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Dianne Wiest is an American actress known for her work in film and television. She is notable for her acclaimed performances in various roles throughout her career in the entertainment industry.
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Acting · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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…
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- Practical Magic 2 — Aunt Jet2026
- Apartment 7A — Minnie Castevet2024
- Elsbeth — Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot2024
- Scene Partners — Meryl Kowalski2023
- My Father's Dragon — Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)2022
- I Care a Lot — Jennifer Peterson2021
- Mayor of Kingstown — Miriam McLusky2021
- Only Murders in the Building — Lorraine
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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 and September (both 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), the CBS comedy Life in Pieces (2015–2019), and the Hulu comedy Only Murders in the Building (2025).
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1948 births20th-century American actresses21st-century American actressesActresses from Kansas City, MissouriAmerican film actressesAmerican stage actressesAmerican television actressesBest Supporting Actress Academy Award winnersBest Supporting Actress Golden Globe (film) winnersBest Supporting Female Independent Spirit Award winnersClarence Derwent Award winners