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