![]() ![]() ![]() Dern’s performance makes that happen, and sets her up for the varied roles she would play over the coming years. ![]() She’s not at the center of the movie, but the movie couldn’t work without Dern making us believe Diana really loves Rocky. It’s all very sweet and maybe even a little saccharine, but Dern, as a teenager, took on a role that could have been pure cliche and gave it an incredible amount of depth and warmth. Performing alongside Cher, Sam Elliott and Eric Stoltz, Dern plays Diana, a blind girl who meets Rocky at summer camp and loves him for who he is. Photo Courtesy: Everett Collectionĭern had appeared in a handful of films and TV shows prior to 1985, but she really broke onto the scene with a supporting role in Peter Bogdanovich’s Mask - a film based on the real life story of Rocky Dennis, a boy who died at the age of 16 after living with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia. Breakout Role as Diana Adams in Mask (1985) Laura Dern as Diana and Eric Stoltz as Rocky in Mask. Sattler, let’s look back at some of Laura Dern’s most iconic roles and moments. In honor of the return of the beloved Dr. Ellie Sattler from Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993). This month, she’s appearing in her latest blockbuster, Jurassic World: Dominion, in which she reprises probably her most famous role as Dr. Still, she came out the other side more than alright by continuing to be herself. She’s even been blacklisted - after she appeared on the famous 1997 episode of Ellen in which Ellen DeGeneres’ came out as gay, Dern didn’t work for nearly a year right at the height of her fame. She can be over-the-top and profoundly subtle. She’s been in small indie movies and gigantic blockbusters. ![]() Dern has played an incredibly wide range of characters, from the sweet and innocent to the chaotic and destructive. After writer Jordan Firstman organized a tribute to Dern by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2020, he articulated the importance of her career perfectly, saying, “She’s just constantly had this fearlessness in her career to do weird and make mainstream feel weird.”Īnd it’s true. Through the nearly 40 years that Laura Dern has been making films and TV shows, she’s been the rare Hollywood star whose popularity is based on uniqueness, authenticity and a willingness to wink at her own fame. ![]()
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