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Most Recent Role: Katherine Harris on Recount
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Birthday: 2-10-1967
Birth Name: Laura Elizabeth Dern
Laura DernMore Photos Laura is the daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd and the grand-daughter of Mary Lanier . Her great-grandfather, George Henry Dern of Salt Lake City (1872-1936) was a two-term governor of the state of Utah, from 1925 to 1933, then served as Franklin D. Roosevelt´s Secretary of War. Her great-great-grandfather, John Dern , was a rich farmer from Nebraska who made brilliant investments...

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Sunday 25 May 2008 on HBO

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Laura earned a 'Special Distinction Award' in 2006 at the Independent Spirit Awards, when she re-teamed with director David Lynch to star in Inland Empire. (edit)
Laura co-starred with then-boyfriend Billy Bob Thornton in a 'white trash' romantic comedy that was written and directed by Thornton in Daddy and Them, in 2001. (edit)
Laura earned an Emmy nomination for playing a lesbian on the famous 'coming out' episode of Ellen in 1997. (edit)
Laura made a brief appearance opposite Sean Penn in the 2001 drama about a mentally disabled man seeking custody of his daughter in I Am Sam. (edit)
Laura made her directorial debut with the romantic short made for Showtime, The Gift in 1994. (edit)

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Laura: I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them. (edit)
Laura: I'd never done nudity in a movie. I've never condoned it for myself, but David Lynch wanted it, and I was completely comfortable with it because the love story was so protected. (edit)
Laura: I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn sixty and ask, Shouldn't we get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that. (edit)
Laura: I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket. (edit)
Laura: I want to have a psychology degree and work professionally with children. It'll probably never happen. I'd also love to write. (edit)
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