Dianne Wiest
Born
March 28, 1948 (age 77)
Birthplace
Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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).

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Movies

Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A
2024 ★ 6.1
Minnie Castevet
Scene Partners
Scene Partners
2023
Meryl Kowalski
My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon
2022 ★ 7.1
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
I Care a Lot
I Care a Lot
2021 ★ 6.6
Jennifer Peterson
Let Them All Talk
Let Them All Talk
2020 ★ 5.6
Susan
The Mule
The Mule
2018 ★ 6.9
Mary
Five Nights in Maine
Five Nights in Maine
2016 ★ 5.1
Lucinda
Sisters
Sisters
2015 ★ 6.0
Deana Ellis
Rasheeda Speaking
Rasheeda Speaking
2015
Ileen
The Humbling
The Humbling
2014 ★ 5.1
Carol
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 ★ 7.0
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
Darling Companion
Darling Companion
2012 ★ 5.0
Penny
The Big Year
The Big Year
2011 ★ 6.0
Brenda Harris
Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole
2010 ★ 6.7
Nat
Rage
Rage
2009 ★ 3.5
Miss Roth
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York
2008 ★ 7.5
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Passengers
Passengers
2008 ★ 6.1
Toni
Dan in Real Life
Dan in Real Life
2007 ★ 6.6
Nana
Dedication
Dedication
2007 ★ 6.3
Carol
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006 ★ 6.5
Dito's Mother
Robots
Robots
2005 ★ 6.5
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004 ★ 6.3
Shirley Abbott
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2004 ★ 5.0
Elisabeth Beaumont
The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship
2004 ★ 5.9
Lily
I Am Sam
I Am Sam
2001 ★ 7.6
Annie Cassell
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
Paula
Law and Order: Justice
Law and Order: Justice
1999
Nora Lewin
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999 ★ 6.1
Sarah McClellan
Practical Magic
Practical Magic
1998 ★ 6.8
Aunt Jet
The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer
1998 ★ 6.9
Diane Booker
Drunks
Drunks
1997 ★ 2.7
Rachel
The Associate
The Associate
1996 ★ 6.2
Sally Dugan
The Birdcage
The Birdcage
1996 ★ 7.0
Louise Keeley
Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway
1994 ★ 7.1
Helen Sinclair
The Scout
The Scout
1994 ★ 5.2
Doctor H. Aaron
Cops & Robbersons
Cops & Robbersons
1994 ★ 5.1
Helen Robberson
Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate
1991 ★ 6.5
Jane Grierson
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands
1990 ★ 7.7
Peg
Cookie
Cookie
1989 ★ 5.2
Lenore
Parenthood
Parenthood
1989 ★ 6.7
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 ★ 5.7
Mother
September
September
1987 ★ 6.2
Stephanie
The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys
1987 ★ 7.1
Lucy Emerson
Radio Days
Radio Days
1987 ★ 7.0
Aunt Bea
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 ★ 7.5
Holly
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 ★ 7.4
Emma
Falling in Love
Falling in Love
1984 ★ 6.7
Isabelle
Footloose
Footloose
1984 ★ 6.7
Vi Moore
The Face of Rage
The Face of Rage
1983 ★ 1.0
Rebecca Hammil
Independence Day
Independence Day
1983 ★ 5.5
Nancy Morgan
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982 ★ 6.0
Julie Addison
It's My Turn
It's My Turn
1980 ★ 5.7
Gail
Out of Our Fathers' House
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
1975
Nina
Mother Courage
Mother Courage

TV Series