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Laura Dern

Acting 59 years old Los Angeles, California, USA ★ 3.9
Born: February 10, 1967

Biography

Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. Born to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern embarked on an acting career in the 1980s and rose to some prominence for her performances in Mask (1985) and David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). She received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of the titular orphan in the drama film Rambling Rose (1991) and achieved international recognition for her role in Steven Spielberg's adventure film Jurassic Park (1993), a role that she reprised in the 2001 sequel Jurassic Park III.

After winning two Golden Globe Awards for her performances as Katherine Harris in the television film Recount (2008) and Amy Jellicoe in the comedy-drama series Enlightened (2011–2013), Dern garnered her second Academy Award nomination for her work in the biopic Wild (2014). In 2017, she began starring as Renata Klein in the drama series Big Little Lies, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award, and reunited with David Lynch for Twin Peaks: The Return. She has since played supporting roles in the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Marriage Story (2019), and Little Women (2019). Her performance in Marriage Story won her an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, both for Best Supporting Actress.

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Known For

Little Women
Little Women Marmee March 2019
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet Sandy Williams 1986
The Tale
The Tale Jennifer 2018
Little Fockers
Little Fockers Prudence 2010
The Son
The Son Kate 2022

Jimmy's Seen (3)

Die Hard
Die Hard Self - Guest 1988
Little Women
Little Women Marmee March 2019
Marriage Story
Marriage Story Nora Fanshaw 2019

Filmography

Acting Credits (157)

