Laura Dern

Laura Dern
Dern in 2017
Born
Laura Elizabeth Dern

(1967-02-10) February 10, 1967 (age 57)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
Years active1973–present
Spouse
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(m. 2005; div. 2013)​
Children2
Parents
RelativesGeorge Dern (great-grandfather)
Andrew MacLeish (great-great-grandfather)
Archibald MacLeish (great-granduncle)
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Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress, who is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards.

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 Mask (1985), and in David Lynch's films Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). She received her first Academy Award nomination for her role of the titular orphan in the drama film Rambling Rose (1991), and her first Golden Globe win 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 later 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). In 2017 and 2019, she played Renata Klein in the drama series Big Little Lies, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, and reunited with Lynch for Twin Peaks: The Return. 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 an Academy Award and her fifth Golden Globe Award.

Early life

Laura Elizabeth Dern was born on February 10, 1967, in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3][4] The daughter of actors Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern and great-granddaughter of former Utah governor and Secretary of War George Dern, she was conceived while her parents were filming The Wild Angels.[2] Poet, writer, and Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish was her great-great-uncle. After her parents divorced when she was two years old, Dern was largely brought up by her mother and maternal grandmother, Mary, who had Norwegian ancestry, from Oslo.[5] She was raised Catholic.[5] Her godmother was actress Shelley Winters.[6] She developed scoliosis as a child.[7]

Her first film foray was an appearance as an extra in White Lightning (1973), a film in which her mother starred.[8] Her official film debut was an appearance opposite her mother in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).[9] In 1982, Dern, aged just 15, served as Miss Golden Globe.[10] In the same year, she portrayed a rebellious rock band member in the cult film Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains.[11] At 16,[12] after doubling on her classes to graduate high school a semester early,[13] she sought and attained emancipation,[14] which allowed her to work the same number of hours as an adult on films.[8] After moving out of her home at the age of 17, Dern became roommates with Marianne Williamson, who is 15 years older. Dern later enrolled at UCLA intending to double major in psychology and journalism, but withdrew two days into the semester to film Blue Velvet.[13]

Career

1980–1999: Career beginnings and breakthrough

Dern got her first credited role, Debbie, appearing alongside Jodie Foster in the 1980 coming-of-age film Foxes. At the age of 11, she had originally auditioned for a different role after telling casting directors that she was 14.[15][13][16] In 1985, she was cast two weeks before production began as protagonist Connie Wyatt, a carefree 15-year-old girl who grabs the attention of a predatory stranger, in the film Smooth Talk. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in the Dramatic category in 1986[17] and received largely favorable reviews. It is seen as the film that launched Dern's career.[18]

Between 1985 and 1990, Dern gained critical acclaim for her performances in Mask, Blue Velvet, and Wild at Heart. The latter two of which were directed by David Lynch, which began a longstanding collaboration between Dern and Lynch.[19] In the biographical drama film Mask, she played Diana Adams, a blind girl who becomes Rocky Dennis' love interest, starring alongside Eric Stoltz and Cher. At the age of 16, she played Sandy Williams, one of the starring roles alongside Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rossellini, in the critically successful mystery thriller film Blue Velvet. It is widely regarded as Dern's breakthrough performance.[20][21]

In 1990, Dern once again collaborated with Lynch, and starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the black comedy crime film Wild At Heart, in which Dern played a vastly different character from her previous role in Blue Velvet. Dern called the role an opportunity 'to play not only a very sexual person, but also someone who was, in her own way, incredibly comfortable with herself'.[22] The film, which had won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, was met with generally positive reviews from critics, but polarized some audiences at the time.[16] Lynch cast Dern's mother, Diane Ladd, in a supporting role for the film.[23]

Dern auditioned for the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), but lost the role due to studio's skepticism about her level of fame at the time.[24][25] In 1992, Dern and Ladd, became the first mother and daughter to be nominated for Academy Awards for acting in the same film for their performances in Rambling Rose. Ladd received a Best Supporting Actress nomination, and Dern received one for Best Actress.[26] The following year, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film and received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie for her performance in the 1992 television film Afterburn.[27][28]

Dern played Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park, achieving international recognition with the role.[29] Dern, who had been more focused on independent films prior to the film, was Spielberg's first choice for the role of Ellie, after having been impressed with her work in Smooth Talk and Rambling Rose.[30] She was influenced by Cage to take the role,[31] and called the decision an "easy yes", recalling how Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy made sure the character was a "no-nonsense feminist who had her own independent spirit and was brilliant in her craft", and wasn't an "oversexualized action heroine" while describing filming to be similar to an independent film.[30][32]

