Dianne Wiest
Birthday
1948/03/28 (77 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also know as
Diane Wiest, دایان ویست
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, ...Read more
Acting
(1990) Edward Scissorhands
as Peg
(1998) The Horse Whisperer
as Diane Booker
(1987) The Lost Boys
as Lucy Emerson
(1989) Parenthood
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
(1984) Footloose
as Vi Moore
(2001) I Am Sam
as Annie Cassell
(1996) The Birdcage
as Louise Keeley
(2008) Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
(1986) Hannah and Her Sisters
as Holly
(1996) The Associate
as Sally Dugan
(1991) Little Man Tate
as Jane Grierson
(1998) Practical Magic
as Aunt Jet
(1994) Bullets Over Broadway
as Helen Sinclair
(1987) September
as Stephanie
(1987) Radio Days
as Aunt Bea
(2007) Dan in Real Life
as Nana
(2006) A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
as Dito's Mother
(2004) Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Shirley Abbott
(1994) Cops & Robbersons
as Helen Robberson
(2009) Rage
as Miss Roth
(2010) Rabbit Hole
as Nat
(1994) The Scout
as Doctor H. Aaron
(2008) Passengers
as Toni
(2004) Thank You, Doctor Rey
as Elisabeth Beaumont
(1983) The Face of Rage
as Rebecca Hammil
(1988) Bright Lights, Big City
as Mother
(2011) Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
(1984) Falling in Love
as Isabelle
(2012) The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
(2004) The Blackwater Lightship
as Lily
(2011) The Big Year
as Brenda Harris
(1999) The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Sarah McClellan
(1989) Cookie
as Lenore
(2012) Darling Companion
as Penny
(1982) I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Julie Addison
(1997) Drunks
as Rachel
(2022) My Father's Dragon
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
(1983) Independence Day
as Nancy Morgan
(1980) It's My Turn
as Gail
(2024) Apartment 7A
as Minnie Castevet
(2023) Scene Partners
as Meryl Kowalski
(1985) The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Emma
(2014) The Humbling
as Carol
(2018) Always at The Carlyle
as Self
(2016) Five Nights in Maine
as Lucinda
(2015) Sisters
as Deana Ellis
(2005) Robots
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
(2007) Dedication
as Carol
(2018) The Mule
as Mary
(2021) I Care a Lot
as Jennifer Peterson
(1978) Out of Our Fathers' House
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
(2020) Let Them All Talk
as Susan
(1975) Zalmen, or The Madness of God
as Nina
(1990) The Making of Edward Scissorhands
as Self
(2015) Rasheeda Speaking
as Ileen
(2001) Not Afraid, Not Afraid
as Paula
Mother Courage
as ---
(2026) Practical Magic 2
as Aunt Jet
(1999) Law and Order: Justice
as Nora Lewin
(2008) The Return of Jezebel James
as ---
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
(2021) Mayor of Kingstown
as Miriam McLusky
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lily
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nora Lewin
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2013) The Blacklist
as Ruth Kipling
(2015) Life in Pieces
as Joan Short
(2008) In Treatment
as Dr. Gina Toll
(2000) The 10th Kingdom
as Evil Queen
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1990) Law & Order
as Nora Lewin
(2004) Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
(1971) Great Performances
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
(2021) Only Murders in the Building
as Lorraine
(2024) Elsbeth
as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot