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Lara Flynn Boyle

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Recent Role:
Dawn Talley on Law & Order
Gender:
Female
Born:
3-24-1970
Birthplace:
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Birth Name:
Lara Flynn Boyle
AKA:
Laura Flynn Boyle, Lara Boyle
Boyle's first film role was a bit part in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which earned her a SAG card, though her scene was eliminated from the final cut of the film. She then appeared in Amerika (1987), Poltergeist III (1988) and Dead Poets Society (1989), before landing her first major part, and the role which made her well known, playing 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… More film offers - Boyle chose not to return. Moira Kelly took over the role of Donna for the film.



Boyle spent much of the nineties making a name for herself in films with varying degrees of success. Some of her most notable roles were that of the obsessive and accident-prone Stacy in Wayne's World (1992) , the fragile, homeless teen Heather in Where The Day Takes You (1992) , psycho secretary-from-hell 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 sexually assured drama queen in the cult c Generation X comedy Threesome (1994) and flighty, manically repressed housewife Marianne Byron in Afterglow (1997).



Finally, in 1997, Boyle auditioned for the title role in David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal. Although she lost out to Calista Flockhart, Boyle impressed him enough to create the role of Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble in his other 1997 series, The Practice specifically for her. She starred on the show until 2003, when - in a dramatic attempt to revamp the show and cut costs - she was unceremoniously dismissed along with most of the other main cast. The role of Helen earned her an Emmy nomination, as well as household fame and several Screen Actors Guild ensemble cast nominations. She also made a crossover appearance in the role of Helen in an episode of Ally McBeal.



In 2002, Boyle played a lead role in the blockbuster film Men in Black II as the villainous alien Serleena. She also guest starred on one of the last episodes of Ally McBeal once again, only this time as Tally Cupp, a completely different role from that which she played before.



Recently, she had a recurring role on several episodes of Huff, playing Melody Coatar, an unstable bipolar manic-depressive .


In 2005, Boyle joined the cast of Las Vegas for a seven episode stint as Monica, a new hotel owner.

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    10 Perfect
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    She knows how to be an actress even if people only judge her on her appearance. She has been very good on the practice and other shows and movie. Hopefully, people are going to stop looking at her body but look at her acting.

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    minimax34 Added Feb 3, 2007 All my reviews
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    8.5 Great
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    I'll admit Lara Flynn Boyle is just an average actress, but with plenty of potential, but geez, if she would just go and eat something like a cheeseburger or an ice cream cone and gain a few pounds, she would be gorgeous and probably would receive more movie and television deals.

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    lovethatTAR Added Dec 18, 2005 All my reviews
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    0 Appalling
    What an idiot! I can't stand that fraily, disgustingly skinny (she'd probably take that as a complement), boney, nasty, walking flag pole! Men don't like that, they like a woman in good physical shape with some muscle on her. hide show

    Not some girl that eats 2 grains of rice and drinks black coffee all day and will break when he hugs her! She's very unhealthy looking and if she thinks she looks good she's crazy! She probably screams & cries when she sees any Hostess products! Eat some meat! Lift some weights! Make yourself presentable!!

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    jdorsey22 Added Nov 7, 2005 All my reviews
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    1 Abysmal
    Lara Flynn just doesn't do it for me like other actresses do. hide show

    Let me be honest, I hate her. She is entirely too skinny, she is a horrible actress, and I didn't enjoy her acting since "Baby's Day Out" (and if you didn't see that film it was not good at all). I hate seeing her ribs bursting through her dresses at awards shows, I hate her ugly face, just writing this makes me pretty unhappy. But I don't just hate her for her looks (or lack thereof) but she really sucks as actresses go (Men In Black II?). Well this review was a total bash and if you read it all, then you must not like her either, sorry.

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    vexing_spiral Added Jul 6, 2005 All my reviews
 
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