Laura Dern brought her mom to tears when she thanked her 'hero' parents in emotional Oscars acceptance speech for 'Marriage Story'

• Laura Dern took home best supporting actress at the Oscars on Sunday for her role as a high-powered attorney in "Marriage Story."
• In her emotional acceptance speech, Dern thanked her parents, Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern, who are also actors, for guiding her to this moment.
• "Some say: 'Never meet your heroes,'" Dern said in her speech on Sunday. "I say, if you're really blessed, you get them as your parents."
• Dern's speech brought her mother to tears as she watched her daughter accept her award from the audience. 
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When Laura Dern won best-supporting actress for her role as a high-powered attorney in "Marriage Story" at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday, she made the event a family affair. In her emotional acceptance speech, Dern thanked her parents, who are also actors, and credited them with helping her to reach this milestone. 

"Some say: 'Never meet your heroes,'" Dern said in her speech, which brought her mother to tears. "I say, if you're really blessed, you get them as your parents."

In her acceptance speech, Laura Dern thanked her parents, who are also actors, for their guidance

Sunday marked Dern's first-ever Oscar win, but it was a full-circle moment for the "Big Little Lies" star, her parents, and her children. Dern first attended the acclaimed awards show in 1975, when she was 6, as her mother, Diane Ladd's, guest. Ladd was nominated that year for best supporting actress for her role in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." On Sunday, Dern brought her mom, and two of her children to the Oscars, and acknowledged the critical role parents played in her storied acting career. 

"[It] just makes me so happy to stand up and sing their praises," Dern said at a press conference. "They literally got me here  and artistically got me here as well. So it means the world."

Dern first attended the Oscars when she was 6 years old as her mother's guest

Mom and daughter shared another particularly special Oscars' moment in 1991 when Ladd was nominated for best-suporting actress and Dern was nominated for best actress for their roles in "Rambling Rose," a film about a domestic servant hired to help a Southern family during the Great Depression. That marked the first time a mother and daughter were nominated for roles in the same film. Dern was again nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in the 2015 film "Wild."

Dern's father, Bruce Dern, has been nominated for best-supporting actor twice in his acting career. 

Dern recalled a particularly embarrassing moment during her first time at the Oscars in an interview with Vanity Fair.

"By accident, I tripped on my dress and fell into Tatum O'Neal, who won an Oscar that year for 'Paper Moon,'" Dern said in a 2014 interview with Vanity Fair. "I was devastated and very anxious."

The "Marriage Story" star was full of confidence and gratitude on Sunday night. 

"You got game," Dern said at the end of her speech, addressing her parents, "I love you."

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