Laura Elizabeth Dern was born on February 10,1967 and is an American actress.
39 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 portrayal of the titular orphan in the drama film Rambling Rose, and achieved international recognition for her role as Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's adventure film Jurassic Park, a role that she reprised in the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World Dominion.
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Laura Dern has played supporting roles in the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Marriage Story, and Little Women.
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Laura Elizabeth Dern was born on February 10,1967, in Los Angeles, California.
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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 in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, opposite her mother.
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In 1982, Laura Dern served as Miss Golden Globe at 15 years old.
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Laura Dern got her first credited role, Debbie, appearing alongside Jodie Foster in the 1980 coming-of-age film Foxes.
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At the age of 16, Laura Dern was cast as Sandy Williams, one of the starring roles alongside Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rossellini in the critically successful mystery thriller film Blue Velvet.
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In 1990, Laura Dern collaborated with Lynch, starring as Lula Fortune alongside Nicolas Cage in the black comedy crime film Wild At Heart, where she portrays a vastly different character from her previous role in Blue Velvet.
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Laura Dern auditioned for the role of Clarice Starling in 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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Laura Dern starred as Dr 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 Sattler after having been impressed with her work in Smooth Talk and Rambling Rose.
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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 Dr Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park III, which was directed by Joe 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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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 portrays 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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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 is set to star in the Netflix film Lonely Planet, and will serve as executive producer and star in the upcoming Apple TV+ comedy series Mrs American Pie.
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Laura Dern is set to reunite with Wild author Cheryl Strayed and co-star Reese Witherspoon as executive producers for the upcoming Hulu television series Tiny Beautiful Things based on Strayed's book.
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Laura Dern began dating musician Ben Harper after they met at one of his concerts in fall 2000.
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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.