Laura Dern was born on 10th February 1967. She had celebrity parents:
Bruce Dern as her father and Diane Ladd as her mother. Her father Bruce
had earned fame for his roles of psychotics, sociopaths and criminals.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the Best
Supporting Actor in the movie Coming Home (1978). Laura was exposed into
the world of movies quite early. She experienced her first success with
Foxes (1980). She made a series of small appearences with Ladies and
Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains (1981) and Teachers (1984), Mask (1985)
and Smooth Talk (1985). She made to the leading role with David Lynch's
Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). Laura earn Oscar nomination
for her excellent performance in Rambling Rose (1991). She was
co-starring her mother Diane Ladd. Surprisingly, Diane also won Oscar
nomination for the same movie.
Laura continued to earn prominent roles in movies like October Sky
(1999), I am Sam (2001), We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004), Jurassic
Park (1993) and Jurassic Park III (2001). Diane was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the three movies Wild at
Heart (1990), Rambling Rose (1991) and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
(1974). It is a fact to be noted that all these three movies starred her
daughter Laura Dern.
