Dianne Wiest
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
Credits
- 2026 · Practical Magic 2 as Aunt Jet
- 2024 · Elsbeth as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
- 2021 · Mayor of Kingstown as Miriam McLusky
- 2021 · Only Murders in the Building as Lorraine
- 2021 · I Care a Lot as Jennifer Peterson
- 2018 · The Mule as Mary
- 2015 · Sisters as Deana Ellis
- 2015 · Life in Pieces as Joan Short
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Ruth Kipling
- 2012 · The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
- 2011 · The Big Year as Brenda Harris
- 2010 · Rabbit Hole as Nat
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Synecdoche, New York as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
- 2008 · Passengers as Toni
- 2008 · In Treatment as Dr. Gina Toll
- 2007 · Dan in Real Life as Nana
- 2005 · Robots as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Annie Cassell
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nora Lewin
- 2000 · The 10th Kingdom as Evil Queen
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Aunt Jet
- 1998 · The Horse Whisperer as Diane Booker
- 1996 · The Birdcage as Louise Keeley
- 1991 · Little Man Tate as Jane Grierson
- 1990 · Edward Scissorhands as Peg
- 1990 · Law & Order as Nora Lewin
- 1989 · Parenthood as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
- 1987 · The Lost Boys as Lucy Emerson
- 1986 · Hannah and Her Sisters as Holly
- 1985 · The Purple Rose of Cairo as Emma
- 1984 · Falling in Love as Isabelle
- 1984 · Footloose as Vi Moore
- 1971 · Great Performances as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lily
- Future · Mother Courage as Diane
- 2024 · Apartment 7A as Minnie Castevet
- 2023 · Scene Partners as Meryl Kowalski
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
- 2020 · Let Them All Talk as Susan
- 2018 · Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2016 · Five Nights in Maine as Lucinda
- 2015 · Rasheeda Speaking as Ileen
- 2014 · The Humbling as Carol
- 2012 · Darling Companion as Penny
- 2011 · Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2009 · Rage as Miss Roth
- 2008 · The Return of Jezebel James as
- 2007 · Dedication as Carol
- 2006 · A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Dito's Mother
- 2004 · Category 6: Day of Destruction as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
- 2004 · Category 6: Day of Destruction as Shirley Abbott
- 2004 · The Blackwater Lightship as Lily
- 2003 · Thank You, Doctor Rey as Elisabeth Beaumont
- 2001 · Not Afraid, Not Afraid as Paula
- 1999 · The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn as Sarah McClellan
- 1997 · Drunks as Rachel
- 1996 · The Associate as Sally Dugan
- 1994 · Bullets Over Broadway as Helen Sinclair
- 1994 · The Scout as Doctor H. Aaron
- 1994 · Cops & Robbersons as Helen Robberson
- 1990 · The Making of Edward Scissorhands as Self
- 1989 · Cookie as Lenore
- 1988 · Bright Lights, Big City as Mother
- 1987 · September as Stephanie
- 1987 · Radio Days as Aunt Bea
- 1983 · The Face of Rage as Rebecca Hammil
- 1983 · Independence Day as Nancy Morgan
- 1982 · I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Julie Addison
- 1980 · It's My Turn as Gail
- Future · Non Compos Mentis as
- 1978 · Out of Our Fathers' House as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
- 1975 · Zalmen, or The Madness of God as Nina




