Laura Dern

摘要

"I SOMEHOW WANT TODD TO KNOW THAT WITH ALL HIS HEARTBREAK, his life made a difference," Oscar-nominated actress Laura Dern says of her latest movie, Trial by Fire, which opened May 17. The film tells the real-life story of death row inmate Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 for the arson murder of his three children, although the evidence used to convict him remains controversial. It's not the first time Dern has helped bring a true story to the screen. In last year's The Tale, she played Jennifer Fox, a documentary filmmaker who rereads an essay she wrote at age 13 that makes her question her childhood relationship with her coach. "In both films, there are the perpetrators whose damage we intentionally try to expose," Dern says. "Here, it's the justice system, but also individuals who chose to ignore new evidence." In contrast, in her return to the fictional role of Renata Klein for Season 2 of Big Little Lies, premiering June 9, Dern plays a character who tries hard to keep the truth from coming to light.