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February 10th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Laura Dern!
By Allie | February 10, 2008
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an Academy Award nominated American actress.
She’s 41!
Dern is best recalled for her roles in Blue Velvet (1986) and Jurassic Park (1993). She also received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1991 film Rambling Rose, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Dern was born Laura Elizabeth Dern in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd and the great-granddaughter of former Utah governor George H. Dern. Laura Dern’s film debut was in fact a cameo in her mother’s film White Lightning; also making a brief appearance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, one of Ladd’s signature roles. Her mother objected to the 13-year-old Dern’s presence on the set of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, but a defiant Dern sued for emancipation.
Dern has also done much work on television, most notably Afterburn, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie. She has also guest-starred on The West Wing, as a voice on King of the Hill, and as a lesbian who coaxes Ellen DeGeneres out of the closet in the famous “Puppy Episode” of the television series Ellen. On the 24 April 2007 airing of DeGeneres’ talk show Dern revealed she did not work for more than a year following her appearance in that episode because of resulting backlash but nevertheless called her work an ‘extraordinary experience and opportunity’.
Personal Life:
Dern is known as an outspoken activist and supporter of many charitable causes, such as The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition, which aims to raise awareness about toxic substances that can affect a child’s health. She has been acknowledged with several awards from the independent film industry including the Sundance Institute and was the subject of an aggressive media campaign by David Lynch to win her an Academy Award nomination for her work in Inland Empire.
Dern had high-profile romances with Kyle MacLachlan, Nicolas Cage, Renny Harlin, Jeff Goldblum and Billy Bob Thornton, who ended their relationship abruptly by marrying Angelina Jolie. She married musician Ben Harper on December 23, 2005, after dating him for five years.
Other February 10th Birthdays:
Robert Wagner/Actor -78
Roberta Flack/Singer -69
Emma Roberts/Actress -17
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