About
Laura Dern
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2024 | Lonely Planet | Actor | Katherine Loewe | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Palm Royale | Actor | Linda Shaw | 68 Fair |
| 2024 | Ozi: Voice of the Forest | Actor | Seema (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2023 | 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Common Ground | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | The Endangered Generation? | Actor | Self (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Actor | Self - Guest | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Son | Actor | Kate Miller | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind | Actor | Voice | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Halftime | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 2022 | Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Jurassic World Dominion | Actor | Ellie Sattler | 66 Fair |
| 2022 | Sheryl | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2021 | A Night at the Academy Museum | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not Insane | Actor | Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | Grizzly II: Revenge | Actor | Tina | 57 Average |
| 2019 | Little Women | Actor | Marmee March | 77 Good |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Actor | Nora Fanshaw | 76 Good |
| 2019 | Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Trial by Fire | Actor | Elizabeth Gilbert | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | J.T. LeRoy | Actor | Laura Albert | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Cold Pursuit | Actor | Grace Coxman | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Trial by Fire | Actor | Elizabeth Gilbert | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | The Director and the Jedi | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | The Force of Sound | Actor | Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Tale | Actor | Jennifer | 64 Fair |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Actor | Laura Lonowski | 54 Average |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Actor | Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo | 67 Fair |
| 2017 | A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Number of Completion | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Actor | Self | 64 Fair |
| 2017 | Bobbi Jene | Actor | Herself | 58 Average |
| 2017 | The Good Time Girls | Actor | Clementine | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Actor | Self - Reader - Declaration of Independence | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | Actor | Doctor | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Wilson | Actor | Pippi | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies | Actor | Renata Klein | 78 Good |
| 2016 | The Founder | Actor | Ethel Kroc | 70 Good |
| 2016 | Blue Velvet Revisited | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Certain Women | Actor | Laura | 59 Average |
| 2015 | F is for Family | Actor | Sue Murphy (voice) | 72 Good |
| 2015 | 99 Homes | Actor | Lynn Nash | 64 Fair |
| 2015 | Bravetown | Actor | Annie | 62 Fair |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses | Actor | Woman on Bench | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Wild | Actor | Bobbi Grey | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | When the Game Stands Tall | Actor | Bev Ladouceur | 62 Fair |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars | Actor | Frannie Lancaster | 75 Good |
| 2013 | Trespassing Bergman | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Master | Actor | Helen Sullivan | 69 Fair |
| 2012 | Bergmans video | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Actor | (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage | Actor | Sandy Williams | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Enlightened | Actor | Amy Jellicoe | 70 Good |
| 2011 | Everything Must Go | Actor | Delilah | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Actor | Cafe Patron | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Return to Jurassic Park | Actor | Self | 63 Fair |
| 2011 | The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Little Fockers | Actor | Prudence | 56 Average |
| 2009 | Tenderness | Actor | Teresa | 57 Average |
| 2008 | The Monday Before Thanksgiving | Actor | Theresa | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Recount | Actor | Katherine Harris | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | Lynch (one) | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Lynch 2 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | More Things That Happened | Actor | Susan Blue | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Year of the Dog | Actor | Bret | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Actor | Nikki Grace / Susan Blue | 66 Fair |
| 2006 | Lonely Hearts | Actor | Rene Fodie | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Actor | Dortha Schaefer | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Happy Endings | Actor | Pam | 58 Average |
| 2004 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | Actor | Terry Linden | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Mysteries of Love | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Damaged Care | Actor | Linda Peeno | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Goose | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Actor | Randy Carpenter | 72 Good |
| 2001 | Novocaine | Actor | Jean Noble | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them | Actor | Ruby Montgomery | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Focus | Actor | Gertrude 'Gert' Hart | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Within These Walls | Actor | Sister Pauline Quinn | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Actor | Ellie | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | In the Small, Small Pond | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2000 | Dr. T & the Women | Actor | Peggy | 55 Average |
| 1999 | A Season for Miracles | Actor | Berry Thompson | 59 Average |
| 1999 | October Sky | Actor | Miss Riley | 71 Good |
| 1998 | The Baby Dance | Actor | Wanda LeFauve | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | Citizen Ruth | Actor | Ruth Stoops | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Actor | Vicki Weaver | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Down Came a Blackbird | Actor | Helen McNulty | 59 Average |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Actor | Self / Ellie Sattler | 59 Average |
| 1993 | A Perfect World | Actor | Sally Gerber | 71 Good |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Actor | Ellie | 79 Good |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Actor | Janet Harduvel | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Rambling Rose | Actor | Rose | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted | Actor | Heartbroken Woman | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Actor | Lula Fortune | 67 Fair |
| 1989 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Actor | Rebecca Laymon | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Actor | Rebecca Laymon | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Actor | Kathleen Robinson | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics | Actor | Rebecca Laymon | 70 Good |
| 1988 | Haunted Summer | Actor | Claire Clairmont | 58 Average |
| 1988 | No Frank in Lumberton | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet | Actor | Sandy Williams | 73 Good |
| 1985 | Smooth Talk | Actor | Connie Wyatt | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Mask | Actor | Diana | 65 Fair |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier | Actor | Crissy | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Teachers | Actor | Diane | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Happy Endings | Actor | Audrey Constantine | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains | Actor | Jessica McNeil | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Foxes | Actor | Debbie | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Actor | Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited) | 64 Fair |
| 1973 | White Lightning | Actor | Sharon Anne (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| Monsanto | Actor | Dr Melinda Rogers | N/A N/A |
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| Forever, Interrupted | Actor | Susan | N/A N/A |
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| War Unfolding | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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| Jay Kelly | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Morning | Actor | Cathy | N/A N/A |
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| Just One Drink | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Forever, Interrupted | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1994 | The Gift | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Production |
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| 2024 | Palm Royale | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 2023 | Tiny Beautiful Things | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 2020 | The Way I See It | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | If Anything Happens I Love You | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
| 2011 | Enlightened | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Production | Co-Producer | 66 Fair |
| 2002 | Damaged Care | Production | Co-Producer | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Down Came a Blackbird | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| Morning | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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| Forever, Interrupted | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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| The Dolls | Production | Production Executive | N/A N/A |
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| Just One Drink | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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