Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-03-28 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Diane Wiest
دایان ویست

Dianne Wiest

Biography

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.

Known For

7.7%

Edward Scissorhands

Dec 7, 1990

6.9%

The Mule

Dec 14, 2018

6.5%

Robots

Mar 10, 2005

7.9%

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sep 20, 1999

7.6%

The Blacklist

Sep 23, 2013

6.6%

I Care a Lot

Feb 19, 2021

7.6%

I Am Sam

Dec 28, 2001

7.1%

The Lost Boys

Jul 31, 1987

6.7%

Footloose

Feb 17, 1984

6.8%

Practical Magic

Oct 16, 1998

7.5%

Synecdoche, New York

Oct 24, 2008

6.0%

Sisters

Dec 18, 2015

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Acting

2024

Apartment 7A as Minnie Castevet

2023

Scene Partners as Meryl Kowalski

2022

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

2021		Mayor of Kingstown as Miriam McLusky
2021		I Care a Lot as Jennifer Peterson

2020

Let Them All Talk as Susan

2018		The Mule as Mary
2018		Always at The Carlyle as Self

2016

Five Nights in Maine as Lucinda

2015		Sisters as Deana Ellis
2015		Rasheeda Speaking as Ileen
2015		Life in Pieces as Joan Short

2014

The Humbling as Carol

2013

The Blacklist as Ruth Kipling

2012		The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
2012		Darling Companion as Penny

2011		Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011		The Big Year as Brenda Harris

2010

Rabbit Hole as Nat

2009		Rage as Miss Roth
2009		Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest

2008		Synecdoche, New York as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
2008		Passengers as Toni
2008		The Return of Jezebel James
2008		In Treatment as Dr. Gina Toll

2007		Dan in Real Life as Nana
2007		Dedication as Carol

2006

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Dito's Mother

2005

Robots as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)

2004		Category 6: Day of Destruction as Shirley Abbott
2004		Category 6: Day of Destruction as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
2004		Thank You, Doctor Rey as Elisabeth Beaumont
2004		The Blackwater Lightship as Lily

2001		I Am Sam as Annie Cassell
2001		Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
2001		Not Afraid, Not Afraid as Paula

2000

The 10th Kingdom as Evil Queen

1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
1999		The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn as Sarah McClellan

1998		Practical Magic as Aunt Jet
1998		The Horse Whisperer as Diane Booker

1997

Drunks as Rachel

1996		The Associate as Sally Dugan
1996		The Birdcage as Louise Keeley

1994		Bullets Over Broadway as Helen Sinclair
1994		The Scout as Doctor H. Aaron
1994		Cops & Robbersons as Helen Robberson

1991

Little Man Tate as Jane Grierson

1990		The Making of Edward Scissorhands as Self
1990		Edward Scissorhands as Peg
1990		Law & Order as Nora Lewin

1989		Cookie as Lenore
1989		Parenthood as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

1988

Bright Lights, Big City as Mother

1987		September as Stephanie
1987		The Lost Boys as Lucy Emerson
1987		Radio Days as Aunt Bea

1986

Hannah and Her Sisters as Holly

1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo as Emma

1984		Falling in Love as Isabelle
1984		Footloose as Vi Moore

1983		The Face of Rage as Rebecca Hammil
1983		Independence Day as Nancy Morgan

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

1971

Great Performances as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

1953

The Oscars as Self

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lily