Search

Dianne Wiest

Celebrity

  • Main
  • Biography
  • News
  • Photos
  • TV Listings
  • Credits
  • Birth Place: Kansas City, MO
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/28/1948, Aries
  • Profession: Actor
User Rating: (2 ratings)
Add Your Rating: 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 stars
Dianne Wiest Fast Facts:
  • Was raised in Germany and all over the U.S. due to her father being in the Army.
  • Studied at New York's School of American Ballet.
  • During the 1979 production of The Art of Dining, a flaming dessert ignited her costume. She spent three weeks in the hospital with burns.
  • After watching the first-day rushes of Bullets Over Broadway, she was so disheartened with her "awful" performance that she asked director Woody Allen to fire her. He refused and she went on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work.
  • Was the first actor to win two Oscars — for her work in 1985's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1994's Bullets Over Broadway — in films directed by same person (Allen).
  • Dianne Wiest Relationships:
  • Don Wiest - Brother
  • Emily Wiest - Daughter
  • Greg Wiest - Brother
  • Lily Wiest - Daughter
  • Melissa Winstone Wiest - Mother
  • Dianne Wiest Awards:
  • 1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1995 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1997 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
  • 1999 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
  • 1989 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1994 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
  • 1986 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
  • 1987 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
  • 2009 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Advertisement
click to play
In Treatment: Paul and Gina - Week...
Worried he's 'losing patience with my...
Network: iTunes
Posted: 3/24/2009 Length: 28m 28s
play more info
click to play
In Treatment: Paul and Gina - Week...
Worried he's 'losing patience with my...
Network: iTunes
Posted: 3/24/2009 Length: 28m 28s
play more info
click to play
Cookie
Emily Lloyd ("In Country," "Wish You Were...
Network: Amazon Video on Demand
Posted: 11/1/2008 Length: 1h 34m 0s
play more info
click to play
Cops and Robbersons
Chevy Chase, Jack Palance and Dianne Wiest...
Network: Amazon Video on Demand
Posted: 8/18/2008 Length: 1h 33m 0s
play more info
click to play
Parenthood
Relive all the heart-warming moments of the...
Network: iTunes
Posted: 6/6/2008 Length: 2h 3m 47s
play more info

Advertisement

ONLINE VIDEO GUIDE SPONSORED BY