Laura Dern: movies and TV shows
Laura Dern has 182 credits in the archive: 131 films and 51 TV series, from 1949 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2026 · busiest year: 2017 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skip Intro | Self - Guest | TV | — | 59 |
| 2026 | Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2025 | Caught Stealing | Hank's Mom (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | Liz | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 2025 | Is This Thing On? | Tess Novak | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2025 | The Making of Jay Kelly | Self - Liz | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 2025 | Welcome to Lynchland | Self - Actor | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2024 | Palm Royale | Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2024 | Palm Royale | TV | 6.1 | 57 | |
| 2024 | Lonely Planet | Katherine Loewe | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2024 | OZI: Voice of the Forest | Seema | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2024 | Carole & Grey | Laura Dern | Film | 1.0 | 57 |
| 2023 | Tiny Beautiful Things | TV | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 2023 | Common Ground | Self | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2023 | The Endangered Generation? | Self (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self - Guest | Film | 8.3 | 56 |
| 2023 | 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Film | 8.1 | 56 |
| 2022 | Jurassic World Dominion | Ellie Sattler | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2022 | The Son | Kate | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2022 | Halftime | Self | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2022 | Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World | Self | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2022 | Sheryl | Self | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2022 | Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind | Voice | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2021 | The White Lotus | Abby (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2021 | A Night at the Academy Museum | Self | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2020 | Grizzly II: Revenge | Tina | Film | 3.2 | 53 |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not Insane | Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2020 | If Anything Happens I Love You | Film | 7.7 | 53 | |
| 2020 | The Way I See It | Film | 7.8 | 53 | |
| 2020 | The Making of "Marriage Story" | Self | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2019 | Little Women | Marmee March | Film | 7.9 | 52 |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Nora Fanshaw | Film | 7.7 | 52 |
| 2019 | Cold Pursuit | Grace Coxman | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 2019 | J.T. LeRoy | Laura Albert | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 2019 | Trial by Fire | Elizabeth Gilbert | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2019 | Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances | Self | Film | 8.3 | 52 |
| 2018 | The Tale | Jennifer | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 2018 | The Director and the Jedi | Self | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 2018 | The Force of Sound | Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 51 |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Vice Admiral Holdo | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies | Renata Klein | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Laura Lonowski | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 2017 | Wilson | Pippi | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | Doctor | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2017 | Bobbi Jene | Self | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 2017 | The Good Time Girls | Clementine | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2017 | The Number of Completion | Self | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2017 | A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth | Self | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2017 | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Self | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 2016 | The Founder | Ethel Kroc | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2016 | Certain Women | Laura | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 2016 | Blue Velvet Revisited | Self | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | TV | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Wendy Hebert | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2015 | F is for Family | Sue Murphy (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 2015 | 99 Homes | Lynn Nash | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2015 | Bravetown | Annie | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 47 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 47 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV | 5.0 | 47 |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars | Frannie Lancaster | Film | 7.6 | 47 |
| 2014 | Wild | Bobbi Grey | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2014 | When the Game Stands Tall | Bev Ladouceur | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses | Woman on Bench | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 2013 | Drunk History | Nellie Bly | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 2013 | Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten | Tina (archive footage) | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 2013 | Trespassing Bergman | Self | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project | Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 2012 | The Master | Helen Sullivan | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 45 |
| 2011 | Enlightened | Amy Jellicoe | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2011 | Enlightened | TV | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 2011 | Enlightened | TV | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 2011 | Enlightened | TV | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 2011 | Return to Jurassic Park | Self | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 2011 | Everything Must Go | Delilah | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Cafe Patron | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 2011 | Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage | Sandy Williams | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2011 | The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story | Self | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 2010 | Little Fockers | Prudence | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 42 |
| 2009 | Tenderness | Teresa | Film | 5.2 | 42 |
| 2008 | Recount | Katherine Harris | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 2008 | The Monday Before Thanksgiving | Theresa | Film | 4.0 | 41 |
| 2007 | Lynch 2 | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 2007 | More Things That Happened | Susan Blue | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 2007 | Year of the Dog | Bret | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 2007 | Lynch (one) | Self | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Nikki Grace / Susan Blue | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 2006 | Lonely Hearts | Rene Fodie | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 2005 | Happy Endings | Pam | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Dortha Schaefer | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 2004 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | Terry Linden | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 2004 | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart | Film | — | 37 | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self (uncredited) | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 36 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.5 | 36 |
| 2002 | Mysteries of Love | Self | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 2002 | Goose | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 35 |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 2002 | Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 2002 | Damaged Care | Linda Peeno | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 2002 | Damaged Care | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Randy Carpenter | Film | 7.6 | 34 |
| 2001 | Novocaine | Jean Noble | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them | Ruby Montgomery | Film | 5.4 | 34 |
| 2001 | In the Small, Small Pond | Film | — | 34 | |
| 2001 | Focus | Gertrude 'Gert' Hart | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 2001 | Within These Walls | Sister Pauline Quinn | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Ellie | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the Women | Peggy Travis | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Tabatha Fortis | TV | 8.3 | 32 |
| 1999 | October Sky | Miss Riley | Film | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1999 | A Season for Miracles | Berry Thompson | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1998 | The Baby Dance | Wanda LeFauve | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Katherine (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 30 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Serving Wench (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 30 |
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Vicki Weaver | TV | — | 29 |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Vicki Weaver | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1996 | Citizen Ruth | Ruth Stoops | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1995 | Down Came a Blackbird | Helen McNulty | Film | 8.1 | 28 |
| 1995 | Down Came a Blackbird | Film | 8.1 | 28 | |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Self / Ellie Sattler | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1994 | Ellen | Susan | TV | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1994 | The Gift | Film | 8.0 | 27 | |
| 1993 | Frasier | June (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 26 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self | TV | 4.5 | 26 |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Ellie | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Annie Ainsley | TV | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1993 | A Perfect World | Sally Gerber | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1993 | Rabbit Ears - The Song of Sacajawea | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 26 |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Laura Dern | TV | 7.7 | 25 |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Janet Harduvel | Film | 4.2 | 25 |
| 1991 | Rambling Rose | Rose | Film | 6.2 | 24 |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Diane Evans | TV | 8.3 | 23 |
| 1990 | The Word | TV | 6.0 | 23 | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Lula | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1990 | Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted | Heartbroken Woman | Film | 6.0 | 23 |
| 1990 | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Self | Film | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Kathleen Robinson | Film | 6.2 | 22 |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics | Rebecca Laymon | TV | 7.3 | 22 |
| 1989 | Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy | Self | Film | — | 22 |
| 1989 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Rebecca Laymon | Film | 5.7 | 22 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 21 |
| 1988 | No Frank in Lumberton | Self | Film | 8.2 | 21 |
| 1988 | Haunted Summer | Claire Clairmont | Film | 5.1 | 21 |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet | Sandy Williams | Film | 7.6 | 19 |
| 1985 | Mask | Diana | Film | 7.3 | 18 |
| 1985 | Smooth Talk | Connie Wyatt | Film | 6.2 | 18 |
| 1984 | Teachers | Diane | Film | 5.7 | 17 |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier | Crissy | Film | 5.0 | 17 |
| 1983 | Happy Endings | Audrey Constantine | Film | 8.0 | 16 |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 15 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Connie Wyatt | TV | 6.6 | 15 |
| 1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains | Jessica McNeil | Film | 6.3 | 15 |
| 1980 | Foxes | Debbie | Film | 6.0 | 13 |
| 1977 | Suspiria | Children (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 10 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 8 |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 7 |
| 1973 | White Lightning | Sharon Anne (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 6 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 13 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Berry Thompson | TV | 8.8 | 15 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.9 | 17 |
| Peaked | Film | — | — | ||
| Morning | Cathy | Film | — | — | |
| Morning | Film | — | — | ||
| Forever, Interrupted | TV | — | — | ||
| Behind the Lines | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Monsanto | Dr Melinda Rogers | Film | — | — | |
| Just One Drink | TV | — | — | ||
| Just One Drink | TV | — | — |