Which character is played by Laura Dern in the Jurassic Park film series?

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Laura Dern plays Dr. Ellie Sattler in the Jurassic Park film series.

Ellie Sattler is a paleobotanist introduced in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. She visits the proposed dinosaur park with Alan Grant and Ian Malcolm, then investigates the island’s plant life and the consequences of bringing extinct animals into a modern ecosystem.

Dern returned as Sattler in Jurassic Park III and later reprised the role in Jurassic World Dominion. The character’s scientific specialty is paleobotany, the study of fossil plants, rather than dinosaur paleontology.

Claire Dearing is played by Bryce Dallas Howard, while Dr. Sarah Harding is played by Julianne Moore in The Lost World. Dr. Zia Rodriguez, introduced in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, is played by Daniella Pineda.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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