Laura Dern is on such a roll that she’s become her own competition for every Best Supporting
Actress nomination going. In the blue corner: Dern as caring, resolute Marmee March in Little
Women, a mother raising four daughters alone during wartime while her husband’s away fighting
against the slave states. In the red corner: Dern as cut-throat family lawyer Nora in Marriage Story,
an iron fist in a silk glove angling to take a philandering husband to the cleaners on behalf of her
wronged client. In the end, it was Marriage Story Dern who came out on top, winning both a Bafta
and an Oscar, but really it could have been either. Next year, Dern will reprise her role from the
original 1990s Jurassic Park films. The Dernaissance continues (yes, it’s a thing; look it up).The Serial WinnerLaura Dern
Winner Best Supporting Actress
Film Marriage Story
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