Laura Dern

Laura Dern wins best supporting actress Oscar for Marriage Story

Laura Dern has won the best supporting actress Oscar at the 92nd Academy awards for her role as a predatory divorce lawyer in Marriage Story. Dern was the favourite for the award, but had to overcome competition from the likes of Kathy Bates in Richard Jewell, and Little Women’s Florence Pugh.

Marriage Story, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, stars Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as a couple in the throes of separation; Dern plays Nora Fanshaw, the hilariously manipulative lawyer Johansson’s character hires to represent her.