Dianne Wiest

Biography

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Blacklist

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Mayor of Kingstown

In Treatment

Great Performances

All Movies (59)

• Practical Magic 22026 · as Aunt Jet
• Apartment 7A2024 · as Minnie Castevet
• Scene Partners2023 · as Meryl Kowalski
• My Father's Dragon2022 · as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
• I Care a Lot2021 · as Jennifer Peterson
• Let Them All Talk2020 · as Susan
• The Mule2018 · as Mary
• Always at The Carlyle2018 · as Self
• Five Nights in Maine2016 · as Lucinda
• Sisters2015 · as Deana Ellis
• Rasheeda Speaking2015 · as Ileen
• The Humbling2014 · as Carol
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green2012 · as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
• Darling Companion2012 · as Penny
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• The Big Year2011 · as Brenda Harris
• Rabbit Hole2010 · as Nat
• Rage2009 · as Miss Roth
• Synecdoche, New York2008 · as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
• Passengers2008 · as Toni
• Dan in Real Life2007 · as Nana
• Dedication2007 · as Carol
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints2006 · as Dito's Mother
• Robots2005 · as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
• Category 6: Day of Destruction2004 · as Shirley Abbott
• The Blackwater Lightship2004 · as Lily
• Thank You, Doctor Rey2003 · as Elisabeth Beaumont
• I Am Sam2001 · as Annie Cassell
• Not Afraid, Not Afraid2001 · as Paula
• The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn1999 · as Sarah McClellan
• Practical Magic1998 · as Aunt Jet
• The Horse Whisperer1998 · as Diane Booker
• Drunks1997 · as Rachel
• The Associate1996 · as Sally Dugan
• The Birdcage1996 · as Louise Keeley
• Bullets Over Broadway1994 · as Helen Sinclair
• The Scout1994 · as Doctor H. Aaron
• Cops & Robbersons1994 · as Helen Robberson
• Little Man Tate1991 · as Jane Grierson
• The Making of Edward Scissorhands1990 · as Self
• Edward Scissorhands1990 · as Peg
• Cookie1989 · as Lenore
• Parenthood1989 · as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
• Bright Lights, Big City1988 · as Mother
• September1987 · as Stephanie
• The Lost Boys1987 · as Lucy Emerson
• Radio Days1987 · as Aunt Bea
• Hannah and Her Sisters1986 · as Holly
• The Purple Rose of Cairo1985 · as Emma
• Falling in Love1984 · as Isabelle
• Footloose1984 · as Vi Moore
• The Face of Rage1983 · as Rebecca Hammil
• Independence Day1983 · as Nancy Morgan
• I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1982 · as Julie Addison
• It's My Turn1980 · as Gail
• Out of Our Fathers' House1978 · as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
• Zalmen, or The Madness of God1975 · as Nina
• Mother Courage— · as Diane
• Non Compos Mentis—

All TV Shows (16)

• Elsbeth2024 · as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
• Mayor of Kingstown2021 · as Miriam McLusky
• Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Lorraine
• Life in Pieces2015 · as Joan Short
• The Blacklist2013 · as Ruth Kipling
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Return of Jezebel James2008
• In Treatment2008 · as Dr. Gina Toll
• Category 6: Day of Destruction2004 · as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Nora Lewin
• The 10th Kingdom2000 · as Evil Queen
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
• Law & Order1990 · as Nora Lewin
• Great Performances1971 · as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Lily