Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest
Wiest in 2009
Born
Dianne Evelyn Wiest

(1948-03-28) March 28, 1948 (age 76)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Maryland
OccupationActress
Years active1970–present
Children2
AwardsFull list

Dianne Evelyn Wiest[1] (/wiːst/;[2] born March 28, 1948)[3][4][5][6] 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).

  1. ^ "Deaths: Wiest, Dr. Bernard". The Advocate (Louisiana). NewsBank. May 3, 1986. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Dianne Wiest winning Best Supporting Actress for "Hannah and Her Sisters" on YouTube, presenters' announcing her win at the 1987 awards confirm pronunciation, accessed August 20, 2014
  3. ^ "DIANNE WIEST TRYING TO AVOID YET ANOTHER ROLE TRAP". Chicago Tribune. December 28, 1990. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Oscar Winner Dianne Wiest: I'm Struggling to Pay My Rent". The Hollywood Reporter. January 25, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "Dianne Wiest". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Dianne Wiest - Turner Classic Movies".