Most Recent Role: Gina Toll on In Treatment
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Birthday: 3-28-1948
Birth Name: Dianne Wiest
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Birthday: 3-28-1948
Birth Name: Dianne Wiest
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Most Recent Appearance
Paul and Gina - Week Nine
Friday 28 March 2008 on HBO
Paul must live with his actions of going after Laura in a romantic fashion.
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- external: Bad Seed 2005-04-27
- external: Teenage Girls Gone Bad 2005-04-26
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She has been nominated for 4 SAG Awards. In 2001 and 2002, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for her role as Interim District Attorney Nora Lewin in Law & Order. In 1997, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast, for the film, The Birdcage. In 1995, she won the SAG for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for the film, Bullets Over Broadway.
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Keanu Reeves, who is sixteen years her junior, proposed to her during the filming of Parenthood.
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She currently lives in New York City, New York.
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She was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37.
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Her first film was It's My Turn.
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Dianne Wiest: All I've done since is three days on Bright Lights, Big City as Michael J. Fox's mother. That's what an Oscar does for you.
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Other Appearances
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In Treatment
Gina Toll |
Law & Order
D.A. Nora Lewin |
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The 10th Kingdom
The Evil Queen/Christine Lewis |
The Return of Jezebel James
Talia Thomkins |
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame
The Blackwater Lightship Lily |
Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0339 Guest |
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
One D.A. Nora Lewin |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Chameleon District Attorney Nora Lewin |
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ridicule District Attorney Nora Lewin |
Road to Avonlea
Woman of Importance Lillian Hepworth |
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The Return of Jezebel James
Talia |
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Stars In
In TreatmentPaul, a psychotherapist played by Gabriel Byrne, is the picture of insightful perfection when dealing with his patients, but he becomes a raging ball of issues during his own therapy sessions. ... more
Law & OrderLaw & Order , the longest running crime series and the second longest-running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, started its 18th season on NBC in the winter of 2008.... more The 10th Kingdom
The 10th Kingdom is the story of a girl named Virginia Lewis (Kimberly Williams), a New York native, who, along with her father Anthony "Tony" Lewis (John Larroquette), is transported to a world... more
The Return of Jezebel JamesAmy Sherman-Palladino, creator of Gilmore Girls , brings us this multi-camera comedy about how two estranged sisters who are polar opposites try to raise a baby together. Boston Legal's Parker... more
