Oscar-nominated actress Diane Ladd dies at 89

 Sakshi Venkatraman

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3 November 2025

Diane Ladd, three-time Academy Award nominee and star of Wild at Heart, has died aged 89.

Her daughter, actress Laura Dern, confirmed her death on Monday.

"My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning," Dern said in a statement, adding that her final moments were spent at home in California.