Dianne Wiest

Acting

Dianne Wiest

Born March 28, 1948Kansas City, Missouri, USA 75 credits

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

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2026Practical Magic 2
as Aunt JetMovie
Apartment 7A
2024Apartment 7A
as Minnie CastevetMovie
Elsbeth
2024Elsbeth
as Reverend Mother Constance Mary CabotTV
Scene Partners
2023Scene Partners
as Meryl KowalskiMovie
My Father's Dragon
2022My Father's Dragon
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)Movie
Mayor of Kingstown
2021Mayor of Kingstown
as Miriam McLuskyTV
I Care a Lot
2021I Care a Lot
as Jennifer PetersonMovie
The Mule
2018The Mule
as MaryMovie
Sisters
2015Sisters
as Deana EllisMovie
Life in Pieces
2015Life in Pieces
as Joan ShortTV
The Humbling
2014The Humbling
as CarolMovie
The Blacklist
2013The Blacklist
as Ruth KiplingTV
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Ms. Bernice CrudstaffMovie
The Big Year
2011The Big Year
as Brenda HarrisMovie
Rabbit Hole
2010Rabbit Hole
as NatMovie
Rage
2009Rage
as Miss RothMovie
Synecdoche, New York
2008Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent WeemsMovie
Passengers
2008Passengers
as ToniMovie
In Treatment
2008In Treatment
as Dr. Gina TollTV
Dedication
2007Dedication
as CarolMovie
Robots
2005Robots
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)Movie
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of EnergyTV
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2004Thank You, Doctor Rey
as Elisabeth BeaumontMovie
I Am Sam
2001I Am Sam
as Annie CassellMovie
The 10th Kingdom
2000The 10th Kingdom
as Evil QueenTV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Interim D.A. Nora LewinTV
Practical Magic
1998Practical Magic
as Aunt JetMovie
The Horse Whisperer
1998The Horse Whisperer
as Diane BookerMovie
Drunks
1997Drunks
as RachelMovie
The Associate
1996The Associate
as Sally DuganMovie
The Birdcage
1996The Birdcage
as Louise KeeleyMovie
Bullets Over Broadway
1994Bullets Over Broadway
as Helen SinclairMovie
The Scout
1994The Scout
as Doctor H. AaronMovie
Cops & Robbersons
1994Cops & Robbersons
as Helen RobbersonMovie
Little Man Tate
1991Little Man Tate
as Jane GriersonMovie
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Nora LewinTV
Cookie
1989Cookie
as LenoreMovie
Parenthood
1989Parenthood
as Helen Buckman Lampkin BowmanMovie
September
1987September
as StephanieMovie
The Lost Boys
1987The Lost Boys
as Lucy EmersonMovie
Radio Days
1987Radio Days
as Aunt BeaMovie
Falling in Love
1984Falling in Love
as IsabelleMovie
Footloose
1984Footloose
as Vi MooreMovie
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1983The Face of Rage
as Rebecca HammilMovie
Independence Day
1983Independence Day
as Nancy MorganMovie
It's My Turn
1980It's My Turn
as GailMovie
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978Out of Our Fathers' House
as Elizabeth Gertrude SternMovie
Great Performances
1971Great Performances
as Elizabeth Gertrude SternTV
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Mother Courage
as DianeMovie