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).
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Practical Magic 2 (2026) | Aunt Jet | - | - |
| 2 | Apartment 7A (2024) | Minnie Castevet | 6.5 | |
| 3 | My Father's Dragon (2022) | Iris the Rhinoceros (voice) | - | - |
| 4 | I Care a Lot (2021) | Jennifer Peterson | 6.5 | |
| 5 | Let Them All Talk (2020) | Susan | 5.5 | |
| 6 | Always at The Carlyle (2018) | Self | - | - |
| 7 | The Mule (2018) | Mary | 7.2 | |
| 8 | Five Nights in Maine (2016) | Lucinda | 6 | |
| 9 | Sisters (2015) | Deana Ellis | 6.4 | |
| 10 | The Humbling (2014) | Carol | 7 | |
| 11 | Darling Companion (2012) | Penny | 5.5 | |
| 12 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) | Ms. Bernice Crudstaff | 6.5 | |
| 13 | Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) | Self | - | - |
| 14 | The Big Year (2011) | Brenda Harris | 6.1 | |
| 15 | Rabbit Hole (2010) Oscars 2011 | Nat | 6.6 | |
| 16 | Rage (2009) | Miss Roth | - | - |
| 17 | Passengers (2008) | Toni | 6 | |
| 18 | Synecdoche, New York (2008) | Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems | 8 | |
| 19 | Dedication (2007) | Carol | 7 | |
| 20 | Dan in Real Life (2007) | Nana | 6.5 | |
| 21 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) | Dito's Mother | 7 | |
| 22 | Robots (2005) | Mrs. Copperbottom (voice) | 6.8 | |
| 23 | Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) | Shirley Abbott | - | - |
| 24 | I Am Sam (2001) Oscars 2002 | Annie Cassell | 7.6 | |
| 25 | The Horse Whisperer (1998) Oscars 1999 | Diane Booker | 6.7 | |
| 26 | Practical Magic (1998) | Aunt Jet | 6.3 | |
| 27 | Drunks (1997) | Rachel | 5 | |
| 28 | The Associate (1996) | Sally Dugan | 5.5 | |
| 29 | The Birdcage (1996) | Louise Keeley | 7.5 | |
| 30 | The Scout (1994) | Doctor H. Aaron | - | - |
| 31 | Cops & Robbersons (1994) | Helen Robberson | 5.3 | |
| 32 | Bullets Over Broadway (1994) | Helen Sinclair | 6.8 | |
| 33 | Little Man Tate (1991) | Jane Grierson | 6 | |
| 34 | Edward Scissorhands (1990) | Peg | 7.8 | |
| 35 | Parenthood (1989) | Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman | 7.2 | |
| 36 | Cookie (1989) | Lenore | - | - |
| 37 | Bright Lights, Big City (1988) | Mother | - | - |
| 38 | Radio Days (1987) | Aunt Bea | 7 | |
| 39 | The Lost Boys (1987) | Lucy Emerson | 7.5 | |
| 40 | September (1987) | Stephanie | 6.5 | |
| 41 | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | Holly | 8.2 | |
| 42 | The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) | Emma | 7.9 | |
| 43 | Falling in Love (1984) | Isabelle | 4.7 | |
| 44 | Footloose (1984) | Vi Moore | 7.1 | |
| 45 | Independence Day (1983) | Nancy Morgan | 8 | |
| 46 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) | Julie Addison | - | - |
