Archer again, and shadows them, and though he ends up saving them, Lana finally has enough of Cyril's lack of trust and ends their relationship again, as well as his status as a possible "donor" for her.

===Others===

In addition to her relationships with Archer and Cyril, Lana has also had an office tryst with Pam, partially out of pity, since no one else in the office was willing to have sex with her. Lana only agreed to do so if Pam stays quiet during it, though not so Pam doesn't tell anyone, but so Lana can pretend Pam is [[Alex Karras]].

===Marriage===

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==External links==

* {{IMDb name|0199493}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170730225712/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0199493/ Lana Anthony Kane] on [[IMDb]]

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