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Actress Dianne Wiest attends the premiere of "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" at Chelsea West Cinemas Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, in New York. Wiest was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 28, 1948.
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Wiest's original ambition was to be a ballerina, but she was bitten by the acting bug after some stage work, most notably playing Desdemona to James Earl Jones' Othello on Broadway. She's pictured here on Aug. 25, 2004.
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Wiest was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the HBO series "In Treatment" She plays a therapist's therapist in the drama centered around a therapist, played by Gabriel Byrne, facing a midlife crisis.
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Undated photo of Dianne Wiest as District Attorney Nora Lewin in the NBC crime drama Law & Order. She is said to be Brad Pitt's favorite actress.
