Dianne Wiest
Known for Acting · 75 credits
- Born
- 1948-03-28 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Diane Wiest · دایان ویست · Dianne Evelyn 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).
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Known For
TV Shows (16)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
Law & Order
1990
as Nora Lewin
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Blacklist
2013
as Ruth Kipling
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Nora Lewin
Elsbeth
2024
as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
Great Performances
1971
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Mayor of Kingstown
2021
as Miriam McLusky
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Lorraine
In Treatment
2008
as Dr. Gina Toll
Life in Pieces
2015
as Joan Short
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The 10th Kingdom
2000
as Evil Queen
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lily
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
Movies (59)
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Peg
Robots
2005
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Practical Magic
1998
as Aunt Jet
The Lost Boys
1987
as Lucy Emerson
The Mule
2018
as Mary
Footloose
1984
as Vi Moore
The Birdcage
1996
as Louise Keeley
I Am Sam
2001
as Annie Cassell
Scene Partners
2023
as Meryl Kowalski
Practical Magic 2
2026
as Aunt Jet
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Diane Booker
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Holly
I Care a Lot
2021
as Jennifer Peterson
Sisters
2015
as Deana Ellis
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
Dan in Real Life
2007
as Nana
The Big Year
2011
as Brenda Harris
Rabbit Hole
2010
as Nat
Passengers
2008
as Toni
Apartment 7A
2024
as Minnie Castevet
Mother Courage
as Diane
Parenthood
1989
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Little Man Tate
1991
as Jane Grierson
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Emma
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
Falling in Love
1984
as Isabelle
Darling Companion
2012
as Penny
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as Helen Sinclair
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
as Mother
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
Rasheeda Speaking
2015
as Ileen
Cops & Robbersons
1994
as Helen Robberson
The Humbling
2014
as Carol
Radio Days
1987
as Aunt Bea
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006
as Dito's Mother
The Associate
1996
as Sally Dugan
Let Them All Talk
2020
as Susan
The Scout
1994
as Doctor H. Aaron
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
as Julie Addison
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2003
as Elisabeth Beaumont
Five Nights in Maine
2016
as Lucinda
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Shirley Abbott
Cookie
1989
as Lenore
It's My Turn
1980
as Gail
September
1987
as Stephanie
Non Compos Mentis
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Self
The Face of Rage
1983
as Rebecca Hammil
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
as Paula
Independence Day
1983
as Nancy Morgan
Drunks
1997
as Rachel
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
as Sarah McClellan
Rage
2009
as Miss Roth
Dedication
2007
as Carol
The Blackwater Lightship
2004
as Lily
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
1975
as Nina
About Dianne Wiest
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… With 75 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Dianne Wiest has appeared in 59 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Edward Scissorhands (1990) — as Peg
- Robots (2005) — as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
- Practical Magic (1998) — as Aunt Jet
- The Lost Boys (1987) — as Lucy Emerson
- The Mule (2018) — as Mary
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