
Dianne 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Wiest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Edward Scissorhands
as Peg
1990

The Horse Whisperer
as Diane Booker
1998

The Lost Boys
as Lucy Emerson
1987

Parenthood
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
1989

Footloose
as Vi Moore
1984

I Am Sam
as Annie Cassell
2001

The Birdcage
as Louise Keeley
1996

Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
2008

Hannah and Her Sisters
as Holly
1986

The Associate
as Sally Dugan
1996

Little Man Tate
as Jane Grierson
1991

Practical Magic
as Aunt Jet
1998

Bullets Over Broadway
as Helen Sinclair
1994

September
as Stephanie
1987

Radio Days
as Aunt Bea
1987

Dan in Real Life
as Nana
2007

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
as Dito's Mother
2006

Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Shirley Abbott
2004

Cops & Robbersons
as Helen Robberson
1994

Rabbit Hole
as Nat
2010
TV Appearances

The Return of Jezebel James
2008

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
1999

Mayor of Kingstown
as Miriam McLusky
2021

Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lily
1951

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nora Lewin
2001

The Oscars
as Self
1953

The Blacklist
as Ruth Kipling
2013

Life in Pieces
as Joan Short
2015

In Treatment
as Dr. Gina Toll
2008

The 10th Kingdom
as Evil Queen
2000

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009

Law & Order
as Nora Lewin
1990