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