Dianne Wiest
Acting
Born: March 28, 1948 (age 78) · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Highest Rated
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
Edward Scissorhands
1990
The Mule
2018
Robots
2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Blacklist
2013
I Care a Lot
2021
I Am Sam
2001
The Lost Boys
1987
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Footloose
1984
Practical Magic
1998
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Photos (2)
Movies (52)
Practical Magic
Aunt Jet
Edward Scissorhands
Peg
Robots
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
The Mule
Mary
Footloose
Vi Moore
I Care a Lot
Jennifer Peterson
The Lost Boys
Lucy Emerson
The Birdcage
Louise Keeley
The Horse Whisperer
Diane Booker
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Passengers
Toni
Sisters
Deana Ellis
Apartment 7A
Minnie Castevet
Hannah and Her Sisters
Holly
Rabbit Hole
Nat
Dan in Real Life
Nana
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Emma
Parenthood
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Little Man Tate
Jane Grierson
The Big Year
Brenda Harris
The Associate
Sally Dugan
Bullets Over Broadway
Helen Sinclair
My Father's Dragon
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
Let Them All Talk
Susan
Radio Days
Aunt Bea
Bright Lights, Big City
Mother
The Humbling
Carol
Darling Companion
Penny
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito's Mother
Falling in Love
Isabelle
Scene Partners
Meryl Kowalski
September
Stephanie
The Scout
Doctor H. Aaron
Cops & Robbersons
Helen Robberson
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott
Cookie
Lenore
It's My Turn
Gail
Drunks
Rachel
Dedication
Carol
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Elisabeth Beaumont
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Julie Addison
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Sarah McClellan
Independence Day
Nancy Morgan
Rasheeda Speaking
Ileen
Five Nights in Maine
Lucinda
Out of Our Fathers' House
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
The Blackwater Lightship
Lily
Rage
Miss Roth
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Nina
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Paula
TV Shows (14)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Interim D.A. Nora Lewin · 2 eps
Law & Order
Nora Lewin · 48 eps
The Blacklist
Ruth Kipling · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nora Lewin · 1 eps
Only Murders in the Building
Lorraine · 6 eps
Great Performances
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern · 1 eps
Elsbeth
Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot · 1 eps
Mayor of Kingstown
Miriam McLusky · 20 eps
In Treatment
Dr. Gina Toll · 16 eps
Life in Pieces
Joan Short · 79 eps
The 10th Kingdom
Evil Queen · 5 eps
The Return of Jezebel James
1 eps
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lily · 1 eps
