Dianne Wiest

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
March 28, 1948 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
1975 – 2024

Dianne Wiest

3 wins
223 nominations
3 Oscars
56 credits

Dianne Evelyn Wiest (born March 28, 1946) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award.

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Personal Info

Born
Mar 28, 1948
From
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1975 – 2024

Award Recognition

3
Wins
223
Nominations
3
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2024

Apartment 7A as Minnie Castevet Award

2023

Scene Partners as Meryl Kowalski

2022

My Father's Dragon as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice) Award

2021

I Care a Lot as Jennifer Peterson Award

2020

Let Them All Talk as Susan Award

2018

The Mule as Mary Award
Always at The Carlyle as Self Award

2016

Five Nights in Maine as Lucinda

2015

Sisters as Deana Ellis Award
Rasheeda Speaking as Ileen

2014

The Humbling as Carol

2012

The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff Award
Darling Companion as Penny

2011

The Big Year as Brenda Harris Award
Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self

2010

Rabbit Hole as Nat Award

2009

Rage as Miss Roth

2008

Synecdoche, New York as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems Award
Passengers as Toni

2007

Dan in Real Life as Nana Award
Dedication as Carol

2006

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

2005

Robots as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice) Award

2004

Category 6: Day of Destruction as Shirley Abbott
The Blackwater Lightship as Lily
Thank You, Doctor Rey as Elisabeth Beaumont

2001

I Am Sam as Annie Cassell
Not Afraid, Not Afraid as Paula

1999

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn as Sarah McClellan

1998

Practical Magic as Aunt Jet Award
The Horse Whisperer as Diane Booker Award

1997

Drunks as Rachel

1996

The Birdcage as Louise Keeley
The Associate as Sally Dugan

1994

The Scout as Doctor H. Aaron Award
Cops & Robbersons as Helen Robberson
Bullets Over Broadway as Helen Sinclair

1991

Little Man Tate as Jane Grierson

1990

Edward Scissorhands as Peg Award
The Making of Edward Scissorhands as Self

1989

Cookie as Lenore
Parenthood as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

1988

Bright Lights, Big City as Mother

1987

The Lost Boys as Lucy Emerson
September as Stephanie
Radio Days as Aunt Bea

1986

Hannah and Her Sisters as Holly Award

1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo as Emma

1984

Footloose as Vi Moore Award
Falling in Love as Isabelle

1983

Independence Day as Nancy Morgan
The Face of Rage as Rebecca Hammil

1982

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Julie Addison

1980

It's My Turn as Gail

1978

Out of Our Fathers' House as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

1975

Zalmen, or The Madness of God as Nina

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Robots
Edward Scissorhands
The Mule
Sisters
Practical Magic
Apartment 7A
Synecdoche, New York
I Care a Lot
The Big Year
Dan in Real Life

Career Statistics

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Genre Evolution