About
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,...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
The BlacklistSeries • 2013
Practical Magic 2Movie • 2026
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001
Great PerformancesSeries • 1971
Mayor of KingstownSeries • 2021
Only Murders in the BuildingSeries • 2021
ElsbethSeries • 2024
In TreatmentSeries • 2008
Life in PiecesSeries • 2015
Practical MagicMovie • 1998
Edward ScissorhandsMovie • 1990
RobotsMovie • 2005
The Lost BoysMovie • 1987
I Am SamMovie • 2001
The MuleMovie • 2018
I Care a LotMovie • 2021
Dan in Real LifeMovie • 2007
The BirdcageMovie • 1996
FootlooseMovie • 1984
The Horse WhispererMovie • 1998
The Big YearMovie • 2011
The 10th KingdomSeries • 2000