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 Novak
- 2025 · Jay Kelly as Liz
- 2025 · Caught Stealing as Hank's Mom (uncredited)
- 2024 · Carole & Grey as Laura Dern
- 2024 · Lonely Planet as Katherine Loewe
- 2024 · Palm Royale as Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins
- 2024 · Ozi: Voice of the Forest as Seema (voice)
- 2022 · The Son as Kate
- 2022 · Jurassic World Dominion as Ellie Sattler
- 2021 · The White Lotus as Abby (voice)
- 2019 · Little Women as Marmee March
- 2019 · Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 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 · Bobbi Jene as Self
- 2017 · Wilson as Pippi
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Renata Klein
- 2016 · The Founder as Ethel Kroc
- 2016 · Certain Women as Laura
- 2015 · F is for Family as Sue Murphy (voice)
- 2015 · 99 Homes as Lynn Nash
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Bravetown as Annie
- 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 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2010 · Little Fockers as Prudence
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Lynch 2 as Self
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
- 2006 · Lonely Hearts as Rene Fodie
- 2005 · Happy Endings as Pam
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Randy Carpenter
- 2001 · Novocaine as Jean Noble
- 1999 · The West Wing as 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)
- 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
- 1992 · Afterburn as Janet Harduvel
- 1990 · Wild at Heart as Lula
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Diane Evans
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1986 · Blue Velvet as Sandy Williams
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · Foxes as Debbie
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self (uncredited)
- 1974 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Morning as Cathy
- 2025 · The Making of Jay Kelly as Self - Liz
- 2025 · Welcome to Lynchland as Self - Actor
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2023 · Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Halftime as Self
- 2022 · Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self
- 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 · J.T. LeRoy as Laura Albert
- 2018 · The Director and the Jedi as Self
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · The Black Ghiandola as Doctor
- 2014 · When the Game Stands Tall as Bev Ladouceur
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Cafe Patron
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2009 · Tenderness as Teresa
- 2008 · Recount as Katherine Harris
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Dortha Schaefer
- 2004 · We Don't Live Here Anymore as Terry Linden
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2002 · Goose as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Daddy and Them as Ruby Montgomery
- 2001 · Jurassic Park III as Ellie
- 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 · The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Vicki Weaver
- 1995 · The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Ellie Sattler
- 1991 · Rambling Rose as Rose
- 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy as Kathleen Robinson
- 1989 · Nightmare Classics as Rebecca Laymon
- 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
- 1973 · White Lightning as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
- Future · Forever, Interrupted as
- Future · Just One Drink as
- Future · Behind the Lines as Self
- 2023 · 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2023 · The Endangered Generation? as Self (voice)
- 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
- 2019 · Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances as Self
- 2018 · The Force of Sound as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
- 2017 · A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
- 2017 · The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair as Self
- 2017 · The Number of Completion as Self
- 2017 · The Good Time Girls as Clementine
- 2016 · Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
- 2011 · Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Sandy Williams
- 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 · 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 · Mysteries of Love as Self
- 2001 · Focus as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
- 2001 · Within These Walls as Sister Pauline Quinn
- 2001 · In the Small, Small Pond as
- 1998 · The Baby Dance as Wanda LeFauve
- 1996 · Citizen Ruth as Ruth Stoops
- 1995 · Down Came a Blackbird as Helen McNulty
- 1993 · Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1989 · Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy as Self
- 1988 · Haunted Summer as Claire Clairmont
- 1983 · Happy Endings as Audrey Constantine
- Future · Monsanto as Dr Melinda Rogers
- 1988 · No Frank in Lumberton as Self
- 1985 · Mask as Diana
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Berry Thompson