
Age: 59
female
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. Born to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern embarked on an acting career in the 1980s and rose to some prominence for her performances in Mask (1985) and David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). She received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of the titular orphan in the drama film Rambling Rose (1991) and achieved international recognition for her role in Steven Spielberg's adventure film Jurassic Park (1993), a role that she reprised in the 2001 sequel Jurassic Park III. After winning two Golden Globe Awards for her performances as Katherine Harris in the television film Recount (2008) and Amy Jellicoe in the comedy-drama series Enlightened (2011–2013), Dern garnered her second Academy Award nomination for her work in the biopic Wild (2014). In 2017, she began starring as Renata Klein in the drama series Big Little Lies, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award, and reunited with David Lynch for Twin Peaks: The Return. She has since played supporting roles in the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Marriage Story (2019), and Little Women (2019). Her performance in Marriage Story won her an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, both for Best Supporting Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Dern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Laura Dern

Harriett Mary Sherman
for Harriett Mary Sherman in The Last Letter
Suggested by jakubduda

It starts in 1860s with man being shot and falls and letter is read. Sarah returns to hometown after years in city to heal from a heartbreak, visits a bar, runs into Jake, her high school love, now a musician performing with old friends, former classmates John, Tim, Ritchie. Old feelings resurface. They revisit places they used to go, think about past, walk through park, laugh, share old stories, lay on grass and look at sky. One day she learns that he is engaged to Emily, it makes a tense emotional rift. After arguement with Emily, relizes feelings for Sarah. Finds her and expresses love. She receives job offer in another city, forcing her to make a tough decision, leaves, believing it’s best for them. He sees her off at a station. They share heartfelt goodbye. Months later, she returns. Jake is performing. Their eyes meet. They talk, realize they still have feelings for each other and decide to dating. Jake and his friends are sent to army. After a month of writing letters are in action of Civil War. After heroic moments, he knows every day could be last and writes a letter to Sarah if he dies. She had married rich Union officer, as her father wanted, but he was killed by Jake in War. Jake is shot and dying, we are back in 1st scene. The letter is sent. She cry. After months Jake appears at her door alive. Talking about how Ritchie saved him and then they were in a shootout but survived and spent long time in military hospital. She is in tears. They hug and kiss.
