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Laura Dern
Actor + Director + Producer
Female
Born
Oct 2, 1967
Age
45
Hometown
California
Other Names
Dern, Laura Eliza...
Laura Elizabeth Dern is an American actress, film director and producer. Dern has acted in such films as Smooth Talk (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Fat Man and Little Boy (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), Jurassic Park (1993), October Sky (1999) and I am Sam… Read More
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Movie Reviews: Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. Is BackBurnsville Patch - May 02, 2013
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Leslie Hendry: Bayne Gibby, Actor, Releases Children's Book, You Mean The World To MeHuffington Post - Apr 19, 2013
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9 Things To Love About Laura DernHuffington Post - Apr 05, 2013
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Carole Mallory: Jurassic Park 3 D Review: Take Me There!Huffington Post - Apr 04, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1967
Birth
Born on February 10, 1967.
TEENAGE
1984
17 Years Old
1984 marked the beginning of a longstanding association with acting coach Sandra Seacat, to whom Dern, speaking 17 years later, would attribute a dramatic transformation in both her life and her work.
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1985
18 Years Old
Between 1985 and 1990, Dern gained critical acclaim for roles in Mask, Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart.
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TWENTIES
1992
25 Years Old
In 1992, Dern and her mother became the first mother and daughter to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in the same film in Rambling Rose.
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1993
26 Years Old
Dern starred as Dr. Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park.
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1996
29 Years Old
She also starred as Ruth in the 1996 satire Citizen Ruth, the directorial debut of Alexander Payne.
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THIRTIES
1997
30 Years Old
In 1997, Dern was featured in Widespread Panic's music video for their song, "Aunt Avis", which was directed by Dern's then boyfriend and future fiancé, Billy Bob Thornton.
1998
31 Years Old
In 1998, Dern co-starred in Jodie Foster's film The Baby Dance.
1999
32 Years Old
While dating Thornton in 1999, she was cast as his love interest in his film Daddy and Them, which also includes Diane Ladd.
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2000
33 Years Old
Robert Altman called upon Dern's talents to play a Champagne-loving Aunt in his Texas-based comedy Dr. T & the Women in 2000.
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2002
35 Years Old
She starred in the 2002 film Damaged Care and the 2004 film We Don't Live Here Anymore.
Dern was part of the ensemble dramedy Happy Endings in 2005, and she appeared in the 2006 film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
2006
39 Years Old
In 2006, David Lynch and Dern reunited for Inland Empire and, also in 2006, Dern had a supporting role in Lonely Hearts.
FORTIES
Dern's husband, Ben Harper, filed for divorce on October 8, 2010 in California, citing irreconcilable differences.
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2011
44 Years Old
In October, 2011, Dern starred in a new HBO television series called Enlightened.
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As of February 2012, Dern was starring in HBO’s Enlightened, for which she has won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy".
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