Laura Dern and Baron Davis Had a Brief but Firey Relationship - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

This happened not too long ago with an actor — Laura Dern — and a former NBA superstar — Baron Davis. .

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According to IMDb, Dern was born to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, so acting is in her blood.

This year, Dern received yet another Oscar nomination for her supporting role as a divorce attorney in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story.

The guard played his college hoops at UCLA (coincidentally, Dern also briefly attended UCLA when she was younger).

That changed in 2017 when according to the Huffington Post, paparazzi caught her out on a date with Davis

Earlier that year, Davis had gotten a divorce from his wife

Even if they did split, Dern and Davis did make for a cute couple that made fans swoon — if only for a little while.