Laura Dern

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-02-10 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Laura Dern

Biography

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 (...

Acting

2001

1990

Wild at Heart

as Lula Fortune

2006

Lonely Hearts

as Rene Fodie

1986

Blue Velvet

as Sandy Williams

2006

Inland Empire

as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue

2007

Lynch 2

as Self

2000

Dr. T & the Women

as Peggy Travis

1985

Mask

as Diana

1973

White Lightning

as Sharon Anne (uncredited)

2001

Novocaine

as Jean Noble

2009

Tenderness

as Teresa

1984

Teachers

as Diane

2004

1991

2001

Daddy and Them

as Ruby Montgomery

1993

A Perfect World

as Sally Gerber

1989

Fat Man and Little Boy

as Kathleen Robinson

1985

Smooth Talk

as Connie Wyatt

1999

October Sky

as Miss Riley

2007

1996

Citizen Ruth

as Ruth Stoops

2008

Recount

as Katherine Harris

1988

Haunted Summer

as Claire Clairmont

2005

2011

1996

2010

Little Fockers

as Prudence

2012

The Master

as Helen Sullivan

2024

Ozi: Voice of the Forest

as Seema (voice)

2022

Sheryl

as Self

2023

1995

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

as Self / Ellie Sattler

2023

2012

1995

Down Came a Blackbird

as Helen McNulty

1980

Foxes

as Debbie

1998

The Baby Dance

as Wanda LeFauve

1992

Afterburn

as Janet Harduvel

1999

A Season for Miracles

as Berry Thompson

2001

Within These Walls

as Sister Pauline Quinn

2024

Lonely Planet

as Katherine Loewe

2002

Goose

as Narrator (voice)

2014

The Fault in Our Stars

as Frannie Lancaster

2007

2022

Halftime

as Self

2001

Focus

as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart

2014

Wild

as Bobbi Grey

2015

99 Homes

as Lynn Nash

1974

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)

2014

2001

I Am Sam

as Randy Carpenter

2015

Bravetown

as Annie

2016

The Founder

as Ethel Kroc

2014

9 Kisses

as Woman on Bench

2017

Wilson

as Pippi

2018

The Force of Sound

as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)

1993

2016

2018

The Tale

as Jennifer

-

Monsanto

as Dr Melinda Rogers

2002

Damaged Care

as Linda Peeno

2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

as Vice Admiral Holdo

2017

Downsizing

as Laura Lonowski

2019

J.T. LeRoy

as Laura Albert

2017

2017

The Good Time Girls

as Clementine

2017

The Words That Built America

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2017

Spielberg

as Self

2019

Trial by Fire

as Elizabeth Gilbert

2017

Bobbi Jene

as Self

2019

Marriage Story

as Nora Fanshaw

2019

Cold Pursuit

as Grace Coxman

2019

Little Women

as Marmee March

2007

2011

2022

Jurassic World Dominion

as Ellie Sattler

2020

Crazy, Not Insane

as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)

1983

Happy Endings

as Audrey Constantine

2022

The Son

as Kate

1996

Bastard Out of Carolina

as Narrator (voice)

2024

Carole & Grey

as Laura Dern

-

Morning

as Cathy

Production

1994

The Gift

as Director

1995

Down Came a Blackbird

as Executive Producer

2020

The Way I See It

as Producer

2020

If Anything Happens I Love You

as Executive Producer

2002

Damaged Care

as Co-Producer

2006

Inland Empire

as Co-Producer

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