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Acting

Dianne Wiest

Career: Active from 1978 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Hannah and Her Sisters
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dianne Wiest Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.8, average 2.6
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Politics
1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Character Study 6
Comfort Watch 3
Magical Realism 3
Nostalgic 3
Gritty Realism 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Urban Destruction 2
Suburban Life 2
Family Drama 2
New York City 2
Introspective 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

This Old Love of Mine

as Margo Bannon

2020s

10 titles · average score 68

Practical Magic 2

51

as Jet

Closing Night

81

as Diane

Apartment 7A

52

as Minnie Castevet

Elsbeth

68

TV show · as Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot

Scene Partners

as Meryl Kowalski

My Father's Dragon

73

as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)

Mayor of Kingstown

69

TV show · as Miriam McLusky

I Care a Lot

62

as Jennifer Peterson

Only Murders in the Building

85

TV show · as Lorraine

Let Them All Talk

68

as Susan

2010s

11 titles · average score 58

The Mule

65

as Mary

Five Nights in Maine

36

as Lucinda

Life in Pieces

70

TV show · as Joan Short

Sisters

57

as Deana Ellis

Rasheeda Speaking

as Ileen

The Humbling

51

as Carol

The Blacklist

80

TV show · as Ruth Kipling

Darling Companion

39

as Penny

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

53

as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff

The Big Year

52

as Brenda Harris

Rabbit Hole

76

as Nat

2000s

17 titles · average score 58

Synecdoche, New York

72

as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

Passengers

41

as Toni

In Treatment

77

TV show · as Dr. Gina Toll

Dedication

46

as Carol

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

70

as Dito's Mother

Category 6: Day of Destruction

72

TV show · as Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy

Category 6: Day of Destruction

57

as Shirley Abbott

The Blackwater Lightship

61

as Lily

Thank You, Doctor Rey

28

as Elisabeth Beaumont

I Am Sam

53

as Annie Cassell

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Nora Lewin

The 10th Kingdom

79

TV show · as Evil Queen

1990s

13 titles · average score 63

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

73

as Sarah McClellan

Practical Magic

53

as Aunt Jet

The Horse Whisperer

68

as Diane Booker

The Associate

44

as Sally Dugan

The Birdcage

76

as Louise Keeley

Bullets Over Broadway

85

as Helen Sinclair

The Scout

37

as Doctor H. Aaron

Cops & Robbersons

30

as Helen Robberson

Little Man Tate

68

as Jane Grierson

Edward Scissorhands

82

as Peg

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Nora Lewin

1980s

14 titles · average score 61

Parenthood

79

as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

Cookie

31

as Lenore

The Lost Boys

72

as Lucy

September

63

as Stephanie

Radio Days

79

as Aunt Bea

Hannah and Her Sisters

85

as Holly

The Purple Rose of Cairo

81

as Emma

Footloose

58

as Vi Moore

Falling in Love

59

as Isabelle

Independence Day

55

as Nancy Morgan

The Face of Rage

as Rebecca Hammil

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

47

as Julie Addison

1970s

3 titles · average score 70

Out of Our Fathers' House

as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

Zalmen, or The Madness of God

as Nina

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Lily