Dianne Wiest is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets over Broadway (1994) which she has twice won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in three other films by Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Radio Days (1987), and September (1987). For Netflix she portrays Jennifer Peterson in the dark comedy film I Care a Lot.
Biography[]
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Wiest graduated from the University of Maryland in 1969 with a degree in Arts and Sciences. Wiest studied theater at the University of Maryland, leaving after her third term to tour with a Shakespearean troupe. Later, she had a supporting role in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of Ashes.
She made her film debut in 1980, but did not make a name for herself until her performance as Emma, a prostitute during the 1930s Depression, in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). She followed her Academy Award success with performances in The Lost Boys (1987) and Bright Lights, Big City (1988). On television, her performance on the series Road to Avonlea in 1989 brought her her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series. She received another nomination for her performance in the 1999 telefilm The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn, co-starring Sidney Poitier.
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Marla Grayson • Fran • Jennifer Peterson • Roman Lunyov • Dean Ericson • Judge Lomax • Feldstrom • Dr. Amos • Sam Rice • Alexi Ignatyev |
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Rosamund Pike • Eiza Gonzalez • Dianne Wiest • Peter Dinklage • Chris Messina • Isaiah Whitlock Jr. • Macon Blair • Alicia Witt • Damian Young • Nicholas Logan |