Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Acting
Born Mar 28, 1948
From Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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

Filmography — Acting

I Care a Lot
6.6
2021

I Care a Lot

Jennifer Peterson

Edward Scissorhands
7.7
1990

Edward Scissorhands

Peg

Robots
6.5
2005

Robots

Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)

The Mule
6.9
2018

The Mule

Mary

Footloose
6.7
1984

Footloose

Vi Moore

Practical Magic
6.8
1998

Practical Magic

Aunt Jet

The Lost Boys
7.1
1987

The Lost Boys

Lucy Emerson

I Am Sam
7.6
2001

I Am Sam

Annie Cassell

Synecdoche, New York
7.5
2008

Synecdoche, New York

Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

The Birdcage
7.1
1996

The Birdcage

Louise Keeley

Sisters
6.0
2015

Sisters

Deana Ellis

The Horse Whisperer
6.9
1998

The Horse Whisperer

Diane Booker

Passengers
6.1
2008

Passengers

Toni

Parenthood
6.7
1989

Parenthood

Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

Hannah and Her Sisters
7.5
1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

Holly

The Big Year
6.0
2011

The Big Year

Brenda Harris

Rabbit Hole
6.7
2010

Rabbit Hole

Nat

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
7.0
2012

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Ms. Bernice Crudstaff

Apartment 7A
6.1
2024

Apartment 7A

Minnie Castevet

The Purple Rose of Cairo
7.4
1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Emma

Little Man Tate
6.6
1991

Little Man Tate

Jane Grierson

Dan in Real Life
6.6
2007

Dan in Real Life

Nana

My Father's Dragon
7.1
2022

My Father's Dragon

Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)

Radio Days
7.0
1987

Radio Days

Aunt Bea

Falling in Love
6.7
1984

Falling in Love

Isabelle

The Associate
6.2
1996

The Associate

Sally Dugan

Woody Allen: A Documentary
6.9
2011

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Self

The Scout
5.2
1994

The Scout

Doctor H. Aaron

2026

Practical Magic 2

Aunt Jet

Bullets Over Broadway
7.1
1994

Bullets Over Broadway

Helen Sinclair

Cookie
5.3
1989

Cookie

Lenore

Rage
3.5
2009

Rage

Miss Roth

Bright Lights, Big City
5.7
1988

Bright Lights, Big City

Mother

Drunks
2.7
1997

Drunks

Rachel

Let Them All Talk
5.6
2020

Let Them All Talk

Susan

Always at The Carlyle
6.7
2018

Always at The Carlyle

Self

The Humbling
5.1
2014

The Humbling

Carol

Darling Companion
5.0
2012

Darling Companion

Penny

Dedication
6.4
2007

Dedication

Carol

September
6.2
1987

September

Stephanie

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
6.5
2006

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Dito's Mother

It's My Turn
5.7
1980

It's My Turn

Gail

Category 6: Day of Destruction
6.3
2004

Category 6: Day of Destruction

Shirley Abbott

Independence Day
5.6
1983

Independence Day

Nancy Morgan

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
6.0
1982

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Julie Addison

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
6.1
1999

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Sarah McClellan

Cops & Robbersons
5.1
1994

Cops & Robbersons

Helen Robberson

Mother Courage

Diane

Five Nights in Maine
5.1
2016

Five Nights in Maine

Lucinda

The Blackwater Lightship
5.9
2004

The Blackwater Lightship

Lily

Thank You, Doctor Rey
5.0
2004

Thank You, Doctor Rey

Elisabeth Beaumont

Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

Paula

1.0
1983

The Face of Rage

Rebecca Hammil

Rasheeda Speaking
2015

Rasheeda Speaking

Ileen

The Making of Edward Scissorhands
8.0
1990

The Making of Edward Scissorhands

Self

Zalmen, or The Madness of God
1975

Zalmen, or The Madness of God

Nina

Out of Our Fathers' House
1978

Out of Our Fathers' House

Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

Non Compos Mentis

Scene Partners
2023

Scene Partners

Meryl Kowalski