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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Wiest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Interim D.A. Nora Lewi...
Law & Order
1990 · Nora Lewin
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Blacklist
2013 · Ruth Kipling
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Nora Lewin
Elsbeth
2024 · Reverend Mother Consta...
Mayor of Kingstown
2021 · Miriam McLusky
Great Performances
1971 · Elizabeth Gertrude Ste...
Only Murders in the Building
2021 · Lorraine
The Oscars
1953 · Self
In Treatment
2008 · Dr. Gina Toll
Life in Pieces
2015 · Joan Short
Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Peg
Robots
2005 · Mrs. Copperbottom (voi...
Practical Magic
1998 · Aunt Jet
The Mule
2018 · Mary
I Am Sam
2001 · Annie Cassell
The Lost Boys
1987 · Lucy Emerson
The 10th Kingdom
2000 · Evil Queen
Footloose
1984 · Vi Moore
The Birdcage
1996 · Louise Keeley
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Ellen Bascomb / Millic...
Practical Magic 2
2026 · Aunt Jet
I Care a Lot
2021 · Jennifer Peterson
Sisters
2015 · Deana Ellis
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Holly
The Horse Whisperer
1998 · Diane Booker
Dan in Real Life
2007 · Nana
Parenthood
1989 · Helen Buckman Lampkin...
Passengers
2008 · Toni
Apartment 7A
2024 · Minnie Castevet
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Lily
Little Man Tate
1991 · Jane Grierson
The Big Year
2011 · Brenda Harris
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006 · Dito's Mother
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Emma
My Father's Dragon
2022 · Iris the Rhinoceros (v...
Rabbit Hole
2010 · Nat
Bullets Over Broadway
1994 · Helen Sinclair
Falling in Love
1984 · Isabelle
Scene Partners
2023 · Meryl Kowalski
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 · Mother
Radio Days
1987 · Aunt Bea
The Scout
1994 · Doctor H. Aaron
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Self
Darling Companion
2012 · Penny
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004 · Shirley Abbott
The Associate
1996 · Sally Dugan
Let Them All Talk
2020 · Susan
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004 · Shirley Abbott, Secret...
September
1987 · Stephanie
Always at The Carlyle
2018 · Self
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982 · Julie Addison
Rasheeda Speaking
2015 · Ileen
Cops & Robbersons
1994 · Helen Robberson
The Humbling
2014 · Carol
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999 · Sarah McClellan
Cookie
1989 · Lenore
Dedication
2007 · Carol
Five Nights in Maine
2016 · Lucinda
The Blackwater Lightship
2004 · Lily
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2003 · Elisabeth Beaumont
Independence Day
1983 · Nancy Morgan
Drunks
1997 · Rachel
It's My Turn
1980 · Gail
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Self
Rage
2009 · Miss Roth
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001 · Paula
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978 · Elizabeth Gertrude Ste...
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
1975 · Nina