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Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948 in Kansas City,
Missouri) is an United States|American
actor|actress in stage, television, and film, and
has received several awards in her career,
including two Academy Award|Oscars.

Wiest's original ambition was to be a
ballet|ballerina, but she began acting on
Broadway, playing Desdemona to James Earl Jones'
Othello. She made her film debut in 1980, but
didn't make a name for herself until her
performance as Emma, a prostitute during the Great
Depression, in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of
Cairo (1985). Allen was so impressed by Wiest's
acting ability that he has directed her on four
more occasions since.

Under Allen's direction, Wiest won an Academy
Award|Oscar for Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress|Best Supporting Actress, in Hannah and Her
Sisters (1986). She followed her Academy Award
success with performances in The Lost Boys (1987)
and Bright Lights, Big City (1988) before starring
with Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Jason
Robards, Keanu Reeves and Martha Plimpton in Ron
Howard (director)|Ron Howard's Parenthood, for
which she received her second Oscar nomination. 

In 1990 Wiest starred in Edward Scissorhands.  She
returned to Woody Allen in 1994 for Bullets Over
Broadway (1994), a comedy set in 1920s New York
City, winning her second Best Supporting Actress
Oscar for her portrayal of Helen Sinclair, a
boozy, glamorous and neurotic star of the stage.

She has recently performed roles in the film
Practical Magic (1998) and the television
mini-series The 10th Kingdom (2000).

Wiest lives in New York City with her two adopted
daughters, Emily and Lily. Recently, her daughter
Emily and two teenage classmates from The Beekman
School, a  high school located in an East Side
townhouse, were accused of robbing and beating up
a fourth student on a midtown sidewalk after
getting into a shoving and pushing match on school
property.

==Selected filmography==
* Footloose (1984)
* The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
* Hannah and Her Sisters (1986 in film|1986) (won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress;
nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best
Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture)
* Radio Days (1987)
* The Lost Boys (1987)
* Parenthood (1989) (nominated for Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress; nominated for Golden
Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion
Picture)
* Edward Scissorhands (1990)
* Little Man Tate (1991)
* Bullets Over Broadway (1994 in film|1994) (won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; won
Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture)
* The Horse Whisperer (1998)
* The 10th Kingdom (2000)
* Law & Order (2000-2002)
* I Am Sam (2001)
* The Blackwater Lightship (2004)

==External link==
*imdb name | id=0001848 | name=Dianne Wiest