Dianne Wiest
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.
75 acting credits
Acting · 75
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
The Blacklist
2013
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Mayor of Kingstown
2021
Great Performances
1971
Elsbeth
2024
In Treatment
2008
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Life in Pieces
2015
The Oscars
1953
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Robots
2005
The Lost Boys
1987
I Am Sam
2001
I Care a Lot
2021
The Mule
2018
Practical Magic
1998
The 10th Kingdom
2000
Parenthood
1989
The Birdcage
1996
Footloose
1984
The Horse Whisperer
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Sisters
2015
Passengers
2008
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Dan in Real Life
2007
Apartment 7A
2024
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
Practical Magic 2
2026
The Big Year
2011
Little Man Tate
1991
Falling in Love
1984
Rabbit Hole
2010
The Associate
1996
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
Radio Days
1987
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
My Father's Dragon
2022
Let Them All Talk
2020
Always at The Carlyle
2018
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
The Scout
1994
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
The Humbling
2014
Cops & Robbersons
1994
September
1987
Dedication
2007
Rage
2009
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
Darling Companion
2012
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
Drunks
1997
Five Nights in Maine
2016
It's My Turn
1980
Independence Day
1983
The Face of Rage
1983
The Blackwater Lightship
2004
Cookie
1989
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2003
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990
Rasheeda Speaking
2015
Mother Courage
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Non Compos Mentis
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Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
Scene Partners
2023
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
1975