Background
Dern, Laura was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, United States. She is the daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd.
Dern, Laura was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, United States. She is the daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd.
Studied at Lee Strasberg Institute and Royal Academy Dramatic Art in London.
She could be seen in bits in her parents’ films before she settled into her own career: White Lightning (73, Joseph Sargent); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (74, Martin Scorsese); Foxes (SO, Adrian Lyne); Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (82, Lou Adler); Teachers (84, Arthur Hiller); Mask (85. Peter Bogdanovich); winning praise as the young girl seduced in Smooth Talk (85. Joyce Chopra); Sister, Sister (87. Bill Condon); Haunted Summer (88, Ivan Passer); Fat Man and Little Boy (89, Roland Joffe); nominated for an Oscar in Rambling Rose (91. Martha Coolidge); Afterburn (92, Robert Markowitz); Jurassic Park (93, Steven Spielberg); A Perfect World (93, Clint Eastwood); Down Came a Blackbird (95, Jonathan Sanger); an extremist in Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy (96, Roger Young); narrator on Bastard Out of Carolina (96, Anjelica Huston); Citizen Ruth (96, Alexander Payne); The Baby Dance (98, [ane Anderson); October Sky (99, joe Johnston); Daddy and Them (01, Billy Bob Thornton); Jurassic Park III (01, Johnston); Within These Walls (01, Mike Robe); Novocaine (01, David Atkins); Focus (01. Neil Slavin); I Am Sam (01, Jessie Nelson).
Married Ben Harper, December 23, 2005 (separated 2010). Children: Ellery Walker, Jaya.