Acting credits
73
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dianne Wiest
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
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Movies: 57Series: 16
TMDB ID: 1902
IMDb ID: nm0001848
Known for: Acting
Born: March 28, 1948
Age: 78
Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2026
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q217573
Also known as
Diane Wiest • دایان ویست • Dianne Evelyn Wiest
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).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Dianne Wiest.
Closing Night
as Diane
2026 Movie
Practical Magic 2
as Aunt Jet
2026 Movie
Apartment 7A
as Minnie Castevet
2024 Movie
Scene Partners
as Meryl Kowalski
2023 Movie
My Father's Dragon
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
2022 Movie
I Care a Lot
as Jennifer Peterson
2021 Movie
Let Them All Talk
as Susan
2020 Movie
The Mule
as Mary
2018 Movie
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
2018 Movie
Five Nights in Maine
as Lucinda
2016 Movie
Sisters
as Deana Ellis
2015 Movie
Rasheeda Speaking
as Ileen
2015 Movie
The Humbling
as Carol
2014 Movie
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
2012 Movie
Darling Companion
as Penny
2012 Movie
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
2011 Movie
The Big Year
as Brenda Harris
2011 Movie
Rabbit Hole
as Nat
2010 Movie
Rage
as Miss Roth
2009 Movie
Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
2008 Movie
Passengers
as Toni
2008 Movie
Dan in Real Life
as Nana
2007 Movie
Dedication
as Carol
2007 Movie
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
as Dito's Mother
2006 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Dianne Wiest.
Elsbeth
as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot • 1 eps
2024 Series
Mayor of Kingstown
as Miriam McLusky • 20 eps
2021 Series
Only Murders in the Building
as Lorraine • 6 eps
2021 Series
Life in Pieces
as Joan Short • 79 eps
2015 Series
The Blacklist
as Ruth Kipling • 1 eps
2013 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
The Return of Jezebel James
1 eps
2008 Series
In Treatment
as Dr. Gina Toll • 16 eps
2008 Series
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy • 2 eps
2004 Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nora Lewin • 1 eps
2001 Series
The 10th Kingdom
as Evil Queen • 5 eps
2000 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin • 2 eps
1999 Series
Law & Order
as Nora Lewin • 48 eps
1990 Series
Great Performances
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern • 1 eps
1971 Series
The Oscars
as Self • 2 eps
1953 Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lily • 1 eps
1951 Series