Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest
Diane Wiest, دایان ویست, Dianne Evelyn 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.

Biography

Birthday: 28/03/1948
Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Acting

Year Title Role Rating
2026
Practical Magic 2
Jet
7.2 / 10
2026
Closing Night
Diane
10 / 10
2024
Elsbeth
Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
6.679 / 10
2024
Apartment 7A
Minnie Castevet
6.103 / 10
2023
Scene Partners
Meryl Kowalski
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2022
My Father's Dragon
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
7 / 10
2021
Mayor of Kingstown
Miriam McLusky
7.962 / 10
2021
Only Murders in the Building
Lorraine
8.398 / 10
2021
I Care a Lot
Jennifer Peterson
6.574 / 10
2020
Let Them All Talk
Susan
5.581 / 10
2018
The Mule
Mary
6.874 / 10
2016
Five Nights in Maine
Lucinda
5.1 / 10
2015
Life in Pieces
Joan Short
7.2 / 10
2015
Sisters
Deana Ellis
5.958 / 10
2015
Rasheeda Speaking
Ileen
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2014
The Humbling
Carol
5.1 / 10
2013
The Blacklist
Ruth Kipling
7.6 / 10
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
7.012 / 10
2012
Darling Companion
Penny
5 / 10
2011
The Big Year
Brenda Harris
6 / 10
2010
Rabbit Hole
Nat
6.638 / 10
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
4.9 / 10
2009
Rage
Miss Roth
3.5 / 10
2008
In Treatment
Dr. Gina Toll
7.7 / 10
2008
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
7.513 / 10
2008
Passengers
Toni
6.138 / 10
2008
The Return of Jezebel James
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5.5 / 10
2007
Dan in Real Life
Nana
6.579 / 10
2007
Dedication
Carol
6.4 / 10
2006
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito's Mother
6.5 / 10
2005
Robots
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
6.512 / 10
2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
9.2 / 10
2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott
6.3 / 10
2004
The Blackwater Lightship
Lily
6.1 / 10
2003
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Elisabeth Beaumont
5.5 / 10
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nora Lewin
7.599 / 10
2001
I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
7.563 / 10
2001
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Paula
8 / 10
2000
The 10th Kingdom
Evil Queen
7.6 / 10
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
7.961 / 10
1999
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Sarah McClellan
6.2 / 10
1998
Practical Magic
Aunt Jet
6.838 / 10
1998
The Horse Whisperer
Diane Booker
6.9 / 10
1997
Drunks
Rachel
3.2 / 10
1996
The Birdcage
Louise Keeley
7.048 / 10
1996
The Associate
Sally Dugan
6.2 / 10
1994
Bullets Over Broadway
Helen Sinclair
7.1 / 10
1994
The Scout
Doctor H. Aaron
5.238 / 10
1994
Cops & Robbersons
Helen Robberson
5.2 / 10
1991
Little Man Tate
Jane Grierson
6.597 / 10
1990
Law & Order
Nora Lewin
7.275 / 10
1990
Edward Scissorhands
Peg
7.7 / 10
1989
Parenthood
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
6.651 / 10
1989
Cookie
Lenore
5.6 / 10
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
Mother
5.7 / 10
1987
The Lost Boys
Lucy
7.124 / 10
1987
Radio Days
Aunt Bea
7 / 10
1987
September
Stephanie
6.2 / 10
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Holly
7.5 / 10
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Emma
7.4 / 10
1984
Footloose
Vi Moore
6.698 / 10
1984
Falling in Love
Isabelle
6.6 / 10
1983
Independence Day
Nancy Morgan
5.9 / 10
1983
The Face of Rage
Rebecca Hammil
5 / 10
1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Julie Addison
7 / 10
1980
It's My Turn
Gail
5.8 / 10
1978
Out of Our Fathers' House
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
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1975
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Nina
9 / 10
1971
Great Performances
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
6.1 / 10
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lily
8.8 / 10
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Non Compos Mentis
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This Old Love of Mine
Margo Bannon
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