That same year, Clint Eastwood contacted Dern for the film A Perfect World. After the release of Jurassic Park, Dern was offered many roles in blockbuster films, but to avoid typecasting ultimately chose to star in Alexander Payne's directorial debut black comedy film Citizen Ruth. In the film, she played a pregnant drug addict who unexpectedly attracts national attention from those involved in the abortion debate. It debuted at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim for the film and for Dern's performance, but only received a limited release from Miramax, likely due to its controversial topic.[33][34][35] Ladd made a cameo appearance, playing her mother for the third time, following Rambling Rose and Wild At Heart, with Dern's character screaming a torrent of abuse at her.

In 1997, Dern was asked by Ellen DeGeneres to guest star as Susan Richmond, a lesbian who helps Degeneres' character, Ellen Morgan, come out of the closet in "The Puppy Episode" of the sitcom Ellen, while DeGeneres herself came out at the same time offscreen. Despite protests from people around her, she shrugged off concerns and immediately accepted the role,[36] where she received her third Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series.[37] The decision significantly impacted her career in the following years with Dern revealing in an April 2007 airing of The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she did not work for more than a year and that she needed a "full security detail" following her appearance in the historic episode due to the resulting backlash at the time, but nevertheless called it an "extraordinary experience and opportunity" and "an incredible honor."[29][38] The following year, Dern co-starred in the television film The Baby Dance, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. While dating Billy Bob Thornton in 1999, Dern played the love interest in his film Daddy and Them, which also includes Ladd. In Joe Johnston's biographical drama film October Sky, Dern played the teacher who is involved about amateur rocketry, launched by NASA engineer Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal).

2000–2011: Further film and television career

Dern at Civic Center Park in 2008

In 2000, Robert Altman cast Dern in his comedy Dr. T & the Women. In 2001, Dern reprised her role as Ellie in Jurassic Park III, which was directed by Johnston whom she had worked with in October Sky. Originally hesitant to return for a cameo, Dern was convinced when it was suggested by executive producer Steven Spielberg to the writers, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor who had previously collaborated with Dern for Citizen Ruth, to have the character play an important role by saving the other characters.[39] That same year, she co-starred in Within These Walls and Arthur Miller's Focus. She starred in the film I Am Sam as Randy Carpenter, a woman running a foster home. In 2002, she starred in the film Damaged Care. In 2004, she starred in the film We Don't Live Here Anymore. Dern starred in the 2005 film Happy Endings, and in the same year, she appeared in the film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.

In 2006, Dern reunited with director David Lynch for the third time after Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart in the experimental film Inland Empire which was largely shot on a hand-held Sony DSR-PD150 by Lynch himself and without a complete screenplay.[40] Dern portrays an actress, Nikki Grace, who starts to take on the personality of the character she plays. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival to polarized reviews, the majority being positive, where Dern admitted that she was not sure what the film was about, but has said she would sign up for any project with Lynch.[41] In the same year, Dern portrayed a supporting role in Lonely Hearts. Mike White, known for writing School of Rock and The Good Girl, hired Dern for his directorial debut in 2007, the comedy titled Year of the Dog, and starring Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly and Peter Sarsgaard. In 2008, Dern starred as Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris in Recount, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.[42] The following year, Dern appeared in the independent drama Tenderness,[43] and in 2010, she appeared in Little Fockers, portraying Prudence, an elementary school principal.[44]

In November 2010, Dern and her parents Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern were presented with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming the first family to do so.[45] In October 2011, she starred in a new HBO comedy-drama television series titled Enlightened in which she also served as co-creator and executive producer.[46] Dern played Amy Jellicoe, a "health and beauty executive who returns from a post-meltdown retreat to pick up the pieces of her broken life." Dern brought screenwriter Mike White, whom she collaborated with on Year of the Dog, back into television work after he had suffered an on-the-job meltdown of his own.[47] The series received critical acclaim and lasted two seasons. Dern's mother Diane Ladd plays the major supporting role of Helen Jellicoe, Dern's character's mother in the series. Dern received her third Golden Globe Award and fifth nomination, her first in the Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy category for her performance.[48] She was also nominated for her fifth Primetime Emmy Award, her first in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category.[49]

