Laura Dern
Acting • Born 1967-02-10
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 (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.
Filmography
159 credits
Jurassic Park III
Movie • 2001
Ellie
Wild at Heart
Movie • 1990
Lula
Lonely Hearts
Movie • 2006
Rene Fodie
Blue Velvet
Movie • 1986
Sandy Williams
Inland Empire
Movie • 2006
Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
Lynch 2
Movie • 2007
Self
Dr. T & the Women
Movie • 2000
Peggy Travis
Mask
Movie • 1985
Diana
White Lightning
Movie • 1973
Sharon Anne (uncredited)
Novocaine
Movie • 2001
Jean Noble
A Night at the Academy Museum
Movie • 2021
Self
Tenderness
Movie • 2009
Teresa
Teachers
Movie • 1984
Diane
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Movie • 2004
Terry Linden
Rambling Rose
Movie • 1991
Rose
Daddy and Them
Movie • 2001
Ruby Montgomery
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Movie • 1982
Jessica McNeil
A Perfect World
Movie • 1993
Sally Gerber
Fat Man and Little Boy
Movie • 1989
Kathleen Robinson
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Movie • 2005
Dortha Schaefer
Smooth Talk
Movie • 1985
Connie Wyatt
October Sky
Movie • 1999
Miss Riley
Year of the Dog
Movie • 2007
Bret
Citizen Ruth
Movie • 1996
Ruth Stoops
Recount
Movie • 2008
Katherine Harris
Haunted Summer
Movie • 1988
Claire Clairmont
Happy Endings
Movie • 2005
Pam
Behind the Lines
Movie
Self
Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie • 2020
Tina
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Movie • 1990
Heartbroken Woman
Everything Must Go
Movie • 2011
Delilah
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Movie • 1996
Vicki Weaver
Little Fockers
Movie • 2010
Prudence
The Master
Movie • 2012
Helen Sullivan
Sheryl
Movie • 2022
Self
Common Ground
Movie • 2023
Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Movie • 1995
Self / Ellie Sattler
The Endangered Generation?
Movie • 2023
Self (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1989
Rebecca Laymon
Down Came a Blackbird
Movie • 1995
Helen McNulty
Foxes
Movie • 1980
Debbie
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self
Mysteries of Love
Movie • 2002
Self
The Baby Dance
Movie • 1998
Wanda LeFauve
Afterburn
Movie • 1992
Janet Harduvel
A Season for Miracles
Movie • 1999
Berry Thompson
Within These Walls
Movie • 2001
Sister Pauline Quinn
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
Movie • 2008
Theresa
Lonely Planet
Movie • 2024
Katherine Loewe
Goose
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
The Fault in Our Stars
Movie • 2014
Frannie Lancaster
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind
Movie • 2022
Voice
Lynch (one)
Movie • 2007
Self
Halftime
Movie • 2022
Self
Focus
Movie • 2001
Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Movie • 2022
Self
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2023
Self
Wild
Movie • 2014
Bobbi Grey
99 Homes
Movie • 2015
Lynn Nash
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Movie • 1974
Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
When the Game Stands Tall
Movie • 2014
Bev Ladouceur
I Am Sam
Movie • 2001
Randy Carpenter
Bravetown
Movie • 2015
Annie
The Founder
Movie • 2016
Ethel Kroc
Wilson
Movie • 2017
Pippi
Jay Kelly
Movie • 2025
Liz
The Force of Sound
Movie • 2018
Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
In the Small, Small Pond
Movie • 2001
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Movie • 1984
Crissy
No Frank in Lumberton
Movie • 1988
Self
Jurassic Park
Movie • 1993
Ellie
Certain Women
Movie • 2016
Laura
The Tale
Movie • 2018
Jennifer
Monsanto
Movie
Dr Melinda Rogers
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
Movie • 2011
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Movie • 1990
Self
Damaged Care
Movie • 2002
Linda Peeno
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie • 2017
Vice Admiral Holdo
Downsizing
Movie • 2017
Laura Lonowski
J.T. LeRoy
Movie • 2019
Laura Albert
The Black Ghiandola
Movie • 2017
Doctor
The Good Time Girls
Movie • 2017
Clementine
The Words That Built America
Movie • 2017
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Spielberg
Movie • 2017
Self
Trial by Fire
Movie • 2019
Elizabeth Gilbert
Bobbi Jene
Movie • 2017
Self
Marriage Story
Movie • 2019
Nora Fanshaw
Trespassing Bergman
Movie • 2013
Self
Blue Velvet Revisited
Movie • 2016
Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Movie • 2011
Cafe Patron
The Director and the Jedi
Movie • 2018
Self
Cold Pursuit
Movie • 2019
Grace Coxman
Little Women
Movie • 2019
Marmee March
Return to Jurassic Park
Movie • 2011
Self
More Things That Happened
Movie • 2007
Susan Blue
Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances
Movie • 2019
Self
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Movie • 2011
Sandy Williams
Jurassic World Dominion
Movie • 2022
Ellie Sattler
Crazy, Not Insane
Movie • 2020
Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
Happy Endings
Movie • 1983
Audrey Constantine
The Son
Movie • 2022
Kate
Bastard Out of Carolina
Movie • 1996
Narrator (voice)
The Number of Completion
Movie • 2017
Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Movie • 2017
Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Movie • 2017
Self
Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
The Making of "Marriage Story"
Movie • 2020
Self
Carole & Grey
Movie • 2024
Laura Dern
Welcome to Lynchland
Movie • 2025
Self - Actor
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Movie • 2004
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
Movie • 1989
Self
Is This Thing On?
Movie • 2025
Tess Novak
Morning
Movie
Cathy
Caught Stealing
Movie • 2025
Hank's Mom (uncredited)
The Making of Jay Kelly
Movie • 2025
Self - Liz
Peaked
Movie
OZI: Voice of the Forest
Movie • 2024
Seema
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Katherine (voice)
Frasier
TV • 1993
June (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Berry Thompson
Fallen Angels
TV • 1993
Annie Ainsley
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
Enlightened
TV • 2011
Amy Jellicoe
Nightmare Classics
TV • 1989
Rebecca Laymon
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Laura Dern
Palm Royale
TV • 2024
Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Tabatha Fortis
F is for Family
TV • 2015
Sue Murphy (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Big Little Lies
TV • 2017
Renata Klein
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Mindy Project
TV • 2012
Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
TV • 2013
Tina (archive footage)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Ellen
TV • 1994
Susan
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self - Nominee
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Diane Evans
The White Lotus
TV • 2021
Abby (voice)
Forever, Interrupted
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Serving Wench (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Just One Drink
TV
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV • 2015
Wendy Hebert
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Nellie Bly
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self (uncredited)