Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/28/1948
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Diane Wiestدایان ویست
Dianne 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 inclu...
Known For
Edward Scissorhands
as Peg
Robots
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
I Am Sam
as Annie Cassell
The Mule
as Mary
Sisters
as Deana Ellis
Darling Companion
as Penny
Practical Magic
as Aunt Jet
Cops & Robbersons
as Helen Robberson
The Birdcage
as Louise Keeley
The Horse Whisperer
as Diane Booker
The Associate
as Sally Dugan
Radio Days
as Aunt Bea
The Lost Boys
as Lucy Emerson
September
as Stephanie
Footloose
as Vi Moore
I Care a Lot
as Jennifer Peterson
The Scout
as Doctor H. Aaron
Dedication
as Carol
Drunks
as Rachel
Falling in Love
as Isabelle