2012–present: Later career and acclaim

In 2012, Dern starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's psychological drama film The Master.[50] In 2014, she co-starred alongside Reese Witherspoon in Jean-Marc Vallée's biographical drama film Wild portraying the character of Bobbi, mother of Cheryl Strayed in flashback scenes, for which she received her second Academy Award nomination and her first in the Best Supporting Actress category. That same year, she portrayed Frannie Lancaster in the coming-of-age romance film The Fault In Our Stars and she portrays Beverly Ladouceur in the sports drama film When the Game Stands Tall directed by Thomas Carter, starring Jim Caviezel and produced by David Zelon for Mandalay Pictures.[51] She portrayed Lynn Nash, a widowed mother and grandmother who gets evicted with her family, in 2014's 99 Homes alongside Andrew Garfield.[52]

In 2017, Dern reteamed with both Witherspoon and Vallée from Wild and The Fault In Our Stars co-star Shailene Woodley for the 2017 HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, the latter who Dern had helped convince to join the cast.[53] For her portrayal as Renata Klein in the series, Dern won her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and her fourth Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television.[54][55][56] That same year, she collaborated for the fourth time with David Lynch, appearing as Diane Evans in the third season of the mystery serial drama television series Twin Peaks and joined the Star Wars franchise portraying Vice-Admiral Amilyn Holdo in Rian Johnson's space opera film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[57][58]

In 2018, Dern starred as professor and documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fox, recalling her traumatic past in the autobiographical feature film The Tale, written and directed by Fox. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018, to a standing ovation,[59] and later on HBO on May 26, 2018.[60] Dern received her seventh Primetime Emmy nomination for the role in the category Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie.[61] That same year, she starred in two biographical drama films, Trial By Fire and JT LeRoy as the author Laura Albert.

In 2019, Dern reprised her role of Renata Klein in Big Little Lies after the series was renewed for a second season where she once again received critical acclaim and received her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination, her first in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category.[62][63] In the same year, Dern starred in two films nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The first is Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, portraying the character Nora Fanshaw, a divorce lawyer which was written by Baumbach with Dern in mind for the role.[64] For her performance, Dern received major awards including earning her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress from three nominations, winning the first and only Oscar in an acting category for Netflix,[65][66] and also received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, the SAG Award for Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.[67][68] The second is Greta Gerwig's film adaptation of Little Women, where she portrayed Marmee March.[69] In 2020, she served as an executive producer on the animated short film If Anything Happens I Love You which was released on Netflix[70] and was a producer on the documentary film The Way I See It.[71]

In 2022, Dern reprised her role as Dr. Ellie Sattler in Jurassic World Dominion.[72] Due to the character's fan influence, Dern and director Colin Trevorrow felt protective of the character and her legacy, and were in agreement to have the character play a major role.[73] With Neill and Goldblum having led in their own Jurassic Park sequel, Trevorrow wanted Dominion to be Dern's film explaining, "It was important for the plot to be driven by Ellie. She's the only one of those three characters that hasn't had her own movie."[74] She starred in Florian Zeller's 2022 adaptation of his stage play The Son.[75] Dern appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's "Bejeweled" from her tenth studio album Midnights (2022).[76] Dern reunited with Wild author Cheryl Strayed and served along with Reese Witherspoon as executive producers for the 2023 Hulu television series Tiny Beautiful Things based on Strayed's book.[77] Dern served as an executive producer and starred in the Apple TV+ period television series Palm Royale.[78]

Dern stars and serves as an executive producer for Justin Kurzel's science fiction film Morning.[79] She stars in the Netflix film Lonely Planet.[80] She and Amy Adams signed on to executive produce a HBO adaptation of Claire Lombardo's The Most Fun We Ever Had.[81]

Personal life

Relationships and family

Dern with then-husband Ben Harper in December 2009

Dern was in a relationship with her Blue Velvet co-star Kyle MacLachlan from 1985 to 1989. She began dating Jeff Goldblum in 1993 after meeting on the set of Jurassic Park, but the relationship ended in 1997. Dern also dated Billy Bob Thornton from 1997 to 1999. They were engaged until she discovered he was dating Angelina Jolie. In autumn 2000, Dern began dating musician Ben Harper after they met at one of his concerts.[82] Harper and Dern married on December 23, 2005, at their home in Los Angeles.[83] They have two children together, son Ellery Walker (born August 21, 2001)[82] and daughter Jaya (born November 2004).[84] Through this marriage, Dern became a stepmother and is close with Harper's children from his first marriage, his son, Charles, and daughter, Harris.[82] The two finalized their divorce in 2013.[85]

