Dianne Wiest
Acting
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.
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moviePractical Magic 2
2026
Aunt Jet
movieApartment 7A
2024
Minnie Castevet
tvElsbeth
2024
Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
movieScene Partners
2023
Meryl Kowalski
movieMy Father's Dragon
2022
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
tvMayor of Kingstown
2021
Miriam McLusky
movieI Care a Lot
2021
Jennifer Peterson
movieSisters
2015
Deana Ellis
tvLife in Pieces
2015
Joan Short
tvThe Blacklist
2013
Ruth Kipling
movieThe Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
movieThe Big Year
2011
Brenda Harris
movieRage
2009
Miss Roth
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieSynecdoche, New York
2008
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
tvIn Treatment
2008
Dr. Gina Toll
movieDedication
2007
Carol
movieA Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006
Dito's Mother
movieRobots
2005
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
movieCategory 6: Day of Destruction
2004
Shirley Abbott
tvCategory 6: Day of Destruction
2004
Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
movieThank You, Doctor Rey
2003
Elisabeth Beaumont
movieI Am Sam
2001
Annie Cassell
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Nora Lewin
tvThe 10th Kingdom
2000
Evil Queen
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
movieThe Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
Sarah McClellan
moviePractical Magic
1998
Aunt Jet
movieThe Horse Whisperer
1998
Diane Booker
movieDrunks
1997
Rachel
movieThe Associate
1996
Sally Dugan
movieThe Birdcage
1996
Louise Keeley
movieBullets Over Broadway
1994
Helen Sinclair
movieThe Scout
1994
Doctor H. Aaron
movieCops & Robbersons
1994
Helen Robberson
movieLittle Man Tate
1991
Jane Grierson
tvLaw & Order
1990
Nora Lewin
movieCookie
1989
Lenore
movieParenthood
1989
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
movieSeptember
1987
Stephanie
movieThe Lost Boys
1987
Lucy Emerson
movieRadio Days
1987
Aunt Bea
movieFalling in Love
1984
Isabelle
movieFootloose
1984
Vi Moore
The Face of Rage
1983
Rebecca Hammil
movieIndependence Day
1983
Nancy Morgan
movieI'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
Julie Addison
movieOut of Our Fathers' House
1978
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
tvGreat Performances
1971
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
tvThe Oscars
1953
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