Laura Dern
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Laura Elizabeth Dern is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and five Golden Globes.
Dern at the 2025 New York Film Festival
Dern at Civic Center Park in 2008
Dern with then-husband Ben Harper in December 2009
Jurassic Park
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Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction and adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, based on Crichton's 1990 novel. Starring Sam Neill, La
Laura Dern
…in the television film Afterburn (1992). She achieved international recognition for her role as Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's adventure film Jurassic Park (1993), a role she reprised in the sequels Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Other lead film roles include Citizen Ruth…
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
The final drafts of Jurassic Park were written by David Koepp (pictured in 2022)
Much of the Hawaiian shoot took place on the island of Kauaʻi, with many of the locations standing in for Isla Nublar
Scenes involving Isla Nublar's helipad were shot at Mānāwaiopuna Falls