On October 18, 2017, in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal, Dern appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and revealed that she had been sexually assaulted at age 14.[86]

Political views and activism

During the 66th Golden Globe Awards, on January 11, 2009, Dern expressed support for the incoming administration of Barack Obama during her acceptance speech for her Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film win, stating: "I will cherish this as a reminder of the extraordinary, incredible outpouring of people who demanded their voice be heard in this last election so we can look forward to amazing change in this country. Thank you so much!"[87]

An activist and supporter of various charities, Dern advocated Down syndrome awareness in a cover story for Ability Magazine.[88] In 2018, Dern brought activist Mónica Ramírez to the 75th Golden Globe Awards as a guest.[89] In the same year, she attended a Families Belong Together event and expressed her support for immigrants' rights.[90][91] She is also an advocate for women's rights,[92] gender pay parity,[93] as well as combating gun violence and climate change.[94] In 2019, she became a board member of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.[95] Dern is an ambassador for the American Lung Association and serves as an Advisor to the group's National Board of Directors.[96][97]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1973 White Lightning Sharon Anne Uncredited
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone
1980 Foxes Debbie
1982 Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains Jessica McNeil
1983 Grizzly II: Revenge Tina Released in 2020
1984 Teachers Diane Warren
1985 Mask Diana Adams
Smooth Talk Connie Wyatt
1986 Blue Velvet Sandy Williams
1988 Haunted Summer Claire Clairmont
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Kathleen Robinson
1990 Wild at Heart Lula Fortune
Industrial Symphony No. 1 Heartbroken Woman Concert film
1991 Rambling Rose Rose
1993 Jurassic Park Dr. Ellie Sattler
A Perfect World Sally Gerber
1996 Citizen Ruth Ruth Stoops
Bastard Out of Carolina Narrator (voice)
1999 October Sky Miss Riley
2000 Dr. T & the Women Peggy
2001 Daddy and Them Ruby Montgomery
Jurassic Park III Dr. Ellie Sattler
Focus Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
I Am Sam Randy Carpenter
Novocaine Jean Noble
2002 Goose Narrator (voice) Short film
Searching for Debra Winger Herself Documentary
2004 We Don't Live Here Anymore Terry Linden
2005 Happy Endings Pam Ferris
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Dortha Schaefer
2006 Lonely Hearts Rene Fodie
Inland Empire Nikki Grace / Susan Blue Also co-producer
2007 Year of the Dog Bret Spade
2008 The Monday Before Thanksgiving Theresa Short film
2009 Tenderness Aunt Teresa
2010 Everything Must Go Delilah
Little Fockers Prudence Simmons
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited Café Patron Short film
2012 The Master Helen Sullivan
2013 Jay-Z: Made in America Herself Documentary
2014 The Fault in Our Stars Frannie Lancaster
When the Game Stands Tall Beverly Ladouceur
Wild Bobbi Lambrecht
99 Homes Lynn Nash
2015 Bravetown Annie
2016 Certain Women Laura Wells
The Founder Ethel Kroc
2017 Wilson Pippi
The Black Ghiandola Doctor Short film
The Good Time Girls Clementine
Downsizing Laura Lonowski
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo
2018 The Tale Jennifer Fox
Trial by Fire Elizabeth Gilbert
JT LeRoy Laura Albert
2019 Cold Pursuit Grace Coxman
Marriage Story Nora Fanshaw
Little Women Marmee March
2020 Crazy, Not Insane Narrator (voice) Documentary
If Anything Happens I Love You None Executive producer, animated short film
The Way I See It None Producer, documentary
2022 Jurassic World Dominion Dr. Ellie Sattler
The Son Kate
2023 Ozi: Voice of the Forest Ozi's Mother (voice)
2024 Lonely Planet Katherine Loewe
2025 Jay Kelly TBA Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Insight Amy Episode: "Who Loves Amy Tonight?"
1981 Shannon Unknown Episode: "Gotham Swansong"
1983 Happy Endings Audrey Constantine Television film
1984 The Three Wishes of Billy Grier Crissy
1989 Nightmare Classics Rebecca Episode: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
1992 Afterburn Janet Harduvel Television film
1993 Fallen Angels Annie Ainsley Episode: "Murder, Obliquely"
1994 The Gift None Television film; director
1995 Frasier June (voice) Episode: "Sleeping with the Enemy"
Down Came a Blackbird Helen McNulty Television film; also executive producer
1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge Vicki Weaver Television film
1997 Ellen Susan 2 episodes
1998 The Larry Sanders Show Herself Episode: "I Buried Sid"
The Baby Dance Wanda LeFauve Television film
2001 Within These Walls Sister Pauline Quinn
2002 Damaged Care Linda Peeno Television film; also co-producer
The West Wing US Poet Laureate Tabatha Fortis Episode: "The U.S. Poet Laureate"
2002–2003 King of the Hill Serving Wench / Katherine (voices) 2 episodes
2008 Recount Katherine Harris Television film
2011–2013 Enlightened Amy Jellicoe 18 episodes; also co-creator and executive producer
2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film None Television film; director (segment: "Grace")
2014 Kroll Show Cleo 2 episodes
Drunk History Nellie Bly Episode: "New York City"
2015 The Mindy Project Dr. Ludmilla Trapeznikov Episode: "Best Man"
2015–2021 F Is for Family Sue Murphy (voice) 44 episodes
2017–2019 Big Little Lies Renata Klein 14 episodes
2017 The Last Man on Earth Catherine Episode: "Got Milk?"
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Wendy Hebert Episode: "Kimmy Can't Help You!"
Twin Peaks Diane Evans 9 episodes
2022 The White Lotus Abby (voice) Uncredited
2 episodes
2024 Palm Royale Linda Shaw 9 episodes; also executive producer

