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