Laura Dern

Described as

American actress and producer (born 1967)

Other names

Laura Elizabeth Dern, Laura Elizabeth Dern-Harper, Laura E. Dern, L. E. Dern, L. Dern, Laura E. Dern-Harper, L. E. Dern-Harper, Dern, Dern-Harper, Dern, Laura Elizabeth, Dern-Harper, Laura Elizabeth, Dr. Ellie Sattler

Born

February 10, 1967 · 5 references

Born in

Los Angeles · 1 reference

Name at birth

Laura Elizabeth Dern

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

film actor · 1 reference; film producer; voice actor; television actor; screenwriter; film director; actor · 1 reference

Education

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute; The Buckley School · 1 reference; University of California, Los Angeles

Awards

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2020); Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (2017); star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference; BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2020) · 1 reference; Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (1993) · 1 reference; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2 times) (2009, 2018) · 1 reference; Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2012) · 1 reference; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (2020) · 1 reference

Spouse

Ben Harper (2005–2013)

Children

Ellery Harper · 1 reference; Jaya Harper

Father

Bruce Dern · 1 reference

Mother

Diane Ladd · 1 reference

Lived in

Los Angeles

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Wikipedias with a page

73

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Laura Elizabeth Dern (born 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy 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), Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk (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). Other lead film roles include Citizen Ruth (1995), Lynch's Inland Empire (2006), Certain Women (2016), and The Tale (2018).
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). In 2017, she first portrayed Renata Klein in the drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe, and reunited with Lynch for the final time in Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). She had supporting roles in the films A Perfect World (1993), October Sky (1999), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), 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.

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