Actress
Laura Dern
- Born: 10 February 1967, Pasadena, California, USA
- Estimated net worth: $20 million
Laura Dern is an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances across various genres. She gained recognition for her roles in films such as 'Jurassic Park' and 'Marriage Story.' With a career spanning over three decades, Dern is celebrated…
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About Laura Dern
Laura Dern is an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances across various genres. She gained recognition for her roles in films such as 'Jurassic Park' and 'Marriage Story.' With a career spanning over three decades, Dern is celebrated for her emotional depth and distinctive voice, making her a prominent figure in both film and television.
- Born
- 10 February 1967, Pasadena, California, USA
- Known for
- Acting
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Spouses
- Ben Harper (2005-2013)
- Children
- 2; Jaya and Ellery
- Parents
- Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern
- Estimated net worth
- $20 million
Fun facts about Laura Dern
- Laura Dern's mother, Diane Ladd, is also an accomplished actress, and they both received Academy Award nominations.
- Dern is an advocate for women's rights and has spoken publicly about the importance of gender equality in Hollywood.
Famous Laura Dern quotes
“You know, it’s just that I’ve never seen a dinosaur before.”
“I wish I could be a better person.”
“You can’t have it all. You can’t have it all.”
Laura Dern: coming up
- Artificial (Movie, Base 4 (voice))25 December 2026
Credits and dates: TMDB.
Laura Dern filmography
Cast (168)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2026 | Skip Intro TV | Self - Guest | |
| 2025 | Is This Thing On? Movie | Tess Novak | 6.5 |
| 2025 | The Making of Jay Kelly Movie | Self - Liz | 6.4 |
| 2025 | Jay Kelly Movie | Liz | 6.1 |
| 2025 | Caught Stealing Movie | Hank's Mom (uncredited) | 6.8 |
| 2025 | Welcome to Lynchland Movie | Self - Actor | 6.2 |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Movie | Self | 6.7 |
| 2024 | Carole & Grey Movie | Laura Dern | 1.0 |
| 2024 | Behind the Lines Movie | Self |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lonely Planet Movie | Katherine Loewe | 6.1 |
| 2024 | Palm Royale TV | Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins | 6.2 |
| 2024 | OZI: Voice of the Forest Movie | Seema (voice) | 6.0 |
| 2023 | 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Movie | Self | 8.1 |
| 2023 | Common Ground Movie | Self | 5.7 |
| 2023 | The Endangered Generation? Movie | Self (voice) | 6.0 |
| 2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Movie | Self - Guest | 8.2 |
| 2022 | The Son Movie | Kate | 6.8 |
| 2022 | Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind Movie | Voice | 7.4 |
| 2022 | Halftime Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 2022 | Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2022 | Jurassic World Dominion Movie | Ellie Sattler | 6.6 |
| 2022 | Sheryl Movie | Self | 6.4 |
| 2021 | A Night at the Academy Museum Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2021 | The White Lotus TV | Abby (voice) | 7.6 |
| 2020 | The Making of "Marriage Story" Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not Insane Movie | Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice) | 7.2 |
| 2020 | Grizzly II: Revenge Movie | Tina | 3.1 |
| 2019 | Little Women Movie | Marmee March | 7.8 |
| 2019 | Marriage Story Movie | Nora Fanshaw | 7.7 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show TV | Self | 6.2 |
| 2019 | Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances Movie | Self | 8.3 |
| 2019 | Trial by Fire Movie | Elizabeth Gilbert | 7.0 |
| 2019 | J.T. LeRoy Movie | Laura Albert | 5.5 |
| 2019 | Cold Pursuit Movie | Grace Coxman | 5.9 |
| 2018 | The Director and the Jedi Movie | Self | 7.4 |
| 2018 | The Force of Sound Movie | Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage) | 8.2 |
| 2018 | The Tale Movie | Jennifer | 7.1 |
| 2017 | Downsizing Movie | Laura Lonowski | 5.4 |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi Movie | Vice Admiral Holdo | 6.7 |
| 2017 | The Number of Completion Movie | Self | 5.5 |
| 2017 | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair Movie | Self | 7.1 |
| 2017 | A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth Movie | Self | 6.0 |
| 2017 | Spielberg Movie | Self | 7.5 |
| 2017 | Bobbi Jene Movie | Self | 5.6 |
| 2017 | The Good Time Girls Movie | Clementine | 6.5 |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America Movie | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | 6.0 |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola Movie | Doctor | 6.5 |
| 2017 | Wilson Movie | Pippi | 6.0 |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies TV | Renata Klein | 7.9 |
| 2016 | The Founder Movie | Ethel Kroc | 7.2 |
| 2016 | Blue Velvet Revisited Movie | Self | 6.9 |
| 2016 | Certain Women Movie | Laura | 6.0 |
| 2015 | F is for Family TV | Sue Murphy (voice) | 7.4 |
| 2015 | f is for family kick TV | Sue Murphy | |
