Laura Dern accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Marriage Story" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)LOS ANGELES, Calif. ā Laura Dernās turn as a steely divorce attorney in āMarriage Storyā made the case with Oscar jurors, who completed her awards season sweep by awarding her the best supporting actress trophy.
Dernās win Sunday came nearly three decades after her first Academy Award nomination, a lead actress bid in 1992 for āRambling Rose.ā She received a supporting actress nod in 2015 for āWild,ā and has earned Emmys and a wealth of criticsā honors over the years.
I say if youāre really blessed, you get them as your parents,ā an emotional Dern said in accepting the trophy.
Dern comes from a pedigreed Hollywood family: father Bruce is a two-time Oscar nominee (āComing Home,ā āNebraskaā), and Ladd played her mom in āRambling Roseā and earned her own Oscar nomination, for supporting actress.