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Diane Wiest

Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest 2009.jpg
Wiest in May 2009
Born (1948-03-28) March 28, 1948 (age 68)
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Occupation Actress
Years active 1975–present
Children 2

Dianne Evelyn Wiest (/wst/; born March 28, 1948) is an American actress.

Wiest won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for both Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets over Broadway (1994), both directed by Woody Allen. She appeared in three other of Allen's films: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Radio Days (1987) and September (1987). She also starred in Ron Howard's Parenthood, for which she received her third Oscar nomination.

Wiest also received two Screen Actors Guild Awards and one BAFTA Award nomination. Her other film roles include Footloose (1984), 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) and Rabbit Hole (2010). For her work on television, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards.


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