Dianne Wiest
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, ...
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Law & Order
Nora Lewin
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nora Lewin
The Blacklist
Ruth Kipling
Great Performances
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Elsbeth
Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
Only Murders in the Building
Lorraine
Filmography
Closing Night
2026
as Diane
Practical Magic 2
2026
as Aunt Jet
Apartment 7A
2024
as Minnie Castevet
Elsbeth
2024
as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot
Scene Partners
2023
as Meryl Kowalski
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
I Care a Lot
2021
as Jennifer Peterson
Mayor of Kingstown
2021
as Miriam McLusky
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Lorraine
Let Them All Talk
2020
as Susan
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
The Mule
2018
as Mary
Five Nights in Maine
2016
as Lucinda
Sisters
2015
as Deana Ellis
Rasheeda Speaking
2015
as Ileen
Life in Pieces
2015
as Joan Short
The Humbling
2014
as Carol
The Blacklist
2013
as Ruth Kipling
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
Darling Companion
2012
as Penny
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
The Big Year
2011
as Brenda Harris
Rabbit Hole
2010
as Nat
Rage
2009
as Miss Roth
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Passengers
2008
as Toni
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
In Treatment
2008
as Dr. Gina Toll
Dan in Real Life
2007
as Nana
Dedication
2007
as Carol
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006
as Dito's Mother
Robots
2005
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Shirley Abbott
The Blackwater Lightship
2004
as Lily
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2003
as Elisabeth Beaumont
I Am Sam
2001
as Annie Cassell
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
as Paula
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Nora Lewin
The 10th Kingdom
2000
as Evil Queen
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
as Sarah McClellan
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Diane Booker
Practical Magic
1998
as Aunt Jet
Drunks
1997
as Rachel
The Birdcage
1996
as Louise Keeley
The Associate
1996
as Sally Dugan
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as Helen Sinclair
Cops & Robbersons
1994
as Helen Robberson
The Scout
1994
as Doctor H. Aaron
Little Man Tate
1991
as Jane Grierson
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Peg
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Self
Law & Order
1990
as Nora Lewin
Parenthood
1989
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Cookie
1989
as Lenore
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
as Mother
The Lost Boys
1987
as Lucy
September
1987
as Stephanie
Radio Days
1987
as Aunt Bea
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Holly
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Emma
Footloose
1984
as Vi Moore
Falling in Love
1984
as Isabelle
The Face of Rage
1983
as Rebecca Hammil
Independence Day
1983
as Nancy Morgan
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
as Julie Addison
It's My Turn
1980
as Gail
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
1975
as Nina
Great Performances
1971
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lily