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