Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress, film director, and producer. Dern has acted in such films as Mask and Smooth Talk (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Fat Man and Little Boy (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), Jurassic Park (1993), The Baby Dance (1998), October Sky (1999), I Am Sam (2001), Inland Empire (2006) and The Master (2012).