Dianne Wiest

Biography

Dianne Evelyn Wiest (born March 28, 1946) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award.

Filmography

Edward Scissorhands
Peg
The Horse Whisperer
Diane Booker
The Lost Boys
Lucy Emerson
Parenthood
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Footloose
Vi Moore
I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
The Birdcage
Louise Keeley
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Hannah and Her Sisters
Holly
The Associate
Sally Dugan
Little Man Tate
Jane Grierson
Practical Magic
Aunt Jet
Bullets Over Broadway
Helen Sinclair
September
Stephanie
Radio Days
Aunt Bea
Dan in Real Life
Nana
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito's Mother
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Shirley Abbott
Cops & Robbersons
Helen Robberson
Rabbit Hole
Nat
Rage
Miss Roth
The Scout
Doctor H. Aaron
Passengers
Toni
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Elisabeth Beaumont
The Face of Rage
Rebecca Hammil
Bright Lights, Big City
Mother
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
Falling in Love
Isabelle
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
The Blackwater Lightship
Lily
The Big Year
Brenda Harris
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Sarah McClellan
Cookie
Lenore
Darling Companion
Penny
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Julie Addison
Drunks
Rachel
My Father's Dragon
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
Independence Day
Nancy Morgan
It's My Turn
Gail
Apartment 7A
Minnie Castevet
Scene Partners
Meryl Kowalski
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Emma
The Humbling
Carol
Always at The Carlyle
Self
Five Nights in Maine
Lucinda
Sisters
Deana Ellis
Dedication
Carol
Robots
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
The Mule
Mary
I Care a Lot
Jennifer Peterson
Out of Our Fathers' House
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Let Them All Talk
Susan
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Nina
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Self
Rasheeda Speaking
Ileen
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Paula
Mother Courage