Laura Dern
Biography
Laura Dern is an American actress, born in Los Angeles to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, who began acting as a child and broke through in the 1980s with Mask (1985), Smooth Talk (1985) and David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986). She earned an Academy Award nomination for Rambling Rose (1991) and international recognition as Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park (1993), reprising the role in Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Other films include Wild at Heart (1990), A Perfect World (1993), Citizen Ruth (1996), Inland Empire (2006), Wild (2014), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Certain Women (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), The Tale (2018), Little Women (2019) and Marriage Story (2019), which earned her the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. On television she starred in and co-created Enlightened and won an Emmy for Big Little Lies.
59years old
Turns 60 on February 10in 92 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Laura Elizabeth Dern (birth name)Also credited as Laura Elizabeth Dern-Harper, Laura E. Dern, L. E. Dern, L. Dern and Laura E. Dern-Harper
Movie Career
- Films
- 66
- Career span
- 51 years1974 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
Dern was cast in The Silence of the Lambs but lost the role because the studio doubted her level of fame at the time.
Big break
Dern was Spielberg's first choice to play paleobotanist Ellie Sattler in his 1993 film Jurassic Park, after her work in Smooth Talk and Rambling Rose impressed him.
First role
Dern got her first credited role in Foxes, after auditioning at age 11 by telling casting directors she was 14.
Laura Dern movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Lynch directed five of these films, Joe Johnston two and Noah Baumbach two. Diane Ladd appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Diane Ladd's page
Robert De Niro's page
Nicolas Cage's page
Tom Hanks's page
William H. Macy's page
Sam Neill's page
All films by David Lynch
All films by Joe Johnston
All films by Noah Baumbach
Also three films together3 more actors
- Oscar IsaacThe Director and the Jedi (2018), Bobbi Jene (2017) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
- Grace ZabriskieInland Empire (2006), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and Wild at Heart (1990)
- Adam DriverMarriage Story (2019), The Director and the Jedi (2018) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Laura Dern's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$5.3 billion
38 of the 66 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 66 films: 38 worldwide figure; 7 us gross only; 10 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 10 figure not found.
- 38Worldwide figure
- 7US gross only
- 10Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 10Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.3B24.9% of the total
- 2$1.1B19.8% of the total
- 3$1.0B18.8% of the total
- 4$369M6.9% of the total
- 5$332M6.2% of the total
- 6$311M5.8% of the total
- 7$307M5.7% of the total
- 8$135M2.5% of the total
$499 millionfrom the other 30 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total
Awards
Nine awards and honors from 1993 to 2020, eight of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2020 | Best Supporting Actress | Marriage Story | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2020 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Marriage Story | Won |
| 2018 | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Big Little Lies | Won |
| 2012 | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Enlightened | Won |
| 2009 | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Recount | Won |
| 1993 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Afterburn | Won |
| BAFTA | |||
| 2020 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Marriage Story | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2017 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Big Little Lies | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.