Laura Dern is looking back on her role in making TV history. The actress, who starred in the 1997 episode of the ABC sitcom "Ellen" where Ellen DeGeneres comes out, talked about the support she has ...

Laura Dern is an legend of the silver screen, with Dern’s iconic movies ranging from everything like Jurassic Park to David Lynch films like Wild at Heart. She is magnetic , and even when she takes on ...

Dern is no small actor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Oh, 150 times! I was 5ft 11 at 12 years old and acting already, so I was ...

There are no big little lies here. Laura Dern revealed that throughout her career in Hollywood she has been turned down for roles due to her height. “I was 5’11” at 12 years old and acting already, so ...

In 2018, Dern’s mother, Diane Ladd, was diagnosed with a progressive lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and given three to six months to live. In November 2025, Ladd died at 89, ...

Laura Dern said that her mother was misdiagnosed years before doctors identified idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a condition that causes permanent scarring of lung tissue. "We didn't even know ...

She gives one of her subtlest, richest performances in 'Is This Thing On?,' which hits theaters at the end of a difficult year for the Oscar winner and her town. She speaks openly about it all — as ...

Laura Dern's mother Diane Ladd died on Nov. 3 at the age of 89; Ladd was married to Laura's father Bruce Dern from 1960 to 1969 Scott Kirkland/Disney via Getty; Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter ...

Laura Dern is moving forward with work while holding tightly to the influence of the two people she says shaped every part of her life — her mother, Diane Ladd, and her father, Bruce Dern. According ...