Laura Dern is celebrating her birthday today, Tuesday, February 10. Over the course of her career, the award-winning actress has appeared in shows like “Big Little Lies” and “Enlightened,” as well as movies like “Jurassic Park” and “Marriage Story,” not to mention “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” She’s also an active figure at industry events.
Just take a look at Dern looking absolutely fabulous during some of her most recent appearances from just last month.
GettyDern stunned on the red carpet in a black, full-length gown while attending the 37th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards on January 3.
GettyOn January 10, the actress was spotted at AARP The Magazine’s 24th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards in Beverly Hills. The star shone while smiling for the cameras.
GettyDern looked both sophisticated and chic in London on January 19, when she made an appearance at the UK Gala screening of “Is This Thing On?”
Laura Says We Should ‘Be Ever-Evolving’
GettyIn January, Dern sat down for a chat with her “Is This Thing On?” co-star Andra Day for The Independent, and the topic of aging came up.
Day touched on the fact that she was willing to try new artistic avenues in her thirties, saying, “Even once you’ve reached something, there is still more.”
“You don’t have to accept the idea that there’s something wrong with you if you feel restless,” Day added. “But as you get older, it seems like there are fewer permissions to do that.”
Dern agreed, saying, “I can recount formative moments in my life — saying at 11 that I’m going to be a professional actor, or falling in love for the first time — and I think I believed there was a stopping point to it all eventually. Like, I’ve achieved those things, so now I need to stick to them. That’s what the world told me. But, actually, we need to let ourselves be ever-evolving.”
Dern Wants ‘Acceptance’ When It Comes to Aging
GettyDern also opened up about the attitude around getting older.
“Lately, I have never seen more shame around aging and women as public figures, and it’s just so tragic,” Dern said during her interview for The Independent.
She went on to say, “But it’s so much worse now than for my mother’s generation. I remember, when I was a child, hearing her friends talk about the pressure at 70 to get a facelift if you wanted to keep working. But now I’m hearing my 21-year-old daughter’s friends say, ‘You should get Botox now so that you’re never wrinkled.’”
“So I look forward to watching all of us grow together into comfort in our own skin,” Dern continued. “And, as artists, for us to grow into portraying those truths, whether that’s the insecurity about it, or the rage about it, or — hopefully — the acceptance, too.”
Happy Birthday