Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest | |
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Born | Dianne Evelyn Wiest March 28, 1948 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Maryland |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1970–present |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Full list |
Dianne Evelyn Wiest
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 (2000–02), and the CBS comedy Life in Pieces (2015–2019).
Early life
Wiest was born in
Career
Stage
Wiest left her theater studies in Maryland after the third term in order to tour with a Shakespearean troupe. Later, she had a supporting role in a
She made her Broadway debut in
She appeared in two plays by
On Broadway she appeared in
Later New York theater roles include performances as Arkadina in an off-Broadway revival of The Seagull (opposite Alan Cumming's Trigorin) and as Kate Keller in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, opposite John Lithgow, Patrick Wilson, and Katie Holmes.[28] In 2009, Wiest appeared in the National Memorial Day Concert on the Mall in Washington, D.C. in a dialogue with Katie Holmes celebrating the life of an American veteran seriously wounded in Iraq, José Pequeño.[29] Wiest spent September 2010 as a visiting teacher at Columbia University's Graduate Acting Program,[30] working with a group of 18 first-year MFA Acting students on selected plays by Anton Chekhov and Arthur Miller.
In 2016, Wiest took on the role of "Winnie" in The Yale Repertory Theatre's production of Samuel Beckett's, Happy Days.[31] She reprised the role for Theatre for a New Audience in downtown Brooklyn, New York, in the spring of 2017,[32] and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2019.[33]
Film and television
Her early screen roles include small roles in
She followed her first Oscar success with performances in The Lost Boys (1987) and Bright Lights, Big City (1988). She also starred with Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Keanu Reeves and Martha Plimpton in Ron Howard's Parenthood, for which she received her second Oscar nomination. Other major film roles include Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990), Jodie Foster's Little Man Tate (1991) and The Birdcage (1996), Mike Nichols' remake of La Cage aux Folles.
On television, her performance on the series
Wiest starred alongside
She starred alongside Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole (2010), which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. Wiest also co-starred in Lawrence Kasdan's 2012 comedy Darling Companion, alongside Kevin Kline and Diane Keaton. In 2020, Wiest starred in Steven Soderbergh's drama Let Them All Talk alongside Meryl Streep, and Candice Bergen. That same year she also starred opposite Rosamund Pike in the action thriller I Care a Lot.[36]
Personal life
Wiest was in a relationship with her talent agent Sam Cohn for three years in the mid-1980s.[37][38] She adopted two daughters: Emily and Lily.[17]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | It's My Turn | Gail | as Diane Wiest |
1982 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Julie Addison | |
1983 | Face of Rage | Rebecca Hammil | |
1983 | Independence Day | Nancy Morgan | |
1984 | Falling in Love | Isabelle | |
1984 | Footloose | Vi Moore | |
1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Emma | |
1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Holly | |
1987 | Radio Days | Bea | |
1987 | September | Stephanie | |
1987 | The Lost Boys | Lucy Emerson | |
1988 | Bright Lights, Big City | Mrs. Conway | |
1989 | Parenthood | Helen Buckman | |
1989 | Cookie | Lenore Voltecki | |
1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Peg Boggs | |
1991 | Little Man Tate | Jane Grierson | |
1994 | Bullets Over Broadway | Helen Sinclair | |
1994 | Cops & Robbersons | Helen Robberson | |
1994 | The Scout | Doctor H. Aaron | |
1995 | Drunks | Rachel | |
1996 | The Associate | Sally Dugan | |
1996 | The Birdcage | Louise Keeley | |
1998 | Practical Magic | Aunt Bridget 'Jet' Owens | |
1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Diane Booker | |
2001 | I Am Sam | Annie Cassell | |
2002 | Merci Docteur Rey | Elisabeth Beaumont | |
2005 | Robots | Lydia Copperbottom (Paramount Pictures) | Voice |
2006 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Flori Montiel | |
