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Lara Flynn Boyle | |
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At the 1990 Emmy Awards. | |
Born | March 24, 1970 Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
Years active | 1987-present |
Spouse | Donald Ray Thomas (2006-present) John Patrick Dee III (1996-1998) (divorced) |
Career
Boyle's first film role was a bit part in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which earned her a SAG card, though her scenes were deleted from the final cut of the film. She then appeared in the mini-series Amerika (1987) and summer blockbuster Poltergeist III (1988) opposite Nancy Allen and Tom Skerritt. Although she was cast in Dead Poets Society (1989), her scenes were deleted, before landing her first major part, that of Donna Hayward in the critically acclaimed series Twin Peaks. When the series ended in 1991, creator David Lynch produced a movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, but—largely due to her rise in fame and increased film offers—Boyle chose not to return. Moira Kelly took over the role of Donna for the film.Boyle spent much of the 1990s making a name for herself in films with varying degrees of success. Some of her most notable roles during that time were:
- the obsessive and accident-prone Stacy in Wayne's World (1992)
- the fragile, homeless teen Heather in Where The Day Takes You (1992)
- Fatally Obsessed psychopath secretary- Kris Bolin in what was geared to be her breakout success, but ultimately became a box-office bust, The Temp (1993)
- the sultry and manipulative Suzanne of Red Rock West (1993), which solidified her status as a premier femme fatale
- Alex, the promiscuous beauty in the comedy Threesome (1994)
- flighty, manically repressed housewife Marianne Byron in Afterglow (1997)
In 2002, Boyle played a lead role in the blockbuster film Men in Black II as the villainous shapeshifting alien Serleena. She also guest-starred on one of the last episodes of Ally McBeal, this time as Tally Cupp, a completely different role from that which she had played before. Recently, she had a recurring role on several episodes of Huff, playing Melody Coatar, an unstable patient with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.
In 2005, Boyle joined the cast of Las Vegas for a seven-episode stint as Monica Mancuso, a new hotel owner. She played Barbara Amiel in the TV true story "Shades of Black", about Amiel's controversial husband, Lord Conrad Black. Boyle also guest-starred as an ambitious reporter involved with the suspects in a possible murder in the Law & Order 2008 episode "Submission".
Filmography
[edit] Films
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Scenes deleted | |
1988 | Poltergeist III | Donna Gardner | |
1989 | Terror on Highway 91 | Laura Taggart | TV movie |
How I Got Into College | Jessica Kailo | ||
Dead Poets Society | Ginny Danburry | Scenes deleted | |
The Preppie Murder | Jennifer Levin | TV movie | |
1990 | The Rookie | Sarah | |
1991 | The Dark Backward | Rosarita | |
Mobsters | Mara Motes | ||
Eye of the Storm | Sandra Gladstone | ||
May Wine | Cammie | TV movie | |
1992 | Where the Day Takes You | Heather | |
Wayne's World | Stacy | ||
Equinox | Beverly Franks | ||
1993 | The Temp | Kris Bolin | |
Red Rock West | Suzanne Brown/Ann McCord | ||
1994 | Threesome | Alex | |
Past Tense | Tory Bass/Sabrina James | TV movie | |
Baby's Day Out | Laraine Cotwell | ||
The Road to Wellville | Ida Muntz | ||
Jacob | Rachel | TV movie | |
1995 | Cafe Society | Pat Ward | |
1996 | The Big Squeeze | Tanya Mulhill | |
1997 | Red Meat | Ruth | |
Farmer & Chase | Hillary | ||
Afterglow | Marianne Byron | ||
1998 | Since You've Been Gone | Grace Williams | TV movie |
Happiness | Helen Jordan | ||
Susan's Plan | Betty Johnson | ||
2000 | Chain of Fools | Karen | |
2001 | Speaking of Sex | Dr. Emily Paige | |
2002 | Men in Black II | Serleena | |
2006 | Land of the Blind | First Lady | |
Fwiends.com | Yuppy girl | Short film | |
The House Next Door | Col Kennedy | TV movie | |
Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story | Barbara Amiel | TV movie | |
2007 | Have Dreams, Will Travel | Mrs. Reynolds | |
2009 | Baby on Board | Mary | |
Life Is Hot in Cracktown | Betty McBain | ||
2010 | Cougar Hunting | Kathy |
TV series
Year | Title | Role | Seasons | Notes |
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1987 | Amerika | Jacqueline 'Jessie' Bradford | - | |
1990-1991 | Twin Peaks | Donna Hayward | 1-2 | |
1997-2003 | The Practice | Helen Gamble | 2-7 | |
2004-2005 | Huff | Melody Coatar | 1 | |
2005-2006 | Las Vegas | Monica Mancuso | 3 |
[edit] TV appearances
Year | Title | Season | Role | Episode | Notes |
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1987 | Sable | 1 | Melanie Waterston | "Toy Gun" | Episode 1 |
1991 | The Hidden Room | 1 | Nicole | "Splinters of Privacy" | Episode 2 |
1995 | Legend | 1 | Theresa Dunleavy | "Skeletons in the Closet" | Episode 12 |
2002 | Ally McBeal | 5 | Tally Cupp | Tom Dooley | Episode 18 |
2008 | Law & Order | 18 | Dawn Talley | "Submission" | Episode 12 |