![]() ![]() Dern's other films include "Teachers," "Mask," "Smooth Talk," "Blue Velvet," "Haunted Summer" and "Fat Man and Little Boy." Her first full role came in "Foxes," when she was 11. She then appeared in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Ladd also is in "Wild at Heart," playing Lula's mother, Marietta Fortune.ĭern's first role was a walk-on in the 1973 film "White Lightning," with Burt Reynolds. "If they had only seen me in "Mask' or "Blue Velvet,' then they had no idea what they were about to see in "Wild at Heart.' " Dern is the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. "The thing I liked the most about Lula was there were no boundaries," Dern says. ![]() ![]() In "Wild at Heart," her latest movie, Dern is as "hot as Georgia asphalt" and is in love (or lust) with Nicolas Cage.ĭern, 23, plays Lula in director David Lynch's Follow-the-Yellow-Brick-Road picture. Spanning the past almost 40 years of her career, we chart her cinematic contributions through lesser-known indies, Hollywood classics and challenging art-house fare in this retrospective season.IN "Mask," her first big film, Laura Dern was the shy blind girl who befriended Eric Stoltz. Whether it’s as a steadying anchor or deeply unhinged force of chaos in David Lynch’s work or a reliable stalwart in ensemble pieces like Certain Women (2016) and Jurassic Park (1993), her name attached to a project immediately means that it’s worth watching. Yet from her very first teenage roles in independent films like Ladies and Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains (1982) and Smooth Talk (1985), Dern has proven herself voraciously versatile as an actress. When your parents – veteran thespians Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd – have five Academy Award nominations between them, the acting bug is embedded deep within your DNA and a career in front of the camera seems pre-destined. We're screening 7 films in the voraciously versatile actress' filmography to coincide with the launch of Melissa Anderson's book on Inland Empire.įrom David Lynch muse to Spielberg blockbuster star, Laura Dern’s career has spanned decades and genres. ![]()
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