Cast & creator
Laura Dern
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Laura Elizabeth Dern, Laura Elizabeth Dern-Harper
131
film credits
49
television credits
167
1949–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (180)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
King of the Hill
Katherine (voice)
1997King of the Hill
Serving Wench (voice)
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self (uncredited)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Frasier
June (voice)
1993
The West Wing
Tabatha Fortis
1999
Twin Peaks
Diane Evans
1990
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
The White Lotus
Abby (voice)
2021
American Playhouse
Connie Wyatt
1982
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
The Mindy Project
Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
2012
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
The Larry Sanders Show
Laura Dern
1992
Ellen
Susan
1994
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Wendy Hebert
2015
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Vice Admiral Holdo
2017
Jurassic World Dominion
Ellie Sattler
2022
Little Women
Marmee March
2019
Drunk History
Nellie Bly
2013
Big Little Lies
Renata Klein
2017
Palm Royale
Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins
2024Palm Royale
Executive Producer
2024
The Oscars
Self
1953
Jurassic Park
Ellie
1993
Caught Stealing
Hank's Mom (uncredited)
2025
F is for Family
Sue Murphy (voice)
2015
Cold Pursuit
Grace Coxman
2019
The Word
1990
The Founder
Ethel Kroc
2016
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
Tina (archive footage)
2013
The Fault in Our Stars
Frannie Lancaster
2014
Fallen Angels
Annie Ainsley
1993
Little Fockers
Prudence
2010
Blue Velvet
Sandy Williams
1986
Downsizing
Laura Lonowski
2017
Marriage Story
Nora Fanshaw
2019
A Perfect World
Sally Gerber
1993
Wild at Heart
Lula
1990
Wild
Bobbi Grey
2014
Enlightened
Amy Jellicoe
2011Enlightened
Executive Producer
2011Enlightened
Story
2011Enlightened
Creator
2011
The Master
Helen Sullivan
2012
I Am Sam
Randy Carpenter
2001
Inland Empire
Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
2006Inland Empire
Co-Producer
2006
Jay Kelly
Liz
2025
October Sky
Miss Riley
1999
Is This Thing On?
Tess Novak
2025
Lonely Planet
Katherine Loewe
2024
Tiny Beautiful Things
Executive Producer
2023
OZI: Voice of the Forest
Seema (voice)
2024
The Son
Kate
2022
Lonely Hearts
Rene Fodie
2006
Skip Intro
Self - Guest
2026
The Emmy Awards
Self - Nominee
1949
Certain Women
Laura
2016
99 Homes
Lynn Nash
2015
Trial by Fire
Elizabeth Gilbert
2019
Happy Endings
Pam
2005
When the Game Stands Tall
Bev Ladouceur
2014
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
1974
Mask
Diana
1985
The Tale
Jennifer
2018
Bastard Out of Carolina
Narrator (voice)
1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Berry Thompson
1951
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Vicki Weaver
1996
The Making of Jay Kelly
Self - Liz
2025
J.T. LeRoy
Laura Albert
2019
White Lightning
Sharon Anne (uncredited)
1973
Nightmare Classics
Rebecca Laymon
1989
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Director
2013
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Everything Must Go
Delilah
2011
Fat Man and Little Boy
Kathleen Robinson
1989
Dr. T & the Women
Peggy Travis
2000f is for family kick
Sue Murphy
2015
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Spielberg
Self
2017
If Anything Happens I Love You
Executive Producer
2020
Wilson
Pippi
2017
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Dortha Schaefer
2005
Tenderness
Teresa
2009
Rambling Rose
Rose
1991
Year of the Dog
Bret
2007
Grizzly II: Revenge
Tina
2020
Halftime
Self
2022
Peaked
Crazy, Not Insane
Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
2020
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Terry Linden
2004
Bravetown
Annie
2015
Carole & Grey
Laura Dern
2024
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Vicki Weaver
1996
Welcome to Lynchland
Self - Actor
2025
The Director and the Jedi
Self
2018
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
Recount
Katherine Harris
2008
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
The Force of Sound
Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
2018
Novocaine
Jean Noble
2001
Citizen Ruth
Ruth Stoops
1996
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Jessica McNeil
1982
The Way I See It
Producer
2020
A Season for Miracles
Berry Thompson
1999
Teachers
Diane
1984
More Things That Happened
Susan Blue
2007
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Cafe Patron
2011
The Making of "Marriage Story"
Self
2020
Daddy and Them
Ruby Montgomery
2001
Foxes
Debbie
1980
The Black Ghiandola
Doctor
2017
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Heartbroken Woman
1990
Behind the Lines
Self
2024
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Sandy Williams
2011
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self / Ellie Sattler
1995
Common Ground
Self
2023
Smooth Talk
Connie Wyatt
1985
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
Theresa
2008
The Good Time Girls
Clementine
2017
Damaged Care
Linda Peeno
2002Damaged Care
Co-Producer
2002
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023
9 Kisses
Woman on Bench
2014
Bobbi Jene
Self
2017
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2021
Lynch 2
Self
2007
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Self
2017
The Number of Completion
Self
2017
Focus
Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
2001
Goose
Narrator (voice)
2002
Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances
Self
2019
Lynch (one)
Self
2007
In the Small, Small Pond
2001
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Self
2017
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Mysteries of Love
Self
2002
The Baby Dance
Wanda LeFauve
1998
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Crissy
1984
No Frank in Lumberton
Self
1988
Afterburn
Janet Harduvel
1992
Blue Velvet Revisited
Self
2016
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
Self
2011
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Self
2022
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
1990
Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets
Self
2002
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rebecca Laymon
1989
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind
Voice
2022
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
The Endangered Generation?
Self (voice)
2023
Morning
Cathy
Morning
Executive Producer
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2023Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea
Narrator (voice)
1993
Within These Walls
Sister Pauline Quinn
2001
Down Came a Blackbird
Helen McNulty
1995Down Came a Blackbird
Executive Producer
1995
Haunted Summer
Claire Clairmont
1988Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
Self
1989
Happy Endings
Audrey Constantine
1983Monsanto
Dr Melinda Rogers
Sheryl
Self
2022
Jurassic Park III
Ellie
2001The Gift
Director
1994