
Diane Sawyer
Acting • Born 1945-12-22
Biography
Lila Diane Sawyer is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News. During her tenure at CBS News she hosted CBS Morning and was the first woman correspondent on 60 Minutes. Prior to her journalism career, she was a member of U.S. President Richard Nixon's White House staff and assisted in his post-presidency memoirs.
Filmography
42 credits
Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview - A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph
Movie • 2023
Self - Interviewer

Howard
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)

The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later
Movie • 2021
Self - Host

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Movie • 2006
Self

The Prophet of Prosperity: Robert Tilton and the Gospel of Greed
Movie • 2005
Self - Archive Footage

Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview
Movie • 2022
Herself

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie • 2022
Self

Our Barbara
Movie • 2023
Self

The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie • 2015
Self - Hostess

Janeane from Des Moines
Movie • 2012
Herself

Crazy, Not Insane
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Moment in History - The Inauguration of Barack Obama
Movie • 2009
Self

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Movie • 2012
Self

Unforgettable
Movie • 2010
Self

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Movie • 2025
Self - Journalist, ABC News (archive footage)

Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie • 2025
Self / Narrator (voice)

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2003
Self

ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion
Movie • 2004
Self

The Turpins: A New House of Horror -- A Diane Sawyer Special Event
Movie • 2026

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self

The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self

20/20
TV • 1978

The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self

World News Tonight with David Muir
TV • 1948

Rachael Ray
TV • 2006

The View
TV • 1997
Self

E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self

The Colbert Report
TV • 2005

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)

Day One
TV • 1993
Host

Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self

The Nineties
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage)

World News Tonight with David Muir
TV • 1948
Self - Anchor

Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self

I Am Cait
TV • 2015
Self

Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
TV • 2022
Self - ABC News (archive footage)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest