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
Cops & Robbersons
as Helen Robberson
The Associate
as Sally Dugan
Robots
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
The Scout
as Doctor H. Aaron
September
as Stephanie
Sisters
as Deana Ellis
Practical Magic
as Aunt Jet
Radio Days
as Aunt Bea
The Horse Whisperer
as Diane Booker
Drunks
as Rachel
Dan in Real Life
as Nana
Falling in Love
as Isabelle
Cookie
as Lenore
Independence Day
as Nancy Morgan
Dedication
as Carol
Darling Companion
as Penny
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Emma
The Big Year
as Brenda Harris
Five Nights in Maine
as Lucinda