Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest originally hails from Kansas City, Missouri and got her professional start with the American Shakespeare Company.  She made her professional television debut in a PBS Great Performances presentation of the Arena Theater’s production of Elie Wiesel’s “Zalemen or the Magic of God.”  Other notable television appearances include the television presentations of “Out of Our Father’s House,”  “The Wall and Drunks," and the television series “Avonlea,” for which she received an Emmy for Outstanding guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Wiest’s film credits include Academy Award winning performances in two Woody Allen direct features, “Hannah and her Sisters” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” as well as critically acclaimed in Robert Redford’s “The Horse Whisperer,” Mike Nichols' “The Birdcage,” Jodie Foster’s “Little Man Tate,” Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands,” Ron Howard’s “Parenthood,” “Cookie,” “The Purple Rose of Cairo” and “Footloose.”