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.

Filmography

• 2026Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
• 2025Caught Stealing — Hank's Mom (uncredited)
• 2025Is This Thing On? — Tess Novak
• 2025Jay Kelly — Liz
• 2024Carole & Grey — Laura Dern
• 2024Lonely Planet — Katherine Loewe
• 2024OZI: Voice of the Forest — Seema (voice)
• Palm Royale — Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins, Executive Producer
• Tiny Beautiful Things — Executive Producer
• 2022Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind — Voice
• 2022Jurassic World Dominion — Ellie Sattler
• 2022The Son — Kate
• The White Lotus — Abby (voice)
• 2020Crazy, Not Insane — Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
• 2020Grizzly II: Revenge — Tina
• 2020If Anything Happens I Love You — Executive Producer
• 2020The Way I See It — Producer
• 2019Cold Pursuit — Grace Coxman
• 2019J.T. LeRoy — Laura Albert
• 2019Little Women — Marmee March
• 2019Marriage Story — Nora Fanshaw
• 2019Trial by Fire — Elizabeth Gilbert
• 2018The Force of Sound — Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
• 2018The Tale — Jennifer
• Big Little Lies — Renata Klein
• 2017Downsizing — Laura Lonowski
• 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Vice Admiral Holdo
• 2017The Black Ghiandola — Doctor
• 2017The Good Time Girls — Clementine
• 2017Wilson — Pippi
• 2016Certain Women — Laura
• 2016The Founder — Ethel Kroc
• 201599 Homes — Lynn Nash
• 2015Bravetown — Annie
• F is for Family — Sue Murphy (voice)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Wendy Hebert
• f is for family kick — Sue Murphy
• 20149 Kisses — Woman on Bench
• 2014The Fault in Our Stars — Frannie Lancaster
• 2014When the Game Stands Tall — Bev Ladouceur
• 2014Wild — Bobbi Grey
• 2013Call Me Crazy: A Five Film — Director
• Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten — Tina (archive footage)
• Drunk History — Nellie Bly
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2012The Master — Helen Sullivan
• The Mindy Project — Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
• 2011Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage — Sandy Williams
• Enlightened — Amy Jellicoe, Story, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2011Everything Must Go — Delilah
• 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited — Cafe Patron
• 2010Little Fockers — Prudence
• 2009Tenderness — Teresa
• 2008Recount — Katherine Harris
• 2008The Monday Before Thanksgiving — Theresa
• 2007More Things That Happened — Susan Blue
• 2007Year of the Dog — Bret
• 2006Inland Empire — Nikki Grace / Susan Blue, Co-Producer
• 2006Lonely Hearts — Rene Fodie
• 2005Happy Endings — Pam
• 2005The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio — Dortha Schaefer
• 2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
• 2004We Don't Live Here Anymore — Terry Linden
• 2002Damaged Care — Linda Peeno, Co-Producer
• 2002Goose — Narrator (voice)
• 2001Daddy and Them — Ruby Montgomery
• 2001Focus — Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
• 2001I Am Sam — Randy Carpenter
• 2001In the Small, Small Pond
• 2001Jurassic Park III — Ellie
• 2001Novocaine — Jean Noble
• 2001Within These Walls — Sister Pauline Quinn
• 2000Dr. T & the Women — Peggy Travis
• 1999A Season for Miracles — Berry Thompson
• 1999October Sky — Miss Riley
• The West Wing — Tabatha Fortis
• 1998The Baby Dance — Wanda LeFauve
• King of the Hill — Katherine (voice), Serving Wench (voice)
• 1996Bastard Out of Carolina — Narrator (voice)
• 1996Citizen Ruth — Ruth Stoops
• 1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge — Vicki Weaver
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge — Vicki Weaver
• 1995Down Came a Blackbird — Helen McNulty, Executive Producer
• Ellen — Susan
• 1994The Gift — Director
• 1993A Perfect World — Sally Gerber
• Fallen Angels — Annie Ainsley
• Frasier — June (voice)
• 1993Jurassic Park — Ellie
• 1993Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea — Narrator (voice)
• 1992Afterburn — Janet Harduvel
• The Larry Sanders Show — Laura Dern
• 1991Rambling Rose — Rose
• 1990Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted — Heartbroken Woman
• The Word
• Twin Peaks — Diane Evans
• 1990Wild at Heart — Lula
• 1989Fat Man and Little Boy — Kathleen Robinson
• Nightmare Classics — Rebecca Laymon
• 1989The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Rebecca Laymon
• 1988Haunted Summer — Claire Clairmont
• 1986Blue Velvet — Sandy Williams
• 1985Mask — Diana
• 1985Smooth Talk — Connie Wyatt
• 1984Teachers — Diane
• 1984The Three Wishes of Billy Grier — Crissy
• 1983Happy Endings — Audrey Constantine
• American Playhouse — Connie Wyatt
• 1982Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains — Jessica McNeil
• Nature — Narrator (voice)
• 1980Foxes — Debbie
• 1974Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore — Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
• 1973White Lightning — Sharon Anne (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Berry Thompson
• Monsanto — Dr Melinda Rogers
• Morning — Cathy, Executive Producer
• Peaked

Appearances as themselves (51)

• Skip Intro — Self - Guest
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2025The Making of Jay Kelly — Self - Liz
• 2025Welcome to Lynchland — Self - Actor
• 2024Behind the Lines — Self
• 20232023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest
• 2023Common Ground — Self
• 2023The Endangered Generation? — Self (voice)
• 2022Halftime — Self
• 2022Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World — Self
• 2022Sheryl — Self
• 2021A Night at the Academy Museum — Self
• 2020The Making of "Marriage Story" — Self
• 2019Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018The Director and the Jedi — Self
• 2017A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth — Self
• 2017Bobbi Jene — Self
• 2017Spielberg — Self
• 2017The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair — Self
• 2017The Number of Completion — Self
• 2017The Words That Built America — Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
• 2016Blue Velvet Revisited — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Trespassing Bergman — Self
• 2011Return to Jurassic Park — Self
• 2011The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Lynch (one) — Self
• 2007Lynch 2 — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest, Self (uncredited)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self, Self - Guest
• 2002Mysteries of Love — Self
• 2002Searching for Debra Winger — Self
• 2002Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets — Self
• 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' — Self / Ellie Sattler
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch — Self
• 1989Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• 1988No Frank in Lumberton — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• The Oscars — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self - Nominee