Laura Dern Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Laura Dern been in? This complete Laura Dern filmography lists 85 credited roles (69 films, 16 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Laura Dern movies in order

• White Lightning (1973) as Sharon Anne (uncredited)
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
• Foxes (1980) as Debbie
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982) as Jessica McNeil
• Teachers (1984) as Diane
• Mask (1985) as Diana
• Smooth Talk (1985) as Connie Wyatt
• Blue Velvet (1986) as Sandy Williams
• Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) as Kathleen Robinson
• Wild at Heart (1990) as Lula
• Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) as Heartbroken Woman
• Rambling Rose (1991) as Rose
• Jurassic Park (1993) as Ellie
• A Perfect World (1993) as Sally Gerber
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995) as Self / Ellie Sattler
• Citizen Ruth (1996) as Ruth Stoops
• Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) as Narrator (voice)
• October Sky (1999) as Miss Riley
• A Season for Miracles (1999) as Berry Thompson
• Dr. T & the Women (2000) as Peggy Travis
• Jurassic Park III (2001) as Ellie
• Focus (2001) as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
• Daddy and Them (2001) as Ruby Montgomery
• Novocaine (2001) as Jean Noble
• I Am Sam (2001) as Randy Carpenter
• We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) as Terry Linden
• Happy Endings (2005) as Pam
• The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) as Dortha Schaefer
• Lonely Hearts (2006) as Rene Fodie
• Inland Empire (2006) as Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
• Year of the Dog (2007) as Bret
• More Things That Happened (2007) as Susan Blue
• Recount (2008) as Katherine Harris
• Tenderness (2009) as Teresa
• Little Fockers (2010) as Prudence
• Return to Jurassic Park (2011) as Self
• Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011) as Cafe Patron
• Everything Must Go (2011) as Delilah
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
• The Master (2012) as Helen Sullivan
• Trespassing Bergman (2013) as Self
• The Fault in Our Stars (2014) as Frannie Lancaster
• When the Game Stands Tall (2014) as Bev Ladouceur
• Wild (2014) as Bobbi Grey
• Bravetown (2015) as Annie
• 99 Homes (2015) as Lynn Nash
• Certain Women (2016) as Laura
• The Founder (2016) as Ethel Kroc
• Wilson (2017) as Pippi
• Spielberg (2017) as Self
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) as Vice Admiral Holdo
• Downsizing (2017) as Laura Lonowski
• The Tale (2018) as Jennifer
• The Director and the Jedi (2018) as Self
• Cold Pursuit (2019) as Grace Coxman
• J.T. LeRoy (2019) as Laura Albert
• Trial by Fire (2019) as Elizabeth Gilbert
• Marriage Story (2019) as Nora Fanshaw
• Little Women (2019) as Marmee March
• Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) as Tina
• Crazy, Not Insane (2020) as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
• Jurassic World Dominion (2022) as Ellie Sattler
• Halftime (2022) as Self
• The Son (2022) as Kate
• OZI: Voice of the Forest (2024) as Seema
• Lonely Planet (2024) as Katherine Loewe
• Caught Stealing (2025) as Hank's Mom (uncredited)
• Jay Kelly (2025) as Liz
• Is This Thing On? (2025) as Tess Novak

Laura Dern TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Nature (1982) as Narrator (voice)
• Twin Peaks (1990) as Diane Evans
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992) as Laura Dern
• Frasier (1993) as June (voice)
• Ellen (1994) as Susan
• King of the Hill (1997) as Katherine (voice)
• King of the Hill (1997) as Serving Wench (voice)
• The West Wing (1999) as Tabatha Fortis
• Enlightened (2011) as Amy Jellicoe
• The Mindy Project (2012) as Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015) as Wendy Hebert
• F is for Family (2015) as Sue Murphy (voice)
• Big Little Lies (2017) as Renata Klein
• The White Lotus (2021) as Abby (voice)
• Palm Royale (2024) as Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins

Filmography data via TMDB, refreshed automatically as new roles are announced.