Actor

Dianne Wiest

Born 28 March 1948 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026Closing NightDiane
  2. 2026Practical Magic 22h 10mJet
  3. 2024Apartment 7A1h 44mMinnie Castevet
  4. 2023Scene Partners1h 50mMeryl Kowalski
  5. 2022My Father's Dragon1h 39mIris the Rhinoceros (voice)
  6. 2021I Care a Lot1h 59mJennifer Peterson
  7. 2020Let Them All Talk1h 53mSusan
  8. 2018The Mule1h 56mMary
  9. 2016Five Nights in Maine1h 22mLucinda
  10. 2015Life in Pieces4 seasonsJoan Short
  11. 2015Rasheeda Speaking1h 45mIleen
  12. 2015Sisters1h 58mDeana Ellis
  13. 2014The Humbling1h 52mCarol
  14. 2012Darling Companion1h 43mPenny
  15. 2012The Odd Life of Timothy Green1h 45mMs. Bernice Crudstaff
  16. 2011The Big Year1h 42mBrenda Harris
  17. 2010Rabbit Hole1h 31mNat
  18. 2009Rage1h 38mMiss Roth
  19. 2008Passengers1h 33mToni
  20. 2008Synecdoche, New York2h 4mEllen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
  21. 2007Dedication1h 35mCarol
  22. 2007Dan in Real Life1h 38mNana
  23. 2006A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints1h 44mDito's Mother
  24. 2005Robots1h 30mMrs. Copperbottom (voice)
  25. 2004The Blackwater Lightship1h 38mLily
  26. 2004Category 6: Day of Destruction1 seasonShirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
  27. 2004Category 6: Day of Destruction2h 55mShirley Abbott
  28. 2003Thank You, Doctor Rey1h 31mElisabeth Beaumont
  29. 2001I Am Sam2h 12mAnnie Cassell
  30. 2001Not Afraid, Not Afraid1h 26mPaula
  31. 2000The 10th Kingdom1 seasonEvil Queen
  32. 1999The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn1h 25mSarah McClellan
  33. 1998Practical Magic1h 44mAunt Jet
  34. 1998The Horse Whisperer2h 49mDiane Booker
  35. 1997Drunks1h 30mRachel
  36. 1996The Associate1h 54mSally Dugan
  37. 1996The Birdcage1h 59mLouise Keeley
  38. 1994Cops & Robbersons1h 33mHelen Robberson
  39. 1994Bullets Over Broadway1h 38mHelen Sinclair
  40. 1994The Scout1h 41mDoctor H. Aaron
  41. 1991Little Man Tate1h 39mJane Grierson
  42. 1990Edward Scissorhands1h 45mPeg
  43. 1990The Making of Edward Scissorhands4mSelf
  44. 1989Cookie1h 34mLenore
  45. 1989Parenthood2h 4mHelen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
  46. 1988Bright Lights, Big City1h 47mMother
  47. 1987September1h 23mStephanie
  48. 1987The Lost Boys1h 37mLucy Emerson
  49. 1987Radio Days1h 29mAunt Bea
  50. 1986Hannah and Her Sisters1h 47mHolly
  51. 1985The Purple Rose of Cairo1h 22mEmma
  52. 1984Footloose1h 47mVi Moore
  53. 1984Falling in Love1h 46mIsabelle
  54. 1983The Face of Rage1h 40mRebecca Hammil
  55. 1983Independence Day1h 50mNancy Morgan
  56. 1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1h 47mJulie Addison
  57. 1980It's My Turn1h 31mGail
  58. 1978Out of Our Fathers' House59mElizabeth Gertrude Stern
  59. 1975Zalmen, or The Madness of God2hNina
  60. This Old Love of MineMargo Bannon
  61. Non Compos Mentis