Who are Laura Dern’s kids?
HOLLYWOOD award-winner Laura Dern is dedicated to her career, but her role as a single mom is her number one priority.
Dern and her two children are very close and both have gravitated toward the spotlight.
Who is Laura Dern?
Laura Dern started acting when she was only 11 years old and got her first major role in the 1980 film, Foxes.
She went on to star in Blockbuster films including Jurassic Park (1993), October Sky (1999), I Am Sam (2001), and The Fault in Our Stars (2014).
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In the last several years, Dern is known for her portrayal of Renata Klein in Big Little Lies and the role of Marmee March, the strong mother of four in the 2019 film, Little Women.
Dern won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film Rambling Rose in 1993.
She has won a total of 61 awards and received 109 nominations.
Who is her son Ellery Harper?
Dern had her firstborn, Ellery, with her ex-husband Ben Harper on August 21, 2001.
Ellery has stepped into the spotlight as a male model and in 2018 he walked in the Calvin Klein designer, Raf Simons‘ fashion show.
In 2021 he appeared on the cover of ODDA, a New York City-based arts and culture publication, which was promoted on Instagram.
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The photo's accompanying caption read, "... Ellery has been exploring his different aesthetic tastes across multiple creative fields, building strong relationships with a number of different fashion designers, and discovering what truly matters to him as an artist."
Despite Ellery being comfortable in the spotlight, talking about his mom's success has not come easy to him.
In an interview with , Dern said her son was at summer camp when he was asked if he hated Big Little Lies.
Dern said Ellery responded by saying, “It’s not that. It’s just…my mom is Renata Klein.”
She added, “I love that he didn’t say Laura Dern. He said his mom was Renata!
"I was like, ‘That this happened to you around that character, of all characters.’ Poor thing.’”
Who is her daughter Jaya Harper?
Dern has a close relationship with her 17-year-old daughter, Jaya Harper, who shares a passion for acting with her mom.
Jaya has pursued acting and earned her first role in the 2021 film Teenage Emotions.
Although she wants to pursue her acting career, Dern said her daughter has to finish school before she can sidestep into the film industry.
"I'm basically making her wait," Dern admitted on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, adding that she "saw the consequences of not being in school."
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If Jaya pursues acting, she will become the third generation of actors on her mom's side of the family, and Dern said, "There is something very moving about it.
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"Jaya's 17 and I started very young at 11 but I'm so happy that she's waiting and wants to go to school but really knows in her heart she wants to act."
"And maybe if she does, we'll end up having the privilege of working together," Dern added.
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