Laura Dern

ActorProducerDirectorWriterProduction Feb 10 (age 59) Los Angeles, California, USA 1973–2025 (52 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Jurassic Park

Ellie

Film

The Fault in Our Stars

Frannie Lancaster

Film

Little Women

Marmee March

Film

Marriage Story

Nora Fanshaw

Film

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Vice Admiral Holdo

Film

Blue Velvet

Sandy Williams

Film

The Founder

Ethel Kroc

Film

I Am Sam

Randy Carpenter

Filmography

Acting (161)

Movies (121)

Is This Thing On?

as Tess Novak

Welcome to Lynchland

as Self - Actor

Caught Stealing

as Hank's Mom (uncredited)

6.9

Jay Kelly

2025

as Liz

6.1

The Making of Jay Kelly

2025

as Self - Liz

5.0

Twin Peaks: The Return

as Diane Evans

Lonely Planet

as Katherine Loewe

OZI: Voice of the Forest

as Seema

Carole & Grey

as Laura Dern

Common Ground

as Self

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

2023

as Self - Guest

8.4

2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2023

as Self

8.1

The Endangered Generation?

2023

as Self (voice)

6.0

Jurassic World Dominion

as Ellie Sattler

The Son

as Kate

Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World

as Self

Halftime

as Self

Sheryl

as Self

Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind

2022

as Voice

7.4

A Night at the Academy Museum

2021

as Self

7.0

Crazy, Not Insane

2020

as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)

7.2

Grizzly II: Revenge

2020

as Tina

3.1

The Making of "Marriage Story"

as Self

Little Women

as Marmee March

Marriage Story

as Nora Fanshaw

Cold Pursuit

as Grace Coxman

Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances

as Self

Trial by Fire

as Elizabeth Gilbert

J.T. LeRoy

as Laura Albert

The Tale

as Jennifer

The Director and the Jedi

2018

as Self

7.3

The Force of Sound

2018

as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)

8.7

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

as Vice Admiral Holdo

6.8

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

as Self

Wilson

as Pippi

Downsizing

as Laura Lonowski

Spielberg

as Self

Bobbi Jene

as Self

The Words That Built America

2017

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

The Black Ghiandola

as Doctor

The Good Time Girls

as Clementine

A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth

2017

as Self

6.0

The Number of Completion

as Self

The Founder

as Ethel Kroc

Certain Women

as Laura

Blue Velvet Revisited

as Self

Bravetown

as Annie

99 Homes

as Lynn Nash

The Fault in Our Stars

as Frannie Lancaster

Wild

as Bobbi Grey

When the Game Stands Tall

2014

as Bev Ladouceur

6.7

9 Kisses

2014

as Woman on Bench

Trespassing Bergman

2013

as Self

6.6

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

The Master

as Helen Sullivan

Everything Must Go

as Delilah

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

as Cafe Patron

6.6

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

2011

as Sandy Williams

6.9

Return to Jurassic Park

2011

as Self

6.6

The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story

as Self

Little Fockers

as Prudence

Tenderness

as Teresa

The Monday Before Thanksgiving

as Theresa

Recount

as Katherine Harris

Lynch 2

as Self

Lynch (one)

as Self

Year of the Dog

as Bret

More Things That Happened

2007

as Susan Blue

6.2

Inland Empire

2006

as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue

Lonely Hearts

as Rene Fodie

Happy Endings

as Pam

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

2005

as Dortha Schaefer

6.6

We Don't Live Here Anymore

2004

as Terry Linden

5.7

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Mysteries of Love

as Self

Damaged Care

as Linda Peeno

Goose

2002

as Narrator (voice)

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self

I Am Sam

as Randy Carpenter

Daddy and Them

as Ruby Montgomery

Novocaine

as Jean Noble

Focus

as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart

6.3

Within These Walls

2001

as Sister Pauline Quinn

5.2

Jurassic Park III

2001

as Ellie

6.2

In the Small, Small Pond

Dr. T & the Women

as Peggy Travis

October Sky

as Miss Riley

A Season for Miracles

as Berry Thompson

The Baby Dance

as Wanda LeFauve

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996

as Narrator (voice)

7.1

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

as Vicki Weaver

Citizen Ruth

as Ruth Stoops

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995

as Self / Ellie Sattler

7.3

Down Came a Blackbird

as Helen McNulty

Jurassic Park

as Ellie

A Perfect World

as Sally Gerber

Afterburn

as Janet Harduvel

Rambling Rose

as Rose

Wild at Heart

as Lula

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

1990

as Self

5.0

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

1990

as Heartbroken Woman

5.9

Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea

1990

as Narrator (voice)

Fat Man and Little Boy

1989

as Kathleen Robinson

6.2

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1989

as Rebecca Laymon

5.0

Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy

1989

as Self

No Frank in Lumberton

as Self

Haunted Summer

as Claire Clairmont

Blue Velvet

as Sandy Williams

Mask

as Diana

Smooth Talk

as Connie Wyatt

Teachers

as Diane

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

1984

as Crissy

5.0

Happy Endings

1983

as Audrey Constantine

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

as Jessica McNeil

Foxes

as Debbie

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974

as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)

7.0

White Lightning

1973

as Sharon Anne (uncredited)

6.1

Morning

as Cathy

Peaked

Behind the Lines

as Self

Monsanto

as Dr Melinda Rogers

Television (40)

Palm Royale

2024

as Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins

6.1

The White Lotus

2021

as Abby (voice)

7.6

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Big Little Lies

as Renata Klein

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.1

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self

5.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

as Self

6.2

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015

as Wendy Hebert

7.1

F is for Family

2015

as Sue Murphy (voice)

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self - Guest

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

as Self

4.0

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Drunk History

as Nellie Bly

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

2013

as Tina (archive footage)

7.8

The Mindy Project

2012

as Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov

Enlightened

as Amy Jellicoe

Enlightened

as Amy Jellicoe

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self (uncredited)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

The West Wing

as Tabatha Fortis

King of the Hill

as Serving Wench (voice)

Ellen

as Susan

Frasier

as June (voice)

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Fallen Angels

as Annie Ainsley

The Larry Sanders Show

as Laura Dern

Twin Peaks

as Diane Evans

Nightmare Classics

as Rebecca Laymon

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Berry Thompson

The Emmy Awards

as Self - Nominee

Just One Drink

Forever, Interrupted

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Crew (15)

Movies (8)

If Anything Happens I Love You

Executive Producer

The Way I See It

Producer

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Director

Inland Empire

Co-Producer

Damaged Care

Co-Producer

Down Came a Blackbird

1995

Executive Producer

8.2

The Gift

1994

Director

Morning

Executive Producer

Television (7)

Palm Royale

2024

Executive Producer

6.1

Tiny Beautiful Things

Executive Producer

Enlightened

Executive Producer

Enlightened

Story

Just One Drink

Executive Producer

The Dolls

Production Executive

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Executive Producer