As of July 2026, Laura Dern is best known for Twin Peaks and Ellen. Find every show and movie Laura Dern has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Actress Born 1967 Los Angeles, California, USA 6 TV Shows 8 Movies

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.

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Laura Dern has built a filmography of 14 credits over a career spanning from 1986 to 2024.

Laura Dern's most notable role to date came in Jurassic Park (1993), where she played Ellie. She also appeared in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) as Vice Admiral Holdo. Most recently appeared in The Fault in Our Stars (2014) as Frannie Lancaster.

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📺 Laura Dern's TV Shows

Twin Peaks
Diane Evans
1990
Ellen
Susan
1994
F is for Family
Sue Murphy (voice)
2015
Big Little Lies
Renata Klein
2017
Palm Royale
Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins
2024
Enlightened
Amy Jellicoe
2011

🎬 Laura Dern's Movies

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Vice Admiral Holdo
2017
Jurassic World Dominion
Ellie Sattler
2022
Jurassic Park
Ellie
1993
Little Women
Marmee March
2019
Blue Velvet
Sandy Williams
1986
The Founder
Ethel Kroc
2016
The Fault in Our Stars
Frannie Lancaster
2014
I Am Sam
Randy Carpenter
2001

📝 Created / Written by Laura Dern

Tiny Beautiful Things
Executive Producer
2023
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Director
2013
If Anything Happens I Love You
Executive Producer
2020

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