Born 1948 (age 78) · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Appears in 75 titles

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.

Filmography

Edward Scissorhands
7.7
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Peg
The Mule
6.9
The Mule
2018
as Mary
Robots
6.5
Robots
2005
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
I Care a Lot
6.6
I Care a Lot
2021
as Jennifer Peterson
I Am Sam
7.6
I Am Sam
2001
as Annie Cassell
The Lost Boys
7.1
The Lost Boys
1987
as Lucy Emerson
Footloose
6.7
Footloose
1984
as Vi Moore
Practical Magic
6.8
Practical Magic
1998
as Aunt Jet
Synecdoche, New York
7.5
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Sisters
6.0
Sisters
2015
as Deana Ellis
The Birdcage
7.1
The Birdcage
1996
as Louise Keeley
Dan in Real Life
6.6
Dan in Real Life
2007
as Nana
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
7.0
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
The Horse Whisperer
6.9
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Diane Booker
Hannah and Her Sisters
7.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Holly
The Purple Rose of Cairo
7.4
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Emma
Passengers
6.1
Passengers
2008
as Toni
The Big Year
6.0
The Big Year
2011
as Brenda Harris
Parenthood
6.7
Parenthood
1989
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Bullets Over Broadway
7.1
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as Helen Sinclair