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