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).

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Filmography (75 Appearances)

Practical Magic 2

Upcoming (2026)

Closing Night

Upcoming (2026)

Non Compos Mentis

Apartment 7A

Elsbeth

Scene Partners

My Father's Dragon

Mayor of Kingstown

Only Murders in the Building

I Care a Lot

Let Them All Talk

The Mule

Always at The Carlyle

Five Nights in Maine

Sisters

Rasheeda Speaking

Life in Pieces

The Humbling

The Blacklist

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Darling Companion

Woody Allen: A Documentary

The Big Year

Rabbit Hole

Rage

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Synecdoche, New York

Passengers

The Return of Jezebel James

In Treatment

Dan in Real Life

Dedication

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Robots

Category 6: Day of Destruction

Category 6: Day of Destruction

The Blackwater Lightship

Thank You, Doctor Rey

I Am Sam

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

The 10th Kingdom

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Practical Magic

The Horse Whisperer

Drunks

The Associate

The Birdcage

Bullets Over Broadway

The Scout

Cops & Robbersons

Little Man Tate

The Making of Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

Law & Order

Cookie

Parenthood

Bright Lights, Big City

September

The Lost Boys

Radio Days

Hannah and Her Sisters

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Falling in Love

Footloose

The Face of Rage

Independence Day

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

It's My Turn

Out of Our Fathers' House

Zalmen, or The Madness of God

Great Performances

The Oscars

Hallmark Hall of Fame

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