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| Real Name: Laura Dern | ||||
| Birthday: February 10 | ||||
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Laura Dern Biography And Filmography: Laura Dern was born on February 10, 1967 into a show business family - her father is Bruce Dern and her mother is Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets and the movie industry from
an early age, and won several small parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern lost contact with her father for several years as a result.
The first success for the young Dern came in 1980, with a role in "Foxes" (1980), a young teen movie starring Jodie Foster about a group of friends who come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex. Dern followed this role with several small parts, or parts in small movies, such as "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains" (1981) and "Teachers" (1984) with Morgan Freeman, as a student who has an affair with a teacher. Dern's mother opposed her presence on the movie sets at age thirteen, which required Dern to sue for emancipation so she could play her role in "The Fabulous Stains". Dern's next roles, as the blind girl who makes friends with the deformed boy in
"Mask" (1985) starring Cher and Eric Stoltz, and as a teen age girl whose sexual awakening
meets a mysterious older man in "Smooth Talk" (1985), gave her career
a vital boost. Dern appeared to have made it with a leading role in David Lynch's
much-admired "Blue Velvet" (1986), where after finding a severed
human ear in a field, a young man soon discovers a sinister underworld lying
just beneath his idyllic suburban home town. But it was four years before
Dern's next prominent movie in "Wild at Heart" (1990) starring Nicolas
Cage and directed by Lynch.
Dern then worked opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the comedy "Daddy And Them" (2004), written by Thornton with a star studded cast including Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Affleck, a dark comedy where a married couple (Billy Bob Thornton and Laura Dern) come to the aid of a jailed uncle (Jim Varney). More comedy followed with a role next to Steve Martin in the comedy "Novocaine", where a dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs. Dern then appeared in a story that weaved multiple stories to create a witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself in "Happy Endings" (2005). The following year, Laura Dern had a supporting role in the Todd Robinson blockbuster romantic crime thriller "Lonely Hearts" (2005) starring John Travolta, Jared Leto and Salma Hayek, based on the true story, where two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals. Dern then switched gears and appeared in an independent comedy "Year Of The Dog" (2007) starring Molly Shannon, where a secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies. Dern wrapped her year next to Russell Crowe in the dramatic "Tenderness" (2008), about a policeman (Russell Crowe) who works to figure out whether a violent teen murdered his family.
Next was a role as Katherine Harris, in a chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida in "Recount" (2008) starring Kevin Spacey. Laura Dern the appeared in another sequel to the smash hit "Jurassic Park" franchise in "Jurassic Park IV" (2009). Laura has made numerous special guest appearances on familiar television sitcoms and shows including "Fallen Angels", "Frasier", "Ellen", "The West Wing" and "King of the Hill". Having previously dated such Hollywood talent as Treat Williams, Renny Harlin, Kyle MacLachlan, Jeff Goldblum and Billy Bob Thornton, Dern eventually married musician Ben Harper in 2005. Early in her career, Dern was roommate to Marianne Williamson, the spirituality guru.
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