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Laura Dern
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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 …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Laura Dern's Filmography
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Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Is This Thing On?
as Tess Novak
The Making of Jay Kelly
as Self - Liz
Jay Kelly
as Liz
Caught Stealing
as Hank's Mom (uncredited)
Welcome to Lynchland
as Self - Actor
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Carole & Grey
as Laura Dern
Behind the Lines
as Self
Lonely Planet
as Katherine Loewe
OZI: Voice of the Forest
as Seema (voice)
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
Common Ground
as Self
The Endangered Generation?
as Self (voice)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
The Son
as Kate
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind
as Voice
Halftime
as Self
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
as Self
Jurassic World Dominion
as Ellie Sattler
Sheryl
as Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
The Making of "Marriage Story"
as Self
Crazy, Not Insane
as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Tina
Little Women
as Marmee March
Marriage Story
as Nora Fanshaw
Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances
as Self
Trial by Fire
as Elizabeth Gilbert
J.T. LeRoy
as Laura Albert
Cold Pursuit
as Grace Coxman
The Director and the Jedi
as Self
The Force of Sound
as Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
The Tale
as Jennifer
Downsizing
as Laura Lonowski
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Vice Admiral Holdo
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
as Self
The Number of Completion
as Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
as Self
Spielberg
as Self
Bobbi Jene
as Self
The Good Time Girls
as Clementine
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Black Ghiandola
as Doctor
Wilson
as Pippi
The Founder
as Ethel Kroc
Blue Velvet Revisited
as Self
Certain Women
as Laura
99 Homes
as Lynn Nash
Bravetown
as Annie
Wild
as Bobbi Grey
When the Game Stands Tall
as Bev Ladouceur
The Fault in Our Stars
as Frannie Lancaster
9 Kisses
as Woman on Bench
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
The Master
as Helen Sullivan
Change Begins Within
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Sandy Williams
Everything Must Go
as Delilah
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Cafe Patron
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
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 (one)
as Self
Lynch 2
as Self
More Things That Happened
as Susan Blue
Year of the Dog
as Bret
Inland Empire
as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
Lonely Hearts
as Rene Fodie
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
as Dortha Schaefer
Happy Endings
as Pam
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
We Don't Live Here Anymore
as Terry Linden
Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets
as Self
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
Damaged Care
as Linda Peeno
Goose
as Narrator (voice)
Mysteries of Love
as Self
I Am Sam
as Randy Carpenter
Novocaine
as Jean Noble
Daddy and Them
as Ruby Montgomery
Focus
as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
Within These Walls
as Sister Pauline Quinn
Jurassic Park III
as Ellie
In the Small, Small Pond
Dr. T & the Women
as Peggy Travis
A Season for Miracles
as Berry Thompson
October Sky
as Miss Riley
The Baby Dance
as Wanda LeFauve
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Narrator (voice)
Citizen Ruth
as Ruth Stoops
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Vicki Weaver
Down Came a Blackbird
as Helen McNulty
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self / Ellie Sattler
A Perfect World
as Sally Gerber
No Poster
Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea
as Narrator (voice)
Jurassic Park
as Ellie
Afterburn
as Janet Harduvel
Rambling Rose
as Rose
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
as Self
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
as Heartbroken Woman
Wild at Heart
as Lula
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Rebecca Laymon
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Kathleen Robinson
No Poster
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
as Self
Haunted Summer
as Claire Clairmont
No Frank in Lumberton
as Self
Blue Velvet
as Sandy Williams
Smooth Talk
as Connie Wyatt
Mask
as Diana
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Crissy
Teachers
as Diane
Happy Endings
as Audrey Constantine
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
as Jessica McNeil
Foxes
as Debbie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
White Lightning
as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
Morning
as Cathy
Peaked
No Poster
Monsanto
as Dr Melinda Rogers