| Laura Dern  Born: 10-Feb-1967
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Blue Velvet Laura Dern's parents, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, are both film actors. Her godmother is Shelley Winters. At 13 she was in Foxes with Jodie Foster and Scott Baio. At 15 she played a punk rocker in Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains. At 17 she was the blind girl a disfigured Eric Stoltz fell for in Mask.
In 1986, Dern starred in David Lynch's Blue Velvet. The movie, with Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, and Dean Stockwell lip-synching the title tune, was disturbing but mesmerizing, and Dern was a howl as the innocent virgin learning the horrors hidden in her home town. Blue Velvet made Dern a star, at least at art houses and midnight shows. For multiplex mall moviegoers, her signature role was as one of the scientists in 1993's Jurassic Park. Her other films include the abortion comedy Citizen Ruth, Lynch's Wild at Heart, the wayward orphan's drama Ramblin' Rose, and the rocket science melodrama October Sky. On TV, Dern was the woman who lured Ellen DeGeneres to become a lesbian on Ellen.
A liberal, Dern has long been outspoken for the homeless, the pro-choice movement, and women's rights in Afghanistan. She was a vegetarian for six years, until the diet made her anemic.
Father: Bruce Dern (actor)
Mother: Diane Ladd (actress)
Mother: Andrea Beckett (stepmother, m. Bruce Dern, 1969)
Sister: Diane Elizabeth Dern (b. 29-Nov-1960, d. 18-May-1962 drowned)
Boyfriend: Treat Williams (actor; dated 1984)
Boyfriend: Kyle MacLachlan (actor, together 1985-89)
Boyfriend: Renny Harlin (director, dated 1991)
Boyfriend: Vincent Spano (actor, dated 1992)
Boyfriend: Jeff Goldblum (actor, together 1994-96, broken engagement)
Boyfriend: Billy Bob Thornton (actor, together 1997-99, broken engagement)
Husband: Ben Harper (musician, dated 2000-05, m. 23-Dec-2005, sep. 2010, div. 2013, one son, one daughter)
Son: Ellery Walker Harper (b. 21-Aug-2001)
Daughter: Jaya (b. 28-Nov-2004)
High School: The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6270 Hollywood Blvd. (2010)
Golden Globe 2012, Best Actress in a Comedy, for Enlightened
Environmental Media Association Board of Directors
Healthy Child Healthy World Advisory Board
Hollywood Women's Political Committee
Risk Factors: Vegetarian, Yoga
TELEVISION
F is for Family Sue Murphy (voice, 2015-)
Enlightened Amy Jellicoe (2011-13)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (20-Apr-2013)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Cold Pursuit (7-Feb-2019)
The Tale (20-Jan-2018)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (9-Dec-2017)
Downsizing (30-Aug-2017)
Wilson (22-Jan-2017)
The Founder (24-Nov-2016)
Certain Women (24-Jan-2016)
99 Homes (29-Aug-2014)
Wild (29-Aug-2014)
When the Game Stands Tall (4-Aug-2014)
The Fault in Our Stars (16-May-2014)
The Master (1-Sep-2012)
Little Fockers (22-Dec-2010) · Prudence
Everything Must Go (10-Sep-2010)
Tenderness (15-Jan-2009) · Aunt Teresa
Recount (25-May-2008) · Katherine Harris
Year of the Dog (20-Jan-2007) · Bret
Inland Empire (6-Sep-2006)
Lonely Hearts (30-Apr-2006) · Rene Fodie
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (28-Sep-2005)
Happy Endings (20-Jan-2005)
We Don't Live Here Anymore (20-Jan-2004) · Terry Linden
Searching for Debra Winger (16-May-2002) · Herself
I Am Sam (3-Dec-2001)
Focus (9-Sep-2001)
Novocaine (8-Sep-2001)
Jurassic Park III (16-Jul-2001) · Ellie
Daddy and Them (6-Jun-2001)
Dr. T & the Women (12-Sep-2000) · Peggy
A Season for Miracles (12-Dec-1999)
October Sky (19-Feb-1999) · Miss Riley
The Baby Dance (23-Aug-1998) · Wanda
Bastard Out of Carolina (24-Aug-1996) · Narrator [VOICE]
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (19-May-1996)
Citizen Ruth (Jan-1996) · Ruth Stoops
Down Came a Blackbird (22-Oct-1995)
A Perfect World (24-Nov-1993) · Sally Gerber
Jurassic Park (11-Jun-1993) · Ellie
Afterburn (30-May-1992)
Rambling Rose (10-Sep-1991)
Wild at Heart (17-Aug-1990) · Lula
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990)
Fat Man and Little Boy (20-Oct-1989) · Kathleen Robinson
Haunted Summer (Dec-1988) · Claire Clairmont
Blue Velvet (19-Sep-1986) · Sandy Williams
Smooth Talk (10-Sep-1985)
Mask (8-Mar-1985) · Diana
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1-Nov-1984) · Crissy
Teachers (5-Oct-1984)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1981) · Jessica McNeil
Foxes (29-Feb-1980)
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