Is This Thing On?
Is This Thing On? Tess Novak 2025
The Making of Jay Kelly
The Making of Jay Kelly Self - Liz 2025
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly Liz 2025
Caught Stealing
Caught Stealing Hank's Mom (uncredited) 2025
Welcome to Lynchland
Welcome to Lynchland Self - Actor 2025
Carole & Grey
Carole & Grey Laura Dern 2024
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Katherine Loewe 2024
Palm Royale
Palm Royale Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins 2024
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self 2023
Common Ground
Common Ground Self 2023
The Endangered Generation?
The Endangered Generation? Self (voice) 2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Self - Guest 2023
The Son
The Son Kate 2022
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind Voice 2022
Halftime
Halftime Self 2022
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World Self 2022
Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Dominion Ellie Sattler 2022
Sheryl
Sheryl Self 2022
A Night at the Academy Museum
A Night at the Academy Museum Self 2021
The White Lotus
The White Lotus Abby (voice) 2021
The Making of "Marriage Story"
The Making of "Marriage Story" Self 2020
Crazy, Not Insane
Crazy, Not Insane Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice) 2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
Grizzly II: Revenge Tina 2020
Little Women
Little Women Marmee March 2019
Marriage Story
Marriage Story Nora Fanshaw 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances
Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances Self 2019
Trial by Fire
Trial by Fire Elizabeth Gilbert 2019
J.T. LeRoy
J.T. LeRoy Laura Albert 2019
Cold Pursuit
Cold Pursuit Grace Coxman 2019
The Director and the Jedi
The Director and the Jedi Self 2018
The Force of Sound
The Force of Sound Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage) 2018
The Tale
The Tale Jennifer 2018
Downsizing
Downsizing Laura Lonowski 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Vice Admiral Holdo 2017
The Number of Completion
The Number of Completion Self 2017
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth Self 2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair Self 2017
Spielberg
Spielberg Self 2017
Bobbi Jene
Bobbi Jene Self 2017
The Good Time Girls
The Good Time Girls Clementine 2017
The Words That Built America
The Words That Built America Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence 2017
The Black Ghiandola
The Black Ghiandola Doctor 2017
Wilson
Wilson Pippi 2017
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies Renata Klein 2017
The Founder
The Founder Ethel Kroc 2016
Blue Velvet Revisited
Blue Velvet Revisited Self 2016
Certain Women
Certain Women Laura 2016
F is for Family
F is for Family Sue Murphy (voice) 2015
99 Homes
99 Homes Lynn Nash 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Bravetown
Bravetown Annie 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self 2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Wendy Hebert 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Wild
Wild Bobbi Grey 2014
When the Game Stands Tall
When the Game Stands Tall Bev Ladouceur 2014
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars Frannie Lancaster 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
Trespassing Bergman
Trespassing Bergman Self 2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten Tina (archive footage) 2013
Drunk History
Drunk History Nellie Bly 2013
The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov 2012
The Master
The Master Helen Sullivan 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage Sandy Williams 2011
Enlightened
Enlightened Amy Jellicoe 2011
Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go Delilah 2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Fight for Your Right Revisited Cafe Patron 2011
Return to Jurassic Park
Return to Jurassic Park Self 2011
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story Self 2011
Little Fockers
Little Fockers Prudence 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Tenderness
Tenderness Teresa 2009
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
The Monday Before Thanksgiving Theresa 2008
Recount
Recount Katherine Harris 2008
Lynch (one)
Lynch (one) Self 2007
Lynch 2
Lynch 2 Self 2007
More Things That Happened
More Things That Happened Susan Blue 2007
Year of the Dog
Year of the Dog Bret 2007
Inland Empire
Inland Empire Nikki Grace / Susan Blue 2006
Lonely Hearts
Lonely Hearts Rene Fodie 2006
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Dortha Schaefer 2005
Happy Endings
Happy Endings Pam 2005
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart 2004
We Don't Live Here Anymore
We Don't Live Here Anymore Terry Linden 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self - Guest 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Searching for Debra Winger
Searching for Debra Winger Self 2002
Damaged Care
Damaged Care Linda Peeno 2002
Goose
Goose Narrator (voice) 2002
Mysteries of Love
Mysteries of Love Self 2002
I Am Sam
I Am Sam Randy Carpenter 2001
Novocaine
Novocaine Jean Noble 2001
Daddy and Them
Daddy and Them Ruby Montgomery 2001
Focus
Focus Gertrude 'Gert' Hart 2001
Within These Walls
Within These Walls Sister Pauline Quinn 2001
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park III Ellie 2001
In the Small, Small Pond
In the Small, Small Pond 2001
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. T & the Women Peggy Travis 2000
A Season for Miracles
A Season for Miracles Berry Thompson 1999
The West Wing
The West Wing Tabatha Fortis 1999
October Sky
October Sky Miss Riley 1999
The Baby Dance
The Baby Dance Wanda LeFauve 1998
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Katherine (voice) 1997
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Serving Wench (voice) 1997
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina Narrator (voice) 1996
Citizen Ruth
Citizen Ruth Ruth Stoops 1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
The Siege at Ruby Ridge Vicki Weaver 1996
Down Came a Blackbird
Down Came a Blackbird Helen McNulty 1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' Self / Ellie Sattler 1995
Ellen
Ellen Susan 1994
A Perfect World
A Perfect World Sally Gerber 1993
Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait Self 1993
Frasier
Frasier June (voice) 1993
Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea
Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea Narrator (voice) 1993
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels Annie Ainsley 1993
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park Ellie 1993
The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show Laura Dern 1992
Afterburn
Afterburn Janet Harduvel 1992
Rambling Rose
Rambling Rose Rose 1991
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch Self 1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted Heartbroken Woman 1990
Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart Lula 1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks Diane Evans 1990
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Rebecca Laymon 1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy Kathleen Robinson 1989
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy Self 1989
Nightmare Classics
Nightmare Classics Rebecca Laymon 1989
Haunted Summer
Haunted Summer Claire Clairmont 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
No Frank in Lumberton
No Frank in Lumberton Self 1988
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet Sandy Williams 1986
Smooth Talk
Smooth Talk Connie Wyatt 1985
Mask
Mask Diana 1985
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier Crissy 1984
Teachers
Teachers Diane 1984
Happy Endings
Happy Endings Audrey Constantine 1983
Nature
Nature Narrator (voice) 1982
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains Jessica McNeil 1982
Foxes
Foxes Debbie 1980
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self (uncredited) 1975
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited) 1974
White Lightning
White Lightning Sharon Anne (uncredited) 1973
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Berry Thompson 1951
The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards Self - Nominee 1949
Behind the Lines
Behind the Lines Self
Monsanto
Monsanto Dr Melinda Rogers
Morning
Morning Cathy
Peaked
Peaked
Forever, Interrupted
Forever, Interrupted
Just One Drink
Just One Drink

Directing Credits (2)

Writing Credits (1)

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