Laura Dern

Personal context

Summary

Laura Dern is an actor and producer known for adventurous dramatic work in films such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Marriage Story, and series including Enlightened and Big Little Lies. Her roles often explore complicated women, sexuality, vulnerability and the pressures placed on women as they age. Dern has publicly supported Time’s Up, urged support for survivors of sexual abuse, and spoken against gender prejudice in the workplace; she has also advocated for environmental protection and gun safety. She has described growing up attending marches with her mother and has spoken in favor of broader representation of women and different forms of beauty in media.