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