Dianne Wiest
Acting

Dianne Wiest

Born 28 March 1948 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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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.

Known for

Edward Scissorhands
The Mule
Robots
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Blacklist
I Care a Lot
I Am Sam
The Lost Boys
Only Murders in the Building
Footloose
Practical Magic
Synecdoche, New York
Closing Night
Practical Magic 2
Apartment 7A
Scene Partners
My Father's Dragon
I Care a Lot
Let Them All Talk
The Mule
Five Nights in Maine
Sisters
Rasheeda Speaking
The Humbling
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Darling Companion
The Big Year
Rabbit Hole
Rage
Synecdoche, New York
Passengers
Dan in Real Life
Dedication
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Robots
Category 6: Day of Destruction
The Blackwater Lightship
Thank You, Doctor Rey
I Am Sam
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
The Horse Whisperer
Practical Magic
Drunks
The Birdcage
The Associate
Bullets Over Broadway
Cops & Robbersons
The Scout
Little Man Tate
Edward Scissorhands
Parenthood
Cookie
Bright Lights, Big City
The Lost Boys
September
Radio Days
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Footloose
Falling in Love
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
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