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 (54)
Practical Magic 2
Jet
Edward Scissorhands
Peg
Practical Magic
Aunt Jet
Robots
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
The Lost Boys
Lucy
Dan in Real Life
Nana
The Big Year
Brenda Harris
Apartment 7A
Minnie Castevet
Parenthood
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
I Care a Lot
Jennifer Peterson
The Horse Whisperer
Diane Booker
The Mule
Mary
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
The Birdcage
Louise Keeley
Hannah and Her Sisters
Holly
Rabbit Hole
Nat
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito's Mother
Sisters
Deana Ellis
My Father's Dragon
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
Footloose
Vi Moore
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Emma
Bright Lights, Big City
Mother
September
Stephanie
Bullets Over Broadway
Helen Sinclair
Let Them All Talk
Susan
Little Man Tate
Jane Grierson
The Associate
Sally Dugan
Falling in Love
Isabelle
The Scout
Doctor H. Aaron
Passengers
Toni
The Humbling
Carol
Cops & Robbersons
Helen Robberson
Radio Days
Aunt Bea
Darling Companion
Penny
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Elisabeth Beaumont
Cookie
Lenore
It's My Turn
Gail
Closing Night
Diane
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Sarah McClellan
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott
Dedication
Carol
Scene Partners
Meryl Kowalski
Five Nights in Maine
Lucinda
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Julie Addison
Independence Day
Nancy Morgan
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Paula
Out of Our Fathers' House
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
The Blackwater Lightship
Lily
Rage
Miss Roth
Rasheeda Speaking
Ileen
Drunks
Rachel
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Nina
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
Mayor of Kingstown
Miriam McLusky · 20 eps
Great Performances
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern · 1 eps
Elsbeth
Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot · 1 eps
In Treatment
Dr. Gina Toll · 16 eps
Life in Pieces
Joan Short · 79 eps
The 10th Kingdom
Evil Queen · 5 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lily · 1 eps
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy · 2 eps
The Return of Jezebel James
1 eps
