Laura Dern Pens Moving Tribute To Late Mom Diane Ladd On Her 90th Birthday: ‘My Hero’

Laura Dern is honoring her late mother, Diane Ladd. On Saturday, Nov. 29, the “Big Little Lies” star shared a moving tribute to the Oscar-nominated actress on what would have been her 90th birthday. “Happy birthday to my hero, the most extraordinary person I have ever known, on what would be her 90th today. As an artist and human being, you were always loving, always dreaming, always creating, and ever in service for all,” she penned, adding, “I love you, Mom.” Dern’s post comes weeks after Ladd passed away on Nov. 3 from hypoxic respiratory failure.