Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Born 1948-03-28 (age 78) Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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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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Known For

Edward Scissorhands
Robots
Robots

2005

as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)

Practical Magic
Practical Magic

1998

as Aunt Jet

I Am Sam
I Am Sam

2001

as Annie Cassell

The Birdcage
The Birdcage

1996

as Louise Keeley

Footloose
Footloose

1984

as Vi Moore

The Mule
The Mule

2018

as Mary

I Care a Lot
I Care a Lot

2021

as Jennifer Peterson

The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys

1987

as Lucy Emerson

The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer

1998

as Diane Booker

Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York

2008

as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

Passengers
Passengers

2008

as Toni

Sisters
Sisters

2015

as Deana Ellis

Parenthood
Parenthood

1989

as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

Practical Magic 2
Practical Magic 2

2026

as Aunt Jet

The Scout
The Scout

1994

as Doctor H. Aaron

Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A

2024

as Minnie Castevet

Radio Days
Radio Days

1987

as Aunt Bea

Falling in Love
Falling in Love

1984

as Isabelle

The Associate
The Associate

1996

as Sally Dugan