Dianne Wiest

Actor Mar 28 (age 78) Kansas City, Missouri, USA 1951–2026 (75 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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, …

Known For

Film

Edward Scissorhands

Peg

Film

I Am Sam

Annie Cassell

Film

The Mule

Mary

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

Film

Robots

Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)

Film

The Lost Boys

Lucy Emerson

Film

Hannah and Her Sisters

Holly

Film

I Care a Lot

Jennifer Peterson

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (60)

Practical Magic 2

2026 Upcoming

as Aunt Jet

Sep 9

Apartment 7A

2024

as Minnie Castevet

6.1

Scene Partners

2023

as Meryl Kowalski

My Father's Dragon

2022

as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)

I Care a Lot

as Jennifer Peterson

Let Them All Talk

as Susan

The Mule

as Mary

Always at The Carlyle

as Self

Five Nights in Maine

as Lucinda

Sisters

as Deana Ellis

Rasheeda Speaking

as Ileen

The Humbling

as Carol

Darling Companion

as Penny

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012

as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff

7.0

The Big Year

2011

as Brenda Harris

6.0

Woody Allen: A Documentary

as Self

Rabbit Hole

as Nat

Rage

as Miss Roth

Passengers

as Toni

Synecdoche, New York

as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

Dan in Real Life

as Nana

Dedication

as Carol

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006

as Dito's Mother

6.5

Robots

2005

as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)

6.5

The Blackwater Lightship

2004

as Lily

5.9

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004

as Shirley Abbott

6.3

Thank You, Doctor Rey

2004

as Elisabeth Beaumont

5.0

I Am Sam

2001

as Annie Cassell

7.6

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

2001

as Paula

Law and Order: Justice

1999

as Nora Lewin

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

as Sarah McClellan

Practical Magic

as Aunt Jet

The Horse Whisperer

as Diane Booker

Drunks

as Rachel

The Birdcage

as Louise Keeley

The Associate

as Sally Dugan

Bullets Over Broadway

as Helen Sinclair

The Scout

as Doctor H. Aaron

Cops & Robbersons

as Helen Robberson

Little Man Tate

as Jane Grierson

Edward Scissorhands

as Peg

The Making of Edward Scissorhands

1990

as Self

7.9

Parenthood

1989

as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

6.7

1989

as Lenore

5.3

Bright Lights, Big City

as Mother

The Lost Boys

as Lucy Emerson

Radio Days

as Aunt Bea

September

as Stephanie

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

as Holly

7.5

The Purple Rose of Cairo

as Emma

Footloose

as Vi Moore

Falling in Love

as Isabelle

Independence Day

as Nancy Morgan

The Face of Rage

as Rebecca Hammil

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

as Julie Addison

It's My Turn

as Gail

Out of Our Fathers' House

1978

as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

Zalmen, or The Madness of God

1975

as Nina

Mother Courage

as Diane

Non Compos Mentis

Television (16)

Elsbeth

2024

as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot

6.9

Mayor of Kingstown

2021

as Miriam McLusky

7.9

Only Murders in the Building

as Lorraine

Life in Pieces

as Joan Short

The Blacklist

as Ruth Kipling

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

In Treatment

as Dr. Gina Toll

The Return of Jezebel James

2008

5.5

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004

as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy

9.2

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Nora Lewin

The 10th Kingdom

as Evil Queen

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin

Law & Order

as Nora Lewin

Great Performances

as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

5.8

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Lily

8.6