Biography
Laura Dern is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles in 1967 to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, she began her career in the 1980s with early roles in Mask (1985) and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986).
She is known for her performances in Jurassic Park (1993) and its sequels, Wild at Heart (1990), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Marriage Story (2019), Little Women (2019) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). Dern has received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Primetime Emmy Award and multiple Golden Globe Awards.
Her recent credits include Kate in The Son (2022), Tess Novak in Is This Thing On? (2025) and Liz in Jay Kelly (2025).
