Laura Dern

Acting

Born 1967-02-10 Los Angeles, California, USA 169 credits Academy Awards 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 6 BAFTA Awards 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

2020 Best Supporting Actress Won Marriage Story
2015 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Wild
1992 Best Actress Nominated Rambling Rose

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

2017 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Won Big Little Lies

Golden Globe Awards 6 won

2020 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won Marriage Story
2018 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Won Big Little Lies
2012 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Enlightened
2009 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Won Recount
1993 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Won Afterburn
— Golden Globe Awards Won

BAFTA Awards 1 won

2020 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won Marriage Story

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

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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.