
Dianne Wiest
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 (1987), and September (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) and the CBS comedy Life in Pieces(2015–2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Wiest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies

The Lost Boys
1987
as Lucy Emerson

Parenthood
1989
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Holly

I Am Sam
2001
as Annie Cassell

Footloose
1984
as Vi Moore

Practical Magic
1998
as Aunt Jet

Passengers
2008
as Toni

The Birdcage
1996
as Louise Keeley

Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

Dan in Real Life
2007
as Nana

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006
as Dito's Mother

The Big Year
2011
as Brenda Harris

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff

Robots
2005
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Web Series

Medical Investigation
2004
as Diane Booker

