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Laura Dern

Also known as Laura Elizabeth Dern, Laura Elizabeth Dern-Harper, Laura E. Dern, L. E. Dern, L. Dern, Laura E. Dern-Harper, L. E. Dern-Harper, Dern

Laura Elizabeth Dern 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.

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Laura Elizabeth Dern is an American film actor, film producer, voice actor, and television actor. Born in Los Angeles in 1967, she is the daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Her professional career began in 1973. She has been educated at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles. Dern speaks and writes in American English.

Dern has received several awards, including Golden Globes, an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is married to Ben Harper and has two children. Her previous unmarried partners include Kyle MacLachlan, Nicolas Cage, Renny Harlin, and Jeff Goldblum.

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It sits within the topics 1967 births, 20th-century American actresses and 21st-century American actresses.

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Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

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Instance of: human
Given name: Elizabeth
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Spouse: Ben Harper
Father: Bruce Dern
Mother: Diane Ladd
Occupation: film producer
Educated at: University of California, Los Angeles
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Award: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Image: Laura Dern 2017 (facecrop).jpg
Height: 179
Number of children: 2
Residence: Los Angeles

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Commons category: Laura Dern
date of birth: 1967-02-10
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
unmarried partner: Billy Bob Thornton
start of work period: 1973-00-00
name in native language: Laura Dern
social media followers: 189217
writing language: American English
ethnic group: Americans
birth name: Laura Elizabeth Dern

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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).

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