| 2015 | 99 Homes Movie | Lynn Nash | 6.8 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self - Guest | 6.1 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV | Self | 6.2 |
| 2015 | Bravetown Movie | Annie | 6.7 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden TV | Self | 5.1 |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt TV | Wendy Hebert | 7.1 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV | Self | 4.2 |
| 2014 | Wild Movie | Bobbi Grey | 7.0 |
| 2014 | When the Game Stands Tall Movie | Bev Ladouceur | 6.7 |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars Movie | Frannie Lancaster | 7.6 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self | 5.1 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV | Self - Guest | 5.8 |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses Movie | Woman on Bench | 5.5 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones TV | Self | 5.0 |
| 2013 | Trespassing Bergman Movie | Self | 6.6 |
| 2013 | Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten TV | Tina (archive footage) | 7.8 |
| 2013 | Drunk History TV | Nellie Bly | 6.9 |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project TV | Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov | 6.3 |
| 2012 | The Master Movie | Helen Sullivan | 7.1 |
| 2012 | Change Begins Within Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen Movie | (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 2011 | Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage Movie | Sandy Williams | 7.0 |
| 2011 | Enlightened TV | Amy Jellicoe | 7.0 |
| 2011 | Everything Must Go Movie | Delilah | 6.2 |
| 2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited Movie | Cafe Patron | 6.5 |
| 2011 | Return to Jurassic Park Movie | Self | 6.6 |
| 2011 | The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2010 | Little Fockers Movie | Prudence | 5.7 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV | Self - Guest | 4.9 |
| 2009 | Tenderness Movie | Teresa | 5.2 |
| 2008 | The Monday Before Thanksgiving Movie | Theresa | 4.0 |
| 2008 | Recount Movie | Katherine Harris | 6.8 |
| 2007 | Lynch (one) Movie | Self | 5.9 |
| 2007 | More Things That Happened Movie | Susan Blue | 6.2 |
| 2007 | Lynch 2 Movie | Self | 6.0 |
| 2007 | Year of the Dog Movie | Bret | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Inland Empire Movie | Nikki Grace / Susan Blue | 7.0 |
| 2006 | Lonely Hearts Movie | Rene Fodie | 6.1 |
| 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Movie | Dortha Schaefer | 6.6 |
| 2005 | Happy Endings Movie | Pam | 5.6 |
| 2004 | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2004 | We Don't Live Here Anymore Movie | Terry Linden | 5.7 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV | Self - Guest | 5.6 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self | 5.3 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self (uncredited) | 5.3 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self - Guest | 5.3 |
| 2002 | Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets Movie | Self | |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger Movie | Self | 6.4 |
| 2002 | Damaged Care Movie | Linda Peeno | 7.0 |
| 2002 | Goose Movie | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2002 | Mysteries of Love Movie | Self | 7.1 |
| 2001 | I Am Sam Movie | Randy Carpenter | 7.6 |
| 2001 | Novocaine Movie | Jean Noble | 6.1 |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them Movie | Ruby Montgomery | 5.3 |
| 2001 | Focus Movie | Gertrude 'Gert' Hart | 6.5 |
| 2001 | Within These Walls Movie | Sister Pauline Quinn | 5.6 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III Movie | Ellie | 6.2 |
| 2001 | In the Small, Small Pond Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the Women Movie | Peggy Travis | 5.4 |
| 1999 | A Season for Miracles Movie | Berry Thompson | 7.0 |
| 1999 | The West Wing TV | Tabatha Fortis | 8.3 |
| 1999 | October Sky Movie | Miss Riley | 7.7 |
| 1998 | The Baby Dance Movie | Wanda LeFauve | 6.3 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill TV | Serving Wench (voice) | 7.4 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill TV | Katherine (voice) | 7.4 |
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina Movie | Narrator (voice) | 7.1 |
| 1996 | Citizen Ruth Movie | Ruth Stoops | 6.6 |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge Movie | Vicki Weaver | 5.4 |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge TV | Vicki Weaver | |
| 1995 | Down Came a Blackbird Movie | Helen McNulty | 7.4 |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' Movie | Self / Ellie Sattler | 7.3 |
| 1994 | Ellen TV | Susan | 6.2 |
| 1993 | A Perfect World Movie | Sally Gerber | 7.5 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait TV | Self | 4.5 |
| 1993 | Frasier TV | June (voice) | 7.7 |
| 1993 | Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea Movie | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels TV | Annie Ainsley | 6.6 |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park Movie | Ellie | 8.0 |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show TV | Laura Dern | 7.8 |
