Celebrity Lara Flynn Boyle

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Lara Flynn Boyle
At the 1990 Emmy Awards.
Born	March 24, 1970 (1970-03-24) (age 40) Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Years active	1987-present
Spouse	Donald Ray Thomas (2006-present) John Patrick Dee III (1996-1998) (divorced)

Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American film and television actress best known for her performances as Laura Palmer's best friend Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks and Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble in The Practice. She has had a number of movie roles from the late 1980s through the present but has found the most recognition through her roles in television series.

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 1997, Boyle auditioned for the title role in David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal. Although she lost out to Calista Flockhart, the actress impressed Kelley enough to create the role of Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble in his other 1997 series, The Practice, specifically for her. She starred on that show until 2003, when - in a dramatic attempt to revamp the show and cut costs - she was unceremoniously dismissed along with most of the cast. The role of Helen earned her an Emmy nomination, as well as several Screen Actors Guild ensemble cast nominations. Boyle also made a crossover appearance in the role of Helen in an episode of Ally McBeal, the show she originally was not cast for. She also did make another uncredited guest appearance on Ally McBeal in its final season.
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
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
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
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