Dianne Wiest
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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
Practical Magic 2 (2026)
as Aunt Jet
Practical Magic (1998)
as Aunt Jet
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
as Peg
The Lost Boys (1987)
as Lucy
Robots (2005)
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
The Mule (2018)
as Mary
I Care a Lot (2021)
as Jennifer Peterson
The Birdcage (1996)
as Louise Keeley
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
as Diane Booker
I Am Sam (2001)
as Annie Cassell
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
The Big Year (2011)
as Brenda Harris
Rabbit Hole (2010)
as Nat
My Father's Dragon (2022)
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
Footloose (1984)
as Vi Moore
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Apartment 7A (2024)
as Minnie Castevet
Dan in Real Life (2007)
as Nana
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
as Holly
Let Them All Talk (2020)
as Susan
Passengers (2008)
as Toni
Sisters (2015)
as Deana Ellis
Little Man Tate (1991)
as Jane Grierson
Parenthood (1989)
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Closing Night (2026)
as Diane
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
as Emma
Falling in Love (1984)
as Isabelle
Radio Days (1987)
as Aunt Bea
The Humbling (2014)
as Carol
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
as Dito's Mother
Darling Companion (2012)
as Penny
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
as Mother
The Associate (1996)
as Sally Dugan
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
as Helen Sinclair
Always at The Carlyle (2018)
as Self
The Scout (1994)
as Doctor H. Aaron
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
as Shirley Abbott
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
as Sarah McClellan
It's My Turn (1980)
as Gail
Cops & Robbersons (1994)
as Helen Robberson
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
as Julie Addison
Out of Our Fathers' House (1978)
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Five Nights in Maine (2016)
as Lucinda
Scene Partners (2023)
as Meryl Kowalski
September (1987)
as Stephanie
The Making of Edward Scissorhands (1990)
as Self
The Face of Rage (1983)
as Rebecca Hammil
Cookie (1989)
as Lenore
Drunks (1997)
as Rachel
Rasheeda Speaking (2015)
as Ileen
Independence Day (1983)
as Nancy Morgan
Dedication (2007)
as Carol
Not Afraid, Not Afraid (2001)
as Paula
Thank You, Doctor Rey (2003)
as Elisabeth Beaumont
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
as Lily
Rage (2009)
as Miss Roth
Zalmen, or The Madness of God (1975)
as Nina
This Old Love of Mine (—)
as Margo Bannon
Non Compos Mentis (—)
Actor