Dianne Wiest
Biography
Dianne Evelyn Wiest (/wiːst/; born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1994's Bullets Over Broadway (both directed by Woody Allen), one Golden Globe Award for Bullets Over Broadway, the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Road to Avonlea, and the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for In Treatment. In addition, she was nominated for an Academy Award for 1989's Parenthood. Other film appearances by Wiest include Footloose (1984), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Radio Days (1987), and September (1987), The Lost Boys (1987), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Little Man Tate (1991), The Birdcage (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Dan in Real Life (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), The Mule (2018), Let Them All Talk (2020), and I Care a Lot (2020). She also appeared in the television series Law & Order (2000–2002) and the CBS comedy Life in Pieces(2015–2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Wiest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Peg
Edward Scissorhands
Diane Booker
The Horse Whisperer
Lucy Emerson
The Lost Boys
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Parenthood
Vi Moore
Footloose
Annie Cassell
I Am Sam
Louise Keeley
The Birdcage
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Synecdoche, New York
Holly
Hannah and Her Sisters
Sally Dugan
The Associate
Jane Grierson
Little Man Tate
Aunt Jet
Practical Magic
Helen Sinclair
Bullets Over Broadway
Stephanie
September
Aunt Bea
Radio Days
Nana
Dan in Real Life
Dito's Mother
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Shirley Abbott
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Helen Robberson
Cops & Robbersons
Miss Roth
Rage
Nat
Rabbit Hole
Doctor H. Aaron
The Scout
Toni
Passengers
Elisabeth Beaumont
Merci Docteur Rey
Rebecca Hammil
The Face of Rage
Mother
Bright Lights, Big City
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Isabelle
Falling in Love
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Lily
The Blackwater Lightship
Brenda Harris
The Big Year
Sarah McClellan
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Lenore
Cookie
Penny
Darling Companion
Julie Addison
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Rachel
Drunks
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
My Father's Dragon
Nancy Morgan
Independence Day
Gail
It's My Turn
Minnie Castevet
Apartment 7A
Meryl Kowalski
Scene Partners
Emma
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Carol
The Humbling
Self
Always at The Carlyle
Lucinda
Five Nights in Maine
Deana Ellis
Sisters
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Robots
Carol
Dedication
Mary
The Mule
Jennifer Peterson
I Care a Lot
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Out of Our Fathers' House
Susan
Let Them All Talk
Nina
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Self
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Ileen
Rasheeda Speaking
Paula
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Mother Courage
Aunt Jet
Practical Magic 2
Nora Lewin
Law and Order: Justice
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
59
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-03-28
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Diane Wiest