Laura Dern
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Dern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Jay Kelly as
- 2024 · Lonely Planet as Katherine Loewe
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Linda Shaw
- 2024 · Ozi: Voice of the Forest as Seema (voice)
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2022 · The Son as Kate
- 2022 · Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self
- 2022 · Jurassic World Dominion as Ellie Sattler
- 2021 · The White Lotus as Abby (voice)
- 2020 · Crazy, Not Insane as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
- 2019 · Little Women as Marmee March
- 2019 · Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Trial by Fire as Elizabeth Gilbert
- 2019 · Cold Pursuit as Grace Coxman
- 2018 · The Tale as Jennifer
- 2017 · Downsizing as Laura Lonowski
- 2017 · Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Vice Admiral Holdo
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Renata Klein
- 2016 · The Founder as Ethel Kroc
- 2015 · F is for Family as Sue Murphy (voice)
- 2015 · 99 Homes as Lynn Nash
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Wendy Hebert
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Wild as Bobbi Grey
- 2014 · When the Game Stands Tall as Bev Ladouceur
- 2014 · The Fault in Our Stars as Frannie Lancaster
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten as Tina (archive footage)
- 2013 · Drunk History as Nellie Bly
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
- 2012 · The Master as Helen Sullivan
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Enlightened as Amy Jellicoe
- 2011 · Everything Must Go as Delilah
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2010 · Little Fockers as Prudence
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Tenderness as Teresa
- 2008 · Recount as Katherine Harris
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
- 2006 · Lonely Hearts as Rene Fodie
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Dortha Schaefer
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Randy Carpenter
- 2000 · Dr. T & the Women as Peggy Travis
- 1999 · The West Wing as U.S. Poet Laureate Tabatha Fortis
- 1999 · October Sky as Miss Riley
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Katherine (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Serving Wench (voice)
- 1995 · The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Ellie Sattler
- 1994 · Ellen as Susan
- 1993 · A Perfect World as Sally Gerber
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · Frasier as June (voice)
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Annie Ainsley
- 1993 · Jurassic Park as Ellie
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Laura Dern
- 1990 · Wild at Heart as Lula
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Diane Evans
- 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy as Kathleen Robinson
- 1989 · Nightmare Classics as Rebecca Laymon
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1986 · Blue Velvet as Sandy Williams
- 1985 · Mask as Diana
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Berry Thompson
- Future · Just One Drink as
- Future · Forever, Interrupted as
- 2025 · Is This Thing On? as Tess
- 2025 · David Lynch: A Hollywood Enigma as Self - Actor
- 2024 · Carole & Grey as Laura Dern
- 2022 · Halftime as Self
- 2020 · The Making of "Marriage Story" as Self
- 2020 · Grizzly II: Revenge as Tina
- 2019 · Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances as Self
- 2019 · J.T. LeRoy as Laura Albert
- 2017 · Bobbi Jene as Self
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · Wilson as Pippi
- 2016 · Certain Women as Laura
- 2015 · Bravetown as Annie
- 2014 · 9 Kisses as Woman on Bench
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2011 · Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Sandy Williams
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Cafe Patron
- 2005 · Happy Endings as Pam
- 2004 · We Don't Live Here Anymore as Terry Linden
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2001 · Novocaine as Jean Noble
- 2001 · Daddy and Them as Ruby Montgomery
- 2001 · Focus as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
- 2001 · Jurassic Park III as Ellie
- 1999 · A Season for Miracles as Berry Thompson
- 1996 · Bastard Out of Carolina as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Citizen Ruth as Ruth Stoops
- 1996 · The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Vicki Weaver
- 1992 · Afterburn as Janet Harduvel
- 1991 · Rambling Rose as Rose
- 1988 · Haunted Summer as Claire Clairmont
- 1985 · Smooth Talk as Connie Wyatt
- 1984 · The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Crissy
- 1984 · Teachers as Diane
- 1982 · Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains as Jessica McNeil
- 1980 · Foxes as Debbie
- 1973 · White Lightning as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
- Future · Behind the Lines as Self
- Future · Monsanto as Dr Melinda Rogers
- 2023 · 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2023 · The Endangered Generation? as Self (voice)
- 2023 · Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind as Voice
- 2022 · Sheryl as Self
- 2021 · A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
- 2018 · The Director and the Jedi as Self
- 2018 · The Force of Sound as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair as Self
- 2017 · A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
- 2017 · The Number of Completion as Self
- 2017 · The Good Time Girls as Clementine
- 2017 · The Black Ghiandola as Doctor
- 2016 · Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
- 2011 · The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story as Self
- 2008 · The Monday Before Thanksgiving as Theresa
- 2007 · Lynch (one) as Self
- 2007 · More Things That Happened as Susan Blue
- 2007 · Lynch 2 as Self
- 2007 · Year of the Dog as Bret
- 2004 · Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart as
- 2002 · Damaged Care as Linda Peeno
- 2002 · Goose as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Mysteries of Love as Self
- 2001 · Within These Walls as Sister Pauline Quinn
- 2001 · In the Small, Small Pond as
- 1998 · The Baby Dance as Wanda LeFauve
- 1995 · Down Came a Blackbird as Helen McNulty
- 1990 · Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
- 1990 · Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted as Heartbroken Woman
- 1989 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Rebecca Laymon
- Future · Morning as Cathy
- 1990 · Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 · Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy as Herself
- 1988 · No Frank in Lumberton as Self
- 1983 · Happy Endings as Audrey Constantine
- 1974 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self - Nominee