1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Her performance as Holly won an Oscar for supporting actress.
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A career shaped on stage and screen
Dianne Wiest’s work spans theatre, film and television, with two Oscar-winning supporting performances and an Emmy-winning role in In Treatment.
The craft of a supporting role
Wiest began her career on stage, including work with a touring Shakespeare company and the New York Shakespeare Festival. Her theatre background preceded a wide range of screen roles.
She won her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Holly in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), then won the same award again as Helen Sinclair in Bullets Over Broadway (1994).
Her film work also includes Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. On television she played Gina in In Treatment, a performance recognised with a Primetime Emmy.
The films below are the titles currently available on FLM.RED and do not represent her complete body of work.
Selected performances
1994
Bullets Over Broadway
She won a second supporting-actress Oscar as Helen Sinclair.
2008
In Treatment
She received an Emmy for playing Gina.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Television Academy biography
- Television Academy: In Treatment
- 20th Century Studios: Edward Scissorhands
- BroadwayWorld stage biography
- IMDb
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.