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Acting

Laura Dern

Career: Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 2019 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 48
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Marriage Story
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Laura Dern Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Violence
3.3, average 4.1
Physical Comedy
1.6, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 8
Character-Driven 7
Social Commentary 7
Psychological Drama 5
Redemption 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Dysfunctional Family 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Based on True Story 3
Psychological Tension 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Biographical Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

112

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Dr Melinda Rogers

Morning

as Cathy

2020s

15 titles · average score 62

Jay Kelly

66

as Liz

Is This Thing On?

73

as Tess Novak

Caught Stealing

72

as Hank's Mom (uncredited)

Lonely Planet

46

as Katherine Loewe

Palm Royale

61

TV show · as Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins

OZI: Voice of the Forest

56

as Seema (voice)

Jurassic World Dominion

44

as Ellie Sattler

The Son

49

as Kate

Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind

as Voice

The White Lotus

81

TV show · as Abby (voice)

Crazy, Not Insane

79

as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)

Grizzly II: Revenge

15

as Tina

2010s

35 titles · average score 68

Marriage Story

87

as Nora Fanshaw

Little Women

86

as Marmee March

Trial by Fire

63

as Elizabeth Gilbert

The Tale

84

as Jennifer

Big Little Lies

83

TV show · as Renata Klein

Certain Women

74

as Laura

F is for Family

78

TV show · as Sue Murphy (voice)

99 Homes

78

as Lynn Nash

Bravetown

42

as Annie

Wild

76

as Bobbi Grey

When the Game Stands Tall

49

as Bev Ladouceur

Enlightened

79

TV show · as Amy Jellicoe

2000s

19 titles · average score 60

Tenderness

49

as Teresa

Recount

76

as Katherine Harris

Year of the Dog

62

as Bret

Inland Empire

72

as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue

Lonely Hearts

57

as Rene Fodie

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

64

as Dortha Schaefer

We Don't Live Here Anymore

61

as Terry Linden

Damaged Care

63

as Linda Peeno

Novocaine

48

as Jean Noble

Daddy and Them

70

as Ruby Montgomery

Focus

57

as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart

Dr. T & the Women

53

as Peggy Travis

1990s

24 titles · average score 71

October Sky

80

as Miss Riley

The Baby Dance

57

as Wanda LeFauve

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

64

TV show · as Vicki Weaver

Citizen Ruth

70

as Ruth Stoops

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

59

as Vicki Weaver

Down Came a Blackbird

69

as Helen McNulty

Jurassic Park

82

as Ellie

A Perfect World

76

as Sally Gerber

Afterburn

53

as Janet Harduvel

Rambling Rose

80

as Rose

Wild at Heart

66

as Lula

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

65

as Heartbroken Woman

1980s

14 titles · average score 65

Fat Man and Little Boy

54

as Kathleen Robinson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Rebecca Laymon

Nightmare Classics

TV show · as Rebecca Laymon

Haunted Summer

62

as Claire Clairmont

Blue Velvet

80

as Sandy Williams

Smooth Talk

63

as Connie Wyatt

Mask

79

as Diana

Teachers

52

as Diane

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

64

as Jessica McNeil

Nature

84

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Connie Wyatt

Foxes

56

as Debbie

1970s

2 titles · average score 71

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

79

as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)

White Lightning

63

as Sharon Anne (uncredited)

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Berry Thompson