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)
- 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
- 2024 · Ozi: Voice of the Forest as Seema (voice)
- 2023 · 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2023 · Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Son as Kate
- 2022 · Sheryl as Self
- 2021 · A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
- 2020 · Grizzly II: Revenge as Tina
- 2019 · Trial by Fire as Elizabeth Gilbert
- 2018 · The Force of Sound as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Tale as Jennifer
- 2017 · The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair as Self
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · The Black Ghiandola as Doctor
- 2015 · 99 Homes as Lynn Nash
- 2015 · Bravetown as Annie
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 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
- 2002 · Damaged Care as Linda Peeno
- 2002 · Mysteries of Love as Self
- 2001 · Daddy and Them as Ruby Montgomery
- 2000 · Dr. T & the Women as Peggy Travis
- 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
- 1989 · Nightmare Classics as Rebecca Laymon
- 1988 · Haunted Summer as Claire Clairmont
- 1983 · Happy Endings as Audrey Constantine
- 1982 · Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains as Jessica McNeil
- 1973 · White Lightning as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
- Future · Behind the Lines as Self
- 2023 · The Endangered Generation? as Self (voice)
- 2022 · Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind as Voice
- 2022 · Halftime as Self
- 2017 · Wilson as Pippi
- 1980 · Foxes as Debbie
- Future · Monsanto as Dr Melinda Rogers
- 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 · The Making of "Marriage Story" as Self
- 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 Self
- 2019 · Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances as Self
- 2019 · J.T. LeRoy as Laura Albert
- 2019 · Cold Pursuit as Grace Coxman
- 2018 · The Director and the Jedi as Self
- 2017 · Downsizing as Laura Lonowski
- 2017 · Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Vice Admiral Holdo
- 2017 · The Number of Completion as Self
- 2017 · A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2017 · Bobbi Jene as Self
- 2017 · The Good Time Girls as Clementine
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Renata Klein
- 2016 · The Founder as Ethel Kroc
- 2016 · Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
- 2016 · Certain Women as Laura
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
- 2009 · Tenderness as Teresa
- 2007 · More Things That Happened as Susan Blue
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
- 2006 · Lonely Hearts as Rene Fodie
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Dortha Schaefer
- 2005 · Happy Endings as Pam
- 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 · Goose as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Randy Carpenter
- 2001 · Novocaine as Jean Noble
- 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 · A Season for Miracles as Berry Thompson
- 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)
- 1996 · Bastard Out of Carolina as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Citizen Ruth as Ruth Stoops
- 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
- 1992 · Afterburn as Janet Harduvel
- 1991 · Rambling Rose as Rose
- 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 · Fat Man and Little Boy as Kathleen Robinson
- 1989 · Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy as Herself
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · No Frank in Lumberton as Self
- 1986 · Blue Velvet as Sandy Williams
- 1985 · Smooth Talk as Connie Wyatt
- 1985 · Mask as Diana
- 1984 · The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Crissy
- 1984 · Teachers as Diane
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Berry Thompson
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Morning as Cathy
- Future · Forever, Interrupted as
- Future · Just One Drink as