Dianne Wiest
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Non Compos Mentis
Non Compos Mentis TBA
Actor
- This Old Love of Mine
This Old Love of Mine TBA
as Margo Bannon
Closing Night 2026
as Diane
Practical Magic 2 2026
as Jet
Apartment 7A 2024
as Minnie Castevet
Scene Partners 2023
as Meryl Kowalski
My Father's Dragon 2022
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
I Care a Lot 2021
as Jennifer Peterson
Let Them All Talk 2020
as Susan
The Mule 2018
as Mary
Always at The Carlyle 2018
as Self
Five Nights in Maine 2016
as Lucinda
Sisters 2015
as Deana Ellis
Rasheeda Speaking 2015
as Ileen
The Humbling 2014
as Carol
The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
Darling Companion 2012
as Penny
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011
as Self
The Big Year 2011
as Brenda Harris
Rabbit Hole 2010
as Nat
Rage 2009
as Miss Roth
Synecdoche, New York 2008
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Passengers 2008
as Toni
Dan in Real Life 2007
as Nana
Dedication 2007
as Carol
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2006
as Dito's Mother
Robots 2005
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Category 6: Day of Destruction 2004
as Shirley Abbott
The Blackwater Lightship 2004
as Lily
Thank You, Doctor Rey 2003
as Elisabeth Beaumont
I Am Sam 2001
as Annie Cassell
Not Afraid, Not Afraid 2001
as Paula
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn 1999
as Sarah McClellan
Practical Magic 1998
as Aunt Jet
The Horse Whisperer 1998
as Diane Booker
Drunks 1997
as Rachel
The Associate 1996
as Sally Dugan
The Birdcage 1996
as Louise Keeley
Bullets Over Broadway 1994
as Helen Sinclair
The Scout 1994
as Doctor H. Aaron
Cops & Robbersons 1994
as Helen Robberson
Little Man Tate 1991
as Jane Grierson
The Making of Edward Scissorhands 1990
as Self
Edward Scissorhands 1990
as Peg
Cookie 1989
as Lenore
Parenthood 1989
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Bright Lights, Big City 1988
as Mother
September 1987
as Stephanie
The Lost Boys 1987
as Lucy
Radio Days 1987
as Aunt Bea
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
as Holly
The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985
as Emma
Falling in Love 1984
as Isabelle
Footloose 1984
as Vi Moore
- The Face of Rage
The Face of Rage 1983
as Rebecca Hammil
Independence Day 1983
as Nancy Morgan
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can 1982
as Julie Addison
It's My Turn 1980
as Gail
Out of Our Fathers' House 1978
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Zalmen, or The Madness of God 1975
as Nina
Credits from TMDB.