
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).
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Filmography
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Closing Night
2026
as Diane

Practical Magic 2
2026
as Aunt 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