Laura Dern
Born: 1967-02-10 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Skip Intro as Self - Guest
- Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2025
- Caught Stealing as Hank's Mom (uncredited)
- Is This Thing On? as Tess Novak
- Jay Kelly as Liz
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Welcome to Lynchland as Self - Actor
- The Making of Jay Kelly as Self - Liz
2024
- Palm Royale as Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins
- Lonely Planet as Katherine Loewe
- OZI: Voice of the Forest as Seema
- Carole & Grey as Laura Dern
2023
- Tiny Beautiful Things ... (Executive Producer)
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- Common Ground as Self
- 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- The Endangered Generation? as Self (voice)
2022
- Jurassic World Dominion as Ellie Sattler
- The Son as Kate
- Halftime as Self
- Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind as Voice
- Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self
- Sheryl as Self
2021
- The White Lotus as Abby (voice)
- A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
2020
- Grizzly II: Revenge as Tina
- The Way I See It ... (Producer)
- If Anything Happens I Love You ... (Executive Producer)
- Crazy, Not Insane as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
- The Making of "Marriage Story" as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Little Women as Marmee March
- Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
- Cold Pursuit as Grace Coxman
- Trial by Fire as Elizabeth Gilbert
- J.T. LeRoy as Laura Albert
- Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances as Self
2018
- The Tale as Jennifer
- The Director and the Jedi as Self
- The Force of Sound as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
2017
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Vice Admiral Holdo
- Big Little Lies as Renata Klein
- Downsizing as Laura Lonowski
- Spielberg as Self
- Wilson as Pippi
- The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- Bobbi Jene as Self
- The Black Ghiandola as Doctor
- The Number of Completion as Self
- The Good Time Girls as Clementine
- The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair as Self
- A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
2016
- WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews as Self - Guest
- The Founder as Ethel Kroc
- Certain Women as Laura
- Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Wendy Hebert
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- F is for Family as Sue Murphy (voice)
- 99 Homes as Lynn Nash
- Bravetown as Annie
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- The Fault in Our Stars as Frannie Lancaster
- Wild as Bobbi Grey
- When the Game Stands Tall as Bev Ladouceur
- 9 Kisses as Woman on Bench
2013
- Drunk History as Nellie Bly
- Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten as Tina (archive footage)
- Call Me Crazy: A Five Film ... (Director)
- Trespassing Bergman as Self
2012
- The Mindy Project as Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
- The Master as Helen Sullivan
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011
- Enlightened as Amy Jellicoe
- Everything Must Go as Delilah
- Fight for Your Right Revisited as Cafe Patron
- Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story as Self
- Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Sandy Williams
2010
- Little Fockers as Prudence
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Tenderness as Teresa
2008
- Recount as Katherine Harris
- The Monday Before Thanksgiving as Theresa
2007
- Year of the Dog as Bret
- Lynch 2 as Self
- More Things That Happened as Susan Blue
- Lynch (one) as Self
2006
- Inland Empire as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
- Lonely Hearts as Rene Fodie
2005
- Happy Endings as Pam
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Dortha Schaefer
2004
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002
- Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- Goose as Narrator (voice)
- Mysteries of Love as Self
- Damaged Care as Linda Peeno
- Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets as Self
2001
- I Am Sam as Randy Carpenter
- Daddy and Them as Ruby Montgomery
- Novocaine as Jean Noble
- Focus as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
- Within These Walls as Sister Pauline Quinn
- In the Small, Small Pond
- Jurassic Park III as Ellie
2000
- Dr. T & the Women as Peggy Travis
1999
- The West Wing as Tabatha Fortis
- October Sky as Miss Riley
- A Season for Miracles as Berry Thompson
1998
- The Baby Dance as Wanda LeFauve
1997
- King of the Hill as Katherine (voice)
1996
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Vicki Weaver
- Bastard Out of Carolina as Narrator (voice)
- Citizen Ruth as Ruth Stoops
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Vicki Weaver
1995
- The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Ellie Sattler
- Down Came a Blackbird as Helen McNulty
1993
- Frasier as June (voice)
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- Jurassic Park as Ellie
- Fallen Angels as Annie Ainsley
- A Perfect World as Sally Gerber
- Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea as Narrator (voice)
1992
- The Larry Sanders Show as Laura Dern
- Afterburn as Janet Harduvel
1991
- Rambling Rose as Rose
1990
- Twin Peaks as Diane Evans
- The Word
- Wild at Heart as Lula
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
- Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted as Heartbroken Woman
1989
- Fat Man and Little Boy as Kathleen Robinson
- Nightmare Classics as Rebecca Laymon
- Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy as Self
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Rebecca Laymon
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Haunted Summer as Claire Clairmont
- No Frank in Lumberton as Self
1986
- Blue Velvet as Sandy Williams
1985
- Mask as Diana
- Smooth Talk as Connie Wyatt
1984
- Teachers as Diane
- The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Crissy
1983
- Happy Endings as Audrey Constantine
1982
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
- American Playhouse as Connie Wyatt
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains as Jessica McNeil
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)
1973
- White Lightning as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Berry Thompson
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self - Nominee