Name | Lara Flynn Boyle |
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Caption | At the 1990 Emmy Awards. |
Birth date | March 24, 1970 |
Birth place | Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
Years active | 1987–present |
Occupation | Actress |
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.
Some of Boyle's most notable roles during the 1990s were:
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 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, and an uncredited guest appearance on the same show 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. 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".
Boyle has been married twice. Her first husband was John Patrick Dee III, whom she married on August 11, 1996 and divorced two years later. Her current husband is Donald Ray Thomas II, a real-estate investor, whom she married on December 18, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas.
Boyle's home in Beverly Hills was built in the 1920s as servants' quarters for Pickfair, the former home of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. She is dyslexic.
Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | ||
1988 | Poltergeist III| | Donna Gardner | |
1989 | Terror on Highway 91| | Laura Taggart | TV movie |
1989 | How I Got Into College| | Jessica Kailo | |
1989 | Dead Poets Society| | Ginny Danburry | Scenes deleted |
1989 | | | Jennifer Levin | TV movie |
1990 | | | Sarah | |
1991 | | | Rosarita | |
1991 | Mobsters| | Mara Motes | |
1991 | Eye of the Storm| | Sandra Gladstone | |
1991 | May Wine| | Cammie | TV movie |
1992 | Where the Day Takes You| | Heather | |
1992 | Wayne's World (film)Wayne's World || | Stacy | |
1992 | Equinox (1992 film)Equinox || | Beverly Franks | |
1993 | | | Kris Bolin | |
1993 | Red Rock West| | Suzanne Brown/Ann McCord | |
1994 | Threesome (film)Threesome || | Alex | |
1994 | Past Tense (film)Past Tense || | Tory Bass/Sabrina James | TV movie |
1994 | Baby's Day Out| | Laraine Cotwell | |
1994 | | | Ida Muntz | |
1994 | Jacob (film)Jacob || | Rachel | TV movie |
1995 | Cafe Society| | Pat Ward | |
1996 | | | Tanya Mulhill | |
1997 | Red Meat| | Ruth | |
1997 | Farmer & Chase| | Hillary | |
1997 | Afterglow (film)Afterglow || | Marianne Byron | |
1998 | Since You've Been Gone (film)Since You've Been Gone || | Grace Williams | TV movie |
1998 | Happiness (1998 film)Happiness || | Helen Jordan | |
1998 | Susan's Plan| | Betty Johnson | |
2000 | Chain of Fools (film)Chain of Fools || | Karen | |
2002 | Men in Black II| | Serleena | |
2003 | Speaking of Sex| | ||
2006 | Land of the Blind| | First Lady | |
2006 | Fwiends.com| | Yuppy girl | Short film |
2006 | | | Col Kennedy | TV movie |
2006 | | | Barbara Amiel | TV movie |
2007 | Have Dreams, Will Travel| | ||
2009 | Baby on Board (film)Baby on Board || | Mary | |
2009 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown| | Betty McBain | |
2010 | Cougar Hunting| | Kathy |
Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
1987 | Amerika (TV miniseries)>Amerika | Jacqueline 'Jessie' Bradford | |
1987 | Sable (TV series)Sable || | Melanie Waterston | 1 episode: "Toy Gun" |
1990–1991 | Twin Peaks| | Donna Hayward | 2 seasons: 30 episodes