Dianne Wiest
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-03-28 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
Law & Order
as Nora Lewin
The Blacklist
as Ruth Kipling
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nora Lewin
Mayor of Kingstown
as Miriam McLusky
Only Murders in the Building
as Lorraine
Life in Pieces
as Joan Short
Elsbeth
as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
In Treatment
as Dr. Gina Toll
The Oscars
as Self
Edward Scissorhands
as Peg
Robots
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
The 10th Kingdom
as Evil Queen
The Lost Boys
as Lucy Emerson
The Mule
as Mary
I Care a Lot
as Jennifer Peterson
The Birdcage
as Louise Keeley
Practical Magic
as Aunt Jet