Los Angeles, April 28 -- Actor Laura Dern has joined season four of HBO's hit series 'The White Lotus', the network confirmed, days after Helena Bonham Carter exited the project, according to E! News.

Dern, known for her role in Big Little Lies, will feature in a newly written character created specifically for her by series creator Mike White. The two have previously collaborated on the HBO series Enlightened.

While this marks Dern's first on-screen appearance in the series, she had earlier made an uncredited voice cameo in season two. She voiced Abby, the estranged wife of Dominic Di Grasso, played by Michael Imperioli, during a tense phone call scene.

"Shut the..up, Dom," Dern's character said in the episode. "Shut up with the..sorr...