FrameThrower · Actors · Laura Dern
Laura Dern
14 films · 797 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1985–2022
Born 10 February 1967 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Laura Elizabeth Dern is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globes.
Born to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern embarked on an acting career in the 1980s and rose to prominence for her performances in Peter Bogdanovich's Mask (1985) and in David Lynch's films Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the orphan Rose in the drama film Rambling Rose (1991), and received her first Golden Globe for her performance in the television film Afterburn (1992).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 797 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1985–2022
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2020
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture2020
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film2018
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy2012
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film2009
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film1993
- Golden Globe Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2020
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2017
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 797 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Laura takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 14 films we hold, 44% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Laura takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Jurassic World: Dominion
2022 · Ellie Sattler
Certain Women
2016 · Laura
Wild
2014 · Bobbi Grey
Year Of The Dog
2007 · Bret
Inland Empire
2006 · Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
Inland Empire
2006 · Nikki Grace / Susan Blue
Jurassic Park
1993 · Ellie
Wild At Heart
1990 · Lula
Marriage Story
· Nora Fanshaw
Little Women
2019 · Marmee March
The Master
2012 · Helen Sullivan
Jurassic Park III
2001 · Ellie
Blue Velvet
1986 · Sandy Williams
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1985 · Jessica McNeil
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 797 frames from Laura Dern's 14 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.