Dianne Wiest
American actress · United States · Actors · Born 1948 · age 78
Dianne Wiest is read about 6,804 times a day, in 55 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?She's won two Oscars playing Woody Allen's neurotics, an Emmy for a therapist's own unraveling, and survived both vampires and scissorhands - Dianne Wiest built a career on making the fragile unforgettable.
A life in dates
Practical Magic 2Film, Aunt Jet2024
ElsbethSeries, Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot2022
My Father's DragonFilm, Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)2021
Mayor of KingstownSeries, Miriam McLusky2020
Let Them All TalkFilm, Susan2016
Five Nights in MaineFilm, Lucinda2013
The BlacklistSeries, Ruth Kipling2012
Darling CompanionFilm, Penny2010
Rabbit HoleFilm, Nat2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeries2008Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesAward2007
Dan in Real LifeFilm, Nana2005
RobotsFilm, Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)2004
Category 6: Day of DestructionSeries, Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy2001
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries, Nora Lewin
I Am SamFilm, 2001Annie Cassell1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries, Interim D.A. Nora Lewin1997Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama SeriesAward1996
The AssociateFilm, Sally Dugan1995Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward1990
Law & OrderSeries, Nora Lewin
Edward ScissorhandsFilm, 1990Peg1988
Bright Lights, Big CityFilm, Mother1987Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1986
Hannah and Her SistersFilm, Holly1984
Falling in LoveFilm, Isabelle1980Theatre World AwardAward1953
The OscarsSeries1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Lily1948Born28 March 1948Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
PMPractical Magic 2
AAApartment 7AMDMy Father's Dragon
ILI Care a LotLTLet Them All Talk
TMThe MuleFMFive Nights in Maine
SISisters
THThe Humbling
TGThe Odd Life of Timothy GreenDCDarling Companion
TYThe Big Year
WDWoody Allen: A DocumentaryRHRabbit Hole
SYSynecdoche, New York
PAPassengersDLDan in Real Life
DEDedication
ASA Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsRORobots
CDCategory 6: Day of DestructionISI Am Sam
PMPractical Magic
TWThe Horse Whisperer
TBThe BirdcageTAThe Associate
BBBullets Over Broadway
TSThe Scout
CRCops & Robbersons
LTLittle Man TateESEdward Scissorhands
PAParenthoodBCBright Lights, Big City
TBThe Lost Boys
RDRadio Days
SESeptemberHSHannah and Her Sisters
TCThe Purple Rose of Cairo
FOFootlooseFLFalling in Love76 credits on file
Television 16
ELElsbethMKMayor of Kingstown
OBOnly Murders in the Building
LPLife in PiecesTBThe BlacklistWCWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
ITIn Treatment
TJThe Return of Jezebel JamesCDCategory 6: Day of DestructionLILaw & Order: Criminal Intent
TKThe 10th KingdomLULaw & Order: Special Victims UnitLOLaw & Order
GPGreat PerformancesTOThe OscarsHFHallmark Hall of FameAwards
About this person
Born March 28, 1948, Wiest broke through in the mid-1980s with Footloose and a string of Woody Allen collaborations - The Purple Rose of Cairo, Radio Days, September - before winning her first Academy Award for Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986. She pivoted between Tim Burton's gothic Americana in Edward Scissorhands and The Lost Boys's vampire-town dread, then claimed a second Oscar for Bullets Over Broadway in 1994 and an Emmy nomination for Parenthood the same stretch. A 1997 Emmy for Road to Avonlea and a 2008 win for In Treatment confirmed her range beyond film. She's since moved between prestige drama - Synecdoche, New York, Rabbit Hole, Let Them All Talk - and a three-year run on Law & Order, landing most recently in Hulu's Only Murders in the Building in 2025.
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