Dianne Wiest
ActingDianne 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
I Care a Lot
Jennifer Peterson
Edward Scissorhands
Peg
Robots
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
The Mule
Mary
Footloose
Vi Moore
Practical Magic
Aunt Jet
The Lost Boys
Lucy Emerson
I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
The Birdcage
Louise Keeley
Filmography — Acting
I Care a Lot
Jennifer Peterson
Edward Scissorhands
Peg
Robots
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
The Mule
Mary
Footloose
Vi Moore
Practical Magic
Aunt Jet
The Lost Boys
Lucy Emerson
I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
The Birdcage
Louise Keeley
Sisters
Deana Ellis
The Horse Whisperer
Diane Booker
Passengers
Toni
Parenthood
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Hannah and Her Sisters
Holly
The Big Year
Brenda Harris
Rabbit Hole
Nat
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
Apartment 7A
Minnie Castevet
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Emma
Little Man Tate
Jane Grierson
Dan in Real Life
Nana
My Father's Dragon
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
Radio Days
Aunt Bea
Falling in Love
Isabelle
The Associate
Sally Dugan
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
The Scout
Doctor H. Aaron
Practical Magic 2
Aunt Jet
Bullets Over Broadway
Helen Sinclair
Cookie
Lenore
Rage
Miss Roth
Bright Lights, Big City
Mother
Drunks
Rachel
Let Them All Talk
Susan
Always at The Carlyle
Self
The Humbling
Carol
Darling Companion
Penny
Dedication
Carol
September
Stephanie
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito's Mother
It's My Turn
Gail
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott
Independence Day
Nancy Morgan
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Julie Addison
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Sarah McClellan
Cops & Robbersons
Helen Robberson
Mother Courage
Diane
Five Nights in Maine
Lucinda
The Blackwater Lightship
Lily
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Elisabeth Beaumont
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Paula
The Face of Rage
Rebecca Hammil
Rasheeda Speaking
Ileen
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Self
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Nina
Out of Our Fathers' House
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Non Compos Mentis
Scene Partners
Meryl Kowalski