2007 | Dedication | Carol | |
2007 | Dan in Real Life | Nana Burns | |
2008 | Passengers | Toni | |
2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Ellen Bascomb/Millicent Weems | |
2009 | Rage | Miss Roth | |
2010 | Rabbit Hole | Nat | |
2011 | The Big Year | Brenda Harris | |
2012 | Darling Companion | Penny Alexander | |
2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Ms. Crudstaff | |
2014 | The Humbling | Carol Stapleford | |
2015 | Five Nights in Maine | Lucinda | |
2015 | Sisters | Deana Ellis | |
2018 | The Mule | Mary Stone | |
2020 | I Care a Lot | Jennifer Peterson | |
2020 | Let Them All Talk | Susan | |
2022 | My Father's Dragon | Iris the Rhinoceros | Voice |
TBA | Apartment 7A | TBA |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Zalmen: or, The Madness of God | Nina | Television film |
1978 | Great Performances: Out of Our Father's House | Elizabeth Gertrude Stern | Television film |
1997 | Road to Avonlea | Lillian Hepworth | 1 episode |
1999 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Sarah McClellan | Television film |
2000 | The 10th Kingdom | The Evil Queen/Christine White
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Miniseries, 5 episodes |
2000–02 | Law & Order | D.A. Nora Lewin | Lead role, 46 episodes |
2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | D.A. Nora Lewin | 1 episode |
2001–02 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | D.A. Nora Lewin | 2 episodes |
2004 | The Blackwater Lightship | Lily Devereux Breen | Television film |
2004 | Category 6: Day of Destruction | Secretary of Energy Shirley Abbott | 2 episodes |
2008–09 | In Treatment
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Dr. Gina Toll | Main role, 17 episodes |
2008 | The Return of Jezebel James | Talia Tompkins | 2 episodes |
2011 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Herself | 2 episodes |
2014 | The Blacklist
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Ruth Kipling | 1 episode |
2015–19 | Life in Pieces | Joan Short | Main role, 79 episodes |
2021–present | Mayor of Kingstown | Miriam McClusky | Main role, ongoing series |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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1970 | Happy Birthday, Wanda June | Understudy: Penelope Ryan, Mildred[39] | Edison Theatre |
1971 | Solitaire / Double Solitaire | Daughter[40] | John Golden Theatre |
1977 | Agamemnon | Cassandra | Delacorte Theatre
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1979 | The Art of Dining | Elizabeth Barrow Colt | Joseph Papp Public Theatre
|
1981 | Frankenstein | Elizabeth Lavenza | Palace Theatre |
Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | Yale Repertory Theatre | |
1982 | Othello | Desdemona | Winter Garden Theatre |
Beyond Therapy | Prudence | Brooks Atkinson Theatre
| |
Three Sisters | Masha | Manhattan Theatre Club | |
1983 | Ivanov | Anna Petrovna[41] | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
1984 | Serenading Louie | Gaby[42] | Second Stage |
After the Fall | Maggie | Playhouse 91 | |
A Kind of Alaska | Deborah | Manhattan Theatre Club | |
1987 | Hunting Cockroaches | Anka[43] | Manhattan Theatre Club |
1988 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | La Marquise de Merteuil[44] | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
1993 | In the Summer House | Gertrude Eastman Cuevas[45] | Vivian Beaumont Theater |
1997 | One Flea Spare | Mrs. Darcy Snelgrave | The Public Theater |
2003 | Salome | Herodias | Ethel Barrymore Theatre |
2005 | Memory House | Maggie[46] | Playwrights Horizons |
Third | Laurie Jameson | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre
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2008-2009 | All My Sons | Kate Keller | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre |
2008 | The Seagull | Arkadina | CSC Theatre |
2010 | The Forest | Raisa Pavlovna Gurmyzhskaya[47] | |
2011 | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevskaya | |
2015 | Rasheeda Speaking | Ileen[48] | The New Group |
2016-2019 | Happy Days | Winnie | Yale Repertory Theatre |
Theatre for a New Audience | |||
Mark Taper Forum | |||
2023 | Scene Partners | Meryl Kowalski | Vineyard Theatre |
Awards and honors
Wiest has been nominated for three
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External links
- Dianne Wiest at IMDb
- Dianne Wiest at the Internet Broadway Database