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Lego Jurassic World Dr. Ellie Sattler Archive Audio from the films.
2019 Jurassic World Evolution Dr. Ellie Sattler Return to Jurassic Park Expansion
2022 Jurassic World Evolution 2 Dr. Ellie Sattler Biosyn Dominion expansion

Music videos

Year Title Artist(s) Role
2022 "Bejeweled" Taylor Swift Stepmother

Book

  • Dern, Laura; Ladd, Diane (2023). Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding). Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-538-72037-0.

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Laura Dern

Dern has received numerous accolades for her work in film and television. These include an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award and five Golden Globe Awards.

Dern received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress for portraying the titular orphan in the drama Rambling Rose (1991). Dern's nomination for the Oscar, alongside her mother Diane Ladd, marked the second, and (as of 2024) most recent, time that a parent and child received acting nominations together for roles in the same film.[a] The following year, her performance in the television drama film Afterburn (1992) won her the Golden Globe and earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. She received another four Emmy nominations—for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama and Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series—for her respective performances in Fallen Angels (1994), Ellen (1997), Recount (2008) and Enlightened (2013). The latter two also won her Golden Globe Awards, for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, respectively.

Dern's performance of a dedicated mother in the HBO black comedy drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019) was widely acclaimed. For the first season, she won the Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and was nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (which she lost to costar Nicole Kidman). The second season earned Dern nominations for the Critics' Choice and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. The television drama film The Tale (2018) earned Dern nominations for the Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

Dern's critically acclaimed roles in the independent drama films Wild (2014) and Marriage Story (2019) earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; winning for her portrayal of a divorce lawyer in the latter, which also won her the BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and SAG Award in that category. The same year, Dern's role as part of the ensemble cast of Greta Gerwig's widely acclaimed adaptation of Little Women earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble.

Dern has also achieved various awards records. The daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, both of whom received Academy Award nominations of their own, Dern is one of few second-generation Academy Award nominees. With her eight Emmy nominations, Dern is among a select few actors to be nominated across all three performance (lead, supporting and guest) and genre (comedy, drama, limited series or movie) categories. With her five Golden Globe Award wins, she is the third-most awarded actor.[b] Having won both an Academy Award and Emmy Award for acting, Dern is just a Tony Award away from achieving the Triple Crown of Acting.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ After Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda for On Golden Pond (1981).
  2. ^ Behind Meryl Streep (with eight) and Alan Alda, Angela Lansbury, Jack Nicholson and Nicole Kidman (with six); and tied with Ed Asner, Carol Burnett, Jessica Lange, Rosalind Russell and Kate Winslet.

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