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Dianne Wiest’s best movie and TV show roles highlight the career of a celebrated and legendary actor who is not quite a household name. Wiest began as a theater actor in the 1970s before stepping into movies and television roles, quickly finding success and cementing herself as a true talent. Over the course of her career, Wiest has won two Oscars and two Emmy Awards and received myriad other nominations for her wide variety of performances on the big screen and the small screen.

Wiest has been known for playing soft-spoken and gentle characters, but she is also known as a comedic talent, holding her own on-screen with some of the funniest actors of all time, including Steve Martin and Robin Williams. She has worked with big-name directors like Tim Burton, Ron Howard, and Woody Allen, while also joining television shows that range from gritty dramas to hilarious sitcoms.

Black Sheep Entertainment has teamed with Firefly: Theater & Films to produce "Unscreened," a series of four short plays written by some of Hollywood's hottest female writing talent, including Emily Halpern ("Private Practice"), Leslye Headland ("Terriers"), Beth Schacter ("Normal Adolescent Behavior") and Susanna Fogel & Joni Lefkowitz ("Washingtonienne"). The cast features "Cloverfield" star Michael Stahl-David, Adrianne Palicki (TV's "Friday Night Lights"), Shannon Woodward ("Raising Hope"), Zosia Mamet ("Mad Men") Sarah Agor, Will Greenberg, Julia Garro, Scott Kradolfer, Jesse Williams and Firefly principal Steven Klein. Halpern, Schacter and Fogel are directing the plays,...