Acting
Laura Dern
EN, FR, HU, DE cinema · 129 credits
Born
10 February 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Laura Elizabeth Dern · Laura Elizabeth Dern-Harper
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globes. Born to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern embarked on an acting career in the 1980s and rose to prominence for her performances in Peter Bogdanovich's Mask (1985) and in David Lynch's films Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the orphan Rose in the drama film Rambling Rose (1991), and received her first Golden Globe for her performance in the television film Afterburn (1992). She achieved international recognition for her role as Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's adventure film Jurassic Park (1993), a role she reprised in the sequels Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022). After winning two Golden Globes for her performances as Katherine Harris in the television film Recount (2008), and Amy Jellicoe in the comedy series Enlightened (2011–2013), Dern garnered her second Academy Award nomination for her performance as the mother of Cheryl Strayed in the biopic Wild (2014). She portrayed Renata Klein in the drama series Big Little Lies, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe, and reunited with Lynch for Inland Empire (2006) and Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). She had supporting roles in the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Little Women (2019), and Marriage Story (2019). Her performance as a divorce lawyer in Marriage Story won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, along with the corresponding BAFTA Award and Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Dern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Monsanto
Monsanto
as Dr Melinda Rogers
Morning
as Cathy, Executive Producer
Peaked
Actor
Artificial
as Base 4 (voice)
Jay Kelly
as Liz
Welcome to Lynchland
as Self - Actor
Is This Thing On?
as Tess Novak
Caught Stealing
as Hank's Mom (uncredited)
The Making of Jay Kelly
as Self - Liz
Lonely Planet
as Katherine Loewe
Carole & Grey
as Laura Dern
OZI: Voice of the Forest
as Seema (voice)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
Common Ground
as Self
The Endangered Generation?
as Self (voice)
Sheryl
as Self
Halftime
as Self
Jurassic World Dominion
as Ellie Sattler
The Son
as Kate
Crazy, Not Insane
as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
The Way I See It
Producer
If Anything Happens I Love You
Executive Producer
J.T. LeRoy
as Laura Albert
Trial by Fire
as Elizabeth Gilbert
Marriage Story
as Nora Fanshaw
Cold Pursuit
as Grace Coxman
Little Women
as Marmee March
The Force of Sound
as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
The Tale
as Jennifer
Wilson
as Pippi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Vice Admiral Holdo
Downsizing
as Laura Lonowski
The Black Ghiandola
as Doctor
The Good Time Girls
as Clementine
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Spielberg
as Self
Bobbi Jene
as Self
The Founder
as Ethel Kroc
Certain Women
as Laura
99 Homes
as Lynn Nash
Bravetown
as Annie
The Fault in Our Stars
as Frannie Lancaster
Wild
as Bobbi Grey
When the Game Stands Tall
as Bev Ladouceur
9 Kisses
as Woman on Bench
The Master
as Helen Sullivan
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Everything Must Go
as Delilah
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Cafe Patron
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Sandy Williams
Little Fockers
as Prudence
Tenderness
as Teresa
Recount
as Katherine Harris
Lynch 2
as Self
Year of the Dog
as Bret
Lynch (one)
as Self
More Things That Happened
as Susan Blue
Lonely Hearts
as Rene Fodie
Inland Empire
as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue, Co-Producer
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
as Dortha Schaefer
We Don't Live Here Anymore
as Terry Linden
Goose
as Narrator (voice)
Damaged Care
as Linda Peeno, Co-Producer
Jurassic Park III
as Ellie
Novocaine
as Jean Noble
Daddy and Them
as Ruby Montgomery
Within These Walls
as Sister Pauline Quinn
Focus
as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
I Am Sam
as Randy Carpenter
Dr. T & the Women
as Peggy Travis
October Sky
as Miss Riley
A Season for Miracles
as Berry Thompson
The Baby Dance
as Wanda LeFauve
Citizen Ruth
as Ruth Stoops
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Vicki Weaver
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self / Ellie Sattler
Down Came a Blackbird
as Helen McNulty, Executive Producer
The Gift
1994
The Gift
Director
A Perfect World
as Sally Gerber
Jurassic Park
as Ellie
Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea
1993
Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea
as Narrator (voice)
Afterburn
as Janet Harduvel
Rambling Rose
as Rose
Wild at Heart
as Lula
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
as Heartbroken Woman
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Kathleen Robinson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Rebecca Laymon
Haunted Summer
as Claire Clairmont
Blue Velvet
as Sandy Williams
Mask
as Diana
Smooth Talk
as Connie Wyatt
Teachers
as Diane
Happy Endings
as Audrey Constantine
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
as Jessica McNeil
Foxes
as Debbie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
White Lightning
as Sharon Anne (uncredited)