Why Laura Dern Didn’t Work For A Year, Despite Jurassic Park’s Success

That’s right, not too long after her role as Dr. Ellie Sattler became an iconic part of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, the phone stopped ringing for Laura Dern. She was being placed in the dog house by Hollywood for being part of Ellen DeGeneres’ 1997 coming out episode on her ABC sitcom, Ellen. In “The Puppy Episode”, Dern played an out and proud lesbian woman named Susan who inspires Ellen to make history on television.

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