C
Closing Night
as Diane
2026
D
Dianne Wiest
Also known as Diane Wiest, دایان ویست, Dianne Evelyn Wiest
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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Full filmography
2024
A
Apartment 7A
as Minnie Castevet
2024
2023
S
Scene Partners
as Meryl Kowalski
2023
2022
M
My Father's Dragon
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
2022
2021
I
I Care a Lot
as Jennifer Peterson
2021
2020
L
Let Them All Talk
as Susan
2020
2018
A
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
2018
T
The Mule
as Mary
2018
2016
F
Five Nights in Maine
as Lucinda
2016
2015
S
Sisters
as Deana Ellis
2015
R
Rasheeda Speaking
as Ileen
2015
2014
T
The Humbling
as Carol
2014
2012
T
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
2012
D
Darling Companion
as Penny
2012
2011
W
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
2011
T
The Big Year
as Brenda Harris
2011
2010
R
Rabbit Hole
as Nat
2010
2009
R
Rage
as Miss Roth
2009
2008
S
Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
2008
P
Passengers
as Toni
2008
2007
D
Dan in Real Life
as Nana
2007
D
Dedication
as Carol
2007
2006
A
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
as Dito's Mother
2006
2005
R
Robots
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
2005
2004
C
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Shirley Abbott
2004
T
The Blackwater Lightship
as Lily
2004
2003
T
Thank You, Doctor Rey
as Elisabeth Beaumont
2003
2001
I
I Am Sam
as Annie Cassell
2001
N
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
as Paula
2001
1999
T
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Sarah McClellan
1999
1998
T
The Horse Whisperer
as Diane Booker
1998
P
Practical Magic
as Aunt Jet
1998
1997
D
Drunks
as Rachel
1997
1996
T
The Birdcage
as Louise Keeley
1996
T
The Associate
as Sally Dugan
1996
1994
B
Bullets Over Broadway
as Helen Sinclair
1994
C
Cops & Robbersons
as Helen Robberson
1994
T
The Scout
as Doctor H. Aaron
1994
1991
L
Little Man Tate
as Jane Grierson
1991
1990
E
Edward Scissorhands
as Peg
1990
T
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
as Self
1990
1989
P
Parenthood
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
1989
C
Cookie
as Lenore
1989
1988
B
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mother
1988
1987
T
The Lost Boys
as Lucy
1987
S
September
as Stephanie
1987
R
Radio Days
as Aunt Bea
1987
1986
H
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Holly
1986
1985
T
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Emma
1985
1984
F
Footloose
as Vi Moore
1984
F
Falling in Love
as Isabelle
1984
1983
T
The Face of Rage
as Rebecca Hammil
1983
I
Independence Day
as Nancy Morgan
1983
1982
I
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Julie Addison
1982
1980
I
It's My Turn
as Gail
1980
1978
O
Out of Our Fathers' House
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
1978
1975
Z
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
as Nina
1975
Unknown year
N
Non Compos Mentis
T
This Old Love of Mine
as Margo Bannon