When a director and an actor develop an ongoing creative partnership, a certain kind of magic happens, and this was certainly the case with actors Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern and director David Lynch.

The actress worked with the late director on four iconic projects: "Blue Velvet," "Wild at Heart," "Inland Empire," and "Twin Peaks: The Return."

Laura Dern shared a heartfelt birthday message on Instagram Monday to her lifelong collaborator David Lynch, four days after news broke of his death. “Happy birthday, tidbit,” Dern wrote. “I will love and miss you every day for the rest of my life.