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Dianne Wiest

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Also known as Dianne Evelyn Wiest

American actress

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Dianne Wiest is an American character, stage, film, and television actor. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 28, 1948, she began her professional work period in 1970. She is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. Wiest attended the University of Maryland and has two children.

Her career includes a role in *The Birdcage*. She has received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Theatre World Award, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • The Birdcage

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Film & TV

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…

Known for

  • 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 — Lorraine2021
  • Let Them All Talk — Susan2020
  • Always at The Carlyle — Self2018

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Encyclopedic overview

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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