1. Laura Elizabeth Dern was born on February 10,1967 and is an American actress.
51 Facts About Laura Dern
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Laura Dern is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards.
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Laura Dern received her first Academy Award nomination for her role of the titular orphan in the drama film Rambling Rose, and her first Golden Globe win for her performance in the television film Afterburn.
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Laura Dern achieved international recognition for her role as Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's adventure film Jurassic Park, a role she later reprised in the sequels, Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World Dominion.
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Laura Dern had supporting roles in the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Little Women, and Marriage Story.
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Laura Elizabeth Dern was born on February 10,1967, in Los Angeles, California.
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Laura Dern was conceived while her parents were filming The Wild Angels.
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Laura Dern's first film foray was an appearance as an extra in White Lightning, a film in which her mother starred.
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Laura Dern's official film debut was an appearance opposite her mother in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
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Laura Dern later enrolled at UCLA intending to double major in psychology and journalism, but withdrew two days into the quarter to film Blue Velvet.
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Laura Dern got her first credited role, and starred alongside Jodie Foster in the 1980 coming-of-age film Foxes.
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Between 1985 and 1990, Laura Dern gained critical acclaim for her performances in Mask, Blue Velvet, and Wild at Heart.
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In 1990, Laura Dern collaborated with Lynch, and starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the black comedy crime film Wild At Heart, in which Laura Dern played a vastly different character from her previous role in Blue Velvet.
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Laura Dern was cast for The Silence of the Lambs, but lost the role due to studio's skepticism about her level of fame at the time.
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Ladd received a Best Supporting Actress nomination, and Laura Dern received one for Best Actress.
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Laura Dern played Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park, achieving international recognition with the role.
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Laura Dern, who had been more focused on independent films prior to the film, was Spielberg's first choice for the role of Ellie, after having been impressed with her work in Smooth Talk and Rambling Rose.
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That same year, Laura Dern starred in Clint Eastwood's film A Perfect World.
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Ladd made a cameo appearance, playing her mother for the third time, following Rambling Rose and Wild At Heart, with Laura Dern's character screaming a torrent of abuse at her.
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In 1997, Laura Dern was asked by Ellen DeGeneres to guest star as Susan Richmond, a lesbian who helps Degeneres' character, Ellen Morgan, come out of the closet in "The Puppy Episode" of the sitcom Ellen, while DeGeneres herself came out at the same time offscreen.
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In 2001, Laura Dern reprised her role as Ellie in Jurassic Park III, which was directed by Johnston whom she had worked with in October Sky.
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Originally hesitant to return for a cameo, Laura Dern was convinced when it was suggested by executive producer Steven Spielberg to the writers, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor who had previously collaborated with Laura Dern for Citizen Ruth, to have the character play an important role by saving the other characters.
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In Billy Bob Thornton's film Daddy and Them, Laura Dern played the wife of the husband.
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Laura Dern starred in the film I Am Sam as Randy Carpenter, a woman running a foster home.
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Laura Dern starred in the 2005 film Happy Endings, and in the same year, she appeared in the film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
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In 2006, Laura Dern reunited with director David Lynch for the third time after Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart in the experimental film Inland Empire which was largely shot on a hand-held Sony DSR-PD150 by Lynch himself and without a complete screenplay.
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Laura Dern played an actress, Nikki Grace, who starts to take on the personality of the character she plays.
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The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival to polarized reviews, the majority being positive, where Laura Dern admitted that she was not sure what the film was about, but has said she would sign up for any project with Lynch.
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That same year, Laura Dern had a supporting role in Lonely Hearts.
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Laura Dern starred in Mike White's directorial debut film Year of the Dog, alongside Molly Shannon, John C Reilly and Peter Sarsgaard.
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Laura Dern was nominated for her fifth Primetime Emmy Award, her first in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category.
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In 2012, Laura Dern starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's psychological drama film The Master.
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Laura Dern portrayed Lynn Nash, a widowed mother and grandmother who gets evicted with her family, in 2014's 99 Homes alongside Andrew Garfield.
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In 2017, Laura Dern reteamed with both Witherspoon and Vallee from Wild and The Fault In Our Stars co-star Shailene Woodley for the 2017 HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, the latter who Laura Dern had helped convince to join the cast.
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In 2018, Laura Dern starred as professor and documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fox, recalling her traumatic past in the autobiographical feature film The Tale, written and directed by Fox.
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Laura Dern received her seventh Primetime Emmy nomination for the role in the category Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie.
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In 2019, Laura Dern reprised her role of Renata Klein in Big Little Lies after the series was renewed for a second season where she received critical acclaim and received her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination, her first in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category.
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In 2022, Laura Dern reprised her role as Dr Ellie Sattler in Jurassic World Dominion.
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Laura Dern appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's "Bejeweled" from her tenth studio album Midnights.
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Laura Dern reunited with Wild author Cheryl Strayed and served along with Reese Witherspoon as executive producers for the 2023 Hulu television series Tiny Beautiful Things based on Strayed's book.
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Laura Dern served as an executive producer and starred in the Apple TV+ period television series Palm Royale.
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Laura Dern was in a relationship with her Blue Velvet co-star Kyle MacLachlan from 1985 to 1989.
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Laura Dern began dating Jeff Goldblum in 1992 while filming Jurassic Park, but the relationship ended in 1997.
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Harper and Laura Dern married on December 23,2005, at their home in Los Angeles.
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An activist and supporter of various charities, Laura Dern advocated Down syndrome awareness in a cover story for Ability Magazine.
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In 2018, Laura Dern brought activist Monica Ramirez to the 75th Golden Globe Awards as a guest.
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Laura Dern is an advocate for women's rights, gender pay parity, as well as combating gun violence and climate change.
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Laura Dern is an ambassador for the American Lung Association and serves as an Advisor to the group's National Board of Directors.
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Laura Dern has received numerous accolades for her work in film and television.
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Laura Dern received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress for portraying the titular orphan in the drama Rambling Rose.
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Laura Dern's critically acclaimed roles in the independent drama films Wild and Marriage Story earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; winning for her portrayal of a divorce lawyer in the latter, which won her the BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and SAG Award in that category.