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| 3 | ->''"I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people."'' |
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| 5 | Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]]-winning American actress, director and producer. |
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| 7 | She's best known for playing Ellie Sattler in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' and for being something of a [[TheMuse muse]] for Creator/DavidLynch -- she has appeared in ''Film/BlueVelvet'', ''Film/WildAtHeart'', ''Film/InlandEmpire'', and ''Series/TwinPeaks'' -- and Creator/AlexanderPayne (''Film/CitizenRuth'' and ''Film/{{Downsizing}}''). She also helped produce the 2020 documentary film ''Film/TheWayISeeIt''. |
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| 9 | She is the daughter of actors Creator/BruceDern and Creator/DianeLadd. (A 7-year-old Laura can be seen as an extra in ''Film/AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore'', which starred her mother.) |
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| 12 | !!Film roles on this wiki: |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Teachers|1984}}'' (1984) as Diane Warren |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Mask|1985}}'' (1985) as Diana Adams |
| 15 | * ''Film/{{Smooth Talk|1985}}'' (1985) as Connie Wyatt |
| 16 | * ''Film/BlueVelvet'' (1986) as Sandy Williams |
| 17 | * ''Film/FatManAndLittleBoy'' (1989) as Kathleen Robinson |
| 18 | * ''Film/WildAtHeart'' (1990) as Lisa Fortune |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Jurassic Park|1993}}'' (1993) as Dr. Ellie Sattler |
| 20 | * ''Film/APerfectWorld'' (1993) as Sally Gerber |
| 21 | * ''Film/CitizenRuth'' (1996) as Ruth Proops |
| 22 | * ''Film/BastardOutOfCarolina'' (1996) as Narrator (voice) |
| 23 | * ''Film/OctoberSky'' (1999) as Miss Riley |
| 24 | * ''Film/DrTAndTheWomen'' (2000) as Peggy |
| 25 | * ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' (2001) as Dr. Ellie Sattler |
| 26 | * ''Film/IAmSam'' (2001) as Randy Carpenter |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Novocaine}}'' (2001) as Jean Noble |
| 28 | * ''Film/LonelyHearts'' (2006) as Rene Fodie |
| 29 | * ''Film/InlandEmpire'' (2006) as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue |
| 30 | * ''Film/EverythingMustGo'' (2010) as Delilah |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheMaster'' (2012) as Helen Sullivan |
| 32 | * ''Film/NinetyNineHomes'' (2014) as Lynn Nash |
| 33 | * ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars'' (2014) as Frannie Lancaster |
| 34 | * ''Film/{{Wild}}'' (2014) as Bobbi Lambrecht |
| 35 | * ''Film/TheFounder'' (2016) as Ethel Kroc |
| 36 | * ''ComicBook/{{Wilson}}'' (2017) as Pippi |
| 37 | * ''Film/{{Downsizing}}'' (2017) as [[TheDanza Laura Lonowski]] |
| 38 | * ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheLastJedi'' (2017) as Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo |
| 39 | * ''Film/ColdPursuit'' (2019) as Grace Coxman |
| 40 | * ''Film/MarriageStory'' (2019) as Nora Franshaw [[note]]UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actress[[/note]] |
| 41 | * ''Film/{{Little Women|2019}}'' (2019) as Marmee March |
| 42 | * ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' (2022) as Dr. Ellie Sattler |
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| 44 | !!Television roles on this wiki: |
| 45 | * ''Series/{{Ellen}}'' "[[Recap/EllenS4E22ThePuppyEpisodePart1 The Puppy Episode]]" (1997) as Susan |
| 46 | * ''Series/{{Enlightened}}'' (2011–13) as Amy Jellicoe |
| 47 | * ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' (2015–2021) as Sue Murphy (voice) |
| 48 | * ''Series/BigLittleLies'' (2017–19) as Renata Klein |
| 49 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks'' (2017) as Diane Evans |
| 50 | * ''Series/TheWhiteLotus'' (2022) as Abby (voice; uncredited) |
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| 53 | !!Tropes related to her career: |
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| 55 | * CreatorBacklash: Her appearance in the low-budget horror film ''[[Film/{{Grizzly}} Grizzly II]]'' in the mid-1980s[[labelnote:*]]which was delayed for decades after its original shoot before finally being completed in 2020[[/labelnote]] because [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney she was young and needed the money]]. Just saying the film's title is good enough to get a priceless reaction out of her. |
| 56 | %%* PlayingAgainstType: What her role as Dr. Ellie Sattler in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' effectively was. |
| 57 | * ProductionPosse: A frequent member of Creator/DavidLynch's. |
| 58 | * RomanceOnTheSet: Has dated a lot of her male co-stars. Has been in relationships with Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/JeffGoldblum, Creator/KyleMaclachlan and Creator/BillyBobThornton, among others. |
| 59 | * StatuesqueStunner: She may not look like it, being dwarfed by most of her male co-stars, on camera, but she's actually 5'10". |
| 60 | ** Used to effect in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. She towers over the average-sized Creator/OscarIsaac (Poe Dameron), showing she's LargeAndInCharge. |
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