Dianne Wiest
Born 1948
Known for Edward Scissorhands, The Mule, I Am Sam.
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).
Movie Credits
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
Thank You, Doctor Rey (2002)
Apartment 7A (2024)
Five Nights in Maine (2015)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
The Associate (1996)
Little Man Tate (1991)
Cookie (1989)
September (1987)
Darling Companion (2012)
Rabbit Hole (2010)
I Am Sam (2001)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Cops & Robbersons (1994)
The Scout (1994)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Parenthood (1989)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
My Father's Dragon (2022)
I Care a Lot (2021)
Let Them All Talk (2020)
Sisters (2015)
Passengers (2008)
Dedication (2007)
Practical Magic (1998)
The Birdcage (1996)
Footloose (1984)
The Mule (2018)
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Practical Magic 2 (2026)
Practical Magic 2 (2026)
The Humbling (2014)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
Falling in Love (1984)
The Big Year (2011)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Robots (2005)
Drunks (1995)
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
It's My Turn (1980)
Rage (2009)
Radio Days (1987)
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)