Laura Dern

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Saturday Night Live

The West Wing

Frasier

All Movies (122)

• Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern2026
• Is This Thing On?2025 · as Tess Novak
• The Making of Jay Kelly2025 · as Self - Liz
• Jay Kelly2025 · as Liz
• Caught Stealing2025 · as Hank's Mom (uncredited)
• Welcome to Lynchland2025 · as Self - Actor
• Carole & Grey2024 · as Laura Dern
• Lonely Planet2024 · as Katherine Loewe
• OZI: Voice of the Forest2024 · as Seema
• 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2023 · as Self
• Common Ground2023 · as Self
• The Endangered Generation?2023 · as Self (voice)
• Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love2023 · as Self - Guest
• The Son2022 · as Kate
• Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind2022 · as Voice
• Halftime2022 · as Self
• Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World2022 · as Self
• Jurassic World Dominion2022 · as Ellie Sattler
• Sheryl2022 · as Self
• A Night at the Academy Museum2021 · as Self
• The Making of "Marriage Story"2020 · as Self
• Crazy, Not Insane2020 · as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
• Grizzly II: Revenge2020 · as Tina
• Little Women2019 · as Marmee March
• Marriage Story2019 · as Nora Fanshaw
• Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances2019 · as Self
• Trial by Fire2019 · as Elizabeth Gilbert
• J.T. LeRoy2019 · as Laura Albert
• Cold Pursuit2019 · as Grace Coxman
• The Director and the Jedi2018 · as Self
• The Force of Sound2018 · as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
• The Tale2018 · as Jennifer
• Downsizing2017 · as Laura Lonowski
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017 · as Vice Admiral Holdo
• The Number of Completion2017 · as Self
• A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth2017 · as Self
• The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair2017 · as Self
• Spielberg2017 · as Self
• Bobbi Jene2017 · as Self
• The Good Time Girls2017 · as Clementine
• The Words That Built America2017 · as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
• The Black Ghiandola2017 · as Doctor
• Wilson2017 · as Pippi
• The Founder2016 · as Ethel Kroc
• Blue Velvet Revisited2016 · as Self
• Certain Women2016 · as Laura
• 99 Homes2015 · as Lynn Nash
• Bravetown2015 · as Annie
• Wild2014 · as Bobbi Grey
• When the Game Stands Tall2014 · as Bev Ladouceur
• The Fault in Our Stars2014 · as Frannie Lancaster
• 9 Kisses2014 · as Woman on Bench
• Trespassing Bergman2013 · as Self
• The Master2012 · as Helen Sullivan
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage2011 · as Sandy Williams
• Everything Must Go2011 · as Delilah
• Fight for Your Right Revisited2011 · as Cafe Patron
• Return to Jurassic Park2011 · as Self
• The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story2011 · as Self
• Little Fockers2010 · as Prudence
• Tenderness2009 · as Teresa
• The Monday Before Thanksgiving2008 · as Theresa
• Recount2008 · as Katherine Harris
• Lynch (one)2007 · as Self
• Lynch 22007 · as Self
• More Things That Happened2007 · as Susan Blue
• Year of the Dog2007 · as Bret
• Inland Empire2006 · as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
• Lonely Hearts2006 · as Rene Fodie
• The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio2005 · as Dortha Schaefer
• Happy Endings2005 · as Pam
• Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart2004
• We Don't Live Here Anymore2004 · as Terry Linden
• Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets2002 · as Self
• Searching for Debra Winger2002 · as Self
• Damaged Care2002 · as Linda Peeno
• Goose2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• Mysteries of Love2002 · as Self
• I Am Sam2001 · as Randy Carpenter
• Novocaine2001 · as Jean Noble
• Daddy and Them2001 · as Ruby Montgomery
• Focus2001 · as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
• Within These Walls2001 · as Sister Pauline Quinn
• Jurassic Park III2001 · as Ellie
• In the Small, Small Pond2001
• Dr. T & the Women2000 · as Peggy Travis
• A Season for Miracles1999 · as Berry Thompson
• October Sky1999 · as Miss Riley
• The Baby Dance1998 · as Wanda LeFauve
• Bastard Out of Carolina1996 · as Narrator (voice)
• Citizen Ruth1996 · as Ruth Stoops
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Vicki Weaver
• Down Came a Blackbird1995 · as Helen McNulty
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park'1995 · as Self / Ellie Sattler
• A Perfect World1993 · as Sally Gerber
• Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea1993 · as Narrator (voice)
• Jurassic Park1993 · as Ellie
• Afterburn1992 · as Janet Harduvel
• Rambling Rose1991 · as Rose
• Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch1990 · as Self
• Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted1990 · as Heartbroken Woman
• Wild at Heart1990 · as Lula
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1989 · as Rebecca Laymon
• Fat Man and Little Boy1989 · as Kathleen Robinson
• Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy1989 · as Self
• Haunted Summer1988 · as Claire Clairmont
• No Frank in Lumberton1988 · as Self
• Blue Velvet1986 · as Sandy Williams
• Smooth Talk1985 · as Connie Wyatt
• Mask1985 · as Diana
• The Three Wishes of Billy Grier1984 · as Crissy
• Teachers1984 · as Diane
• Happy Endings1983 · as Audrey Constantine
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains1982 · as Jessica McNeil
• Foxes1980 · as Debbie
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore1974 · as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
• White Lightning1973 · as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
• Behind the Lines— · as Self
• Monsanto— · as Dr Melinda Rogers
• Morning— · as Cathy
• Peaked—

All TV Shows (43)

• Skip Intro2026 · as Self - Guest
• Palm Royale2024 · as Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins
• The White Lotus2021 · as Abby (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Big Little Lies2017 · as Renata Klein
• F is for Family2015 · as Sue Murphy (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Wendy Hebert
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten2013 · as Tina (archive footage)
• Drunk History2013 · as Nellie Bly
• The Mindy Project2012 · as Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
• Enlightened2011 · as Amy Jellicoe
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self (uncredited)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• The West Wing1999 · as Tabatha Fortis
• King of the Hill1997 · as Katherine (voice)
• King of the Hill1997 · as Serving Wench (voice)
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Vicki Weaver
• Ellen1994 · as Susan
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as June (voice)
• Fallen Angels1993 · as Annie Ainsley
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Laura Dern
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Diane Evans
• Nightmare Classics1989 · as Rebecca Laymon
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Berry Thompson
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self - Nominee
• Forever, Interrupted—
• Just One Drink—