| 1992 | Afterburn Movie | Janet Harduvel | 4.2 |
| 1991 | Rambling Rose Movie | Rose | 6.2 |
| 1990 | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch Movie | Self | 7.5 |
| 1990 | Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted Movie | Heartbroken Woman | 6.0 |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart Movie | Lula | 7.0 |
| 1990 | The Word TV | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks TV | Diane Evans | 8.3 |
| 1989 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Movie | Rebecca Laymon | 5.7 |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy Movie | Kathleen Robinson | 6.2 |
| 1989 | Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy Movie | Self | |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics TV | Rebecca Laymon | 7.2 |
| 1988 | Haunted Summer Movie | Claire Clairmont | 5.2 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV | Self - Guest | 5.6 |
| 1988 | No Frank in Lumberton Movie | Self | 8.2 |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet Movie | Sandy Williams | 7.6 |
| 1985 | Smooth Talk Movie | Connie Wyatt | 6.2 |
| 1985 | Mask Movie | Diana | 7.3 |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier Movie | Crissy | 4.8 |
| 1984 | Teachers Movie | Diane | 5.7 |
| 1983 | Happy Endings Movie | Audrey Constantine | 8.0 |
| 1982 | Nature TV | Narrator (voice) | 7.9 |
| 1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains Movie | Jessica McNeil | 6.4 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Connie Wyatt | 6.6 |
| 1980 | Foxes Movie | Debbie | 6.0 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live TV | Self (uncredited) | 6.9 |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Movie | Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited) | 7.0 |
| 1973 | White Lightning Movie | Sharon Anne (uncredited) | 6.2 |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV | Berry Thompson | 8.8 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards TV | Self - Nominee | 7.9 |
| TBA | Morning Movie | Cathy | |
| TBA | Peaked Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | Monsanto Movie | Dr Melinda Rogers |
Crew (13)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Palm Royale TV | Executive Producer · Production | 6.2 |
| 2023 | Tiny Beautiful Things TV | Executive Producer · Production | 6.9 |
| 2020 | If Anything Happens I Love You Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 7.7 |
| 2020 | The Way I See It Movie | Producer · Production | 7.8 |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Movie | Director · Directing | 7.0 |
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| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Enlightened TV | Executive Producer · Production | 7.0 |
| 2011 | Enlightened TV | Story · Writing | 7.0 |
| 2011 | Enlightened TV | Creator · Creator | 7.0 |
| 2006 | Inland Empire Movie | Co-Producer · Production | 7.0 |
| 2002 | Damaged Care Movie | Co-Producer · Production | 7.0 |
| 1995 | Down Came a Blackbird Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 7.4 |
| 1994 | The Gift Movie | Director · Directing | 8.0 |
| TBA | Morning Movie | Executive Producer · Production |
Latest releases
- Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern2026
- Is This Thing On?2025 / TMDB 6.5
- The Making of Jay Kelly2025 / TMDB 6.4
- Jay Kelly2025 / TMDB 6.1
- Caught Stealing2025 / TMDB 6.8
- Welcome to Lynchland2025 / TMDB 6.2
Questions about Laura Dern
What are some of Laura Dern's most famous films?
Laura Dern is known for her roles in iconic films such as 'Jurassic Park,' 'Wild,' and 'Marriage Story.' Her performances have garnered critical acclaim and a strong fan following.
Has Laura Dern won any major awards?
Yes, Laura Dern won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Marriage Story' in 2020, along with several Golden Globe Awards throughout her career.
What was Laura Dern's first film?
Laura Dern made her film debut in 'White Lightning' in 1973 when she was just six years old, appearing alongside her mother, Diane Ladd.
How many children does Laura Dern have?
Laura Dern has two children, Jaya and Ellery, with her ex-husband Ben Harper. They were born in 2001 and 2004 respectively.
What is Laura Dern's estimated net worth?
Laura Dern's estimated net worth is around $20 million, primarily from her successful acting career in film and television.
What is a milestone in Laura Dern's filmography?
A significant milestone in Laura Dern's filmography is her role in 'Jurassic Park,' which established her as a leading actress in Hollywood and became a classic in the science fiction genre.
What is Laura Dern known for in her acting style?
Laura Dern is known for her ability to portray complex characters with emotional depth. She often brings a unique authenticity to her roles, which resonates with audiences.
What advocacy work is Laura Dern involved in?
Laura Dern is an advocate for women's rights and gender equality in the film industry. She has been vocal about the need for more diverse representation in Hollywood.