Laura Dern
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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
Credits
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
as Vice Admiral Holdo
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
as Ellie Sattler
Little Women (2019)
as Marmee March
Jurassic Park (1993)
as Ellie
Caught Stealing (2025)
as Hank's Mom (uncredited)
Cold Pursuit (2019)
as Grace Coxman
The Founder (2016)
as Ethel Kroc
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
as Frannie Lancaster
Marriage Story (2019)
as Nora Fanshaw
Blue Velvet (1986)
as Sandy Williams
Little Fockers (2010)
as Prudence
Wild (2014)
as Bobbi Grey
Wild at Heart (1990)
as Lula
A Perfect World (1993)
as Sally Gerber
Downsizing (2017)
as Laura Lonowski
I Am Sam (2001)
as Randy Carpenter
Inland Empire (2006)
as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
Jay Kelly (2025)
as Liz
The Master (2012)
as Helen Sullivan
Lonely Planet (2024)
as Katherine Loewe
Is This Thing On? (2025)
as Tess Novak
October Sky (1999)
as Miss Riley
The Son (2022)
as Kate
Lonely Hearts (2006)
as Rene Fodie
99 Homes (2015)
as Lynn Nash
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
Trial by Fire (2019)
as Elizabeth Gilbert
Certain Women (2016)
as Laura
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Jay Kelly (2025)
as Self - Liz
OZI: Voice of the Forest (2024)
as Seema (voice)
Mask (1985)
as Diana
When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
as Bev Ladouceur
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Kathleen Robinson
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
as Peggy Travis
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Everything Must Go (2011)
as Delilah
White Lightning (1973)
as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
The Tale (2018)
as Jennifer
J.T. LeRoy (2019)
as Laura Albert
Peaked (—)
Actor
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
as Dortha Schaefer
Wilson (2017)
as Pippi
Happy Endings (2005)
as Pam
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)
as Vicki Weaver
The Words That Built America (2017)
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
as Self
Year of the Dog (2007)
as Bret
Welcome to Lynchland (2025)
as Self - Actor
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
as Terry Linden
Daddy and Them (2001)
as Ruby Montgomery
Rambling Rose (1991)
as Rose
Bravetown (2015)
as Annie
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Tina
Trespassing Bergman (2013)
as Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
as Cafe Patron
A Season for Miracles (1999)
as Berry Thompson
The Force of Sound (2018)
as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
Tenderness (2009)
as Teresa
The Director and the Jedi (2018)
as Self
More Things That Happened (2007)
as Susan Blue
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
as Jessica McNeil
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
as Self - Guest
Crazy, Not Insane (2020)
as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
Novocaine (2001)
as Jean Noble
Teachers (1984)
as Diane
Halftime (2022)
as Self
Citizen Ruth (1996)
as Ruth Stoops
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
Actor
The Making of "Marriage Story" (2020)
as Self
Smooth Talk (1985)
as Connie Wyatt
Behind the Lines (2024)
as Self
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story (2011)
as Self
A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)
as Self
Common Ground (2023)
as Self
Recount (2008)
as Katherine Harris
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
as Sandy Williams
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World (2022)
as Self
The Black Ghiandola (2017)
as Doctor
The Number of Completion (2017)
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
as Self / Ellie Sattler
Lynch 2 (2007)
as Self
Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances (2019)
as Self
Foxes (1980)
as Debbie
Carole & Grey (2024)
as Laura Dern
The Good Time Girls (2017)
as Clementine
Afterburn (1992)
as Janet Harduvel
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990)
as Self
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart (2004)
Actor
9 Kisses (2014)
as Woman on Bench
Haunted Summer (1988)
as Claire Clairmont
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990)
as Heartbroken Woman
Bobbi Jene (2017)
as Self
Damaged Care (2002)
as Linda Peeno
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017)
as Self
Down Came a Blackbird (1995)
as Helen McNulty
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2023)
as Self
The Monday Before Thanksgiving (2008)
as Theresa
The Baby Dance (1998)
as Wanda LeFauve
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984)
as Crissy
Focus (2001)
as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
Lynch (one) (2007)
as Self
No Frank in Lumberton (1988)
as Self
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989)
as Rebecca Laymon
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets (2002)
as Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth (2017)
as Self
Blue Velvet Revisited (2016)
as Self
Mysteries of Love (2002)
as Self
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind (2022)
as Voice
The Endangered Generation? (2023)
as Self (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
Morning (—)
as Cathy
Goose (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
In the Small, Small Pond (2001)
Actor
Happy Endings (1983)
as Audrey Constantine
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Self
Monsanto (—)
as Dr Melinda Rogers
Within These Walls (2001)
as Sister Pauline Quinn
Sheryl (2022)
as Self
Jurassic Park III (2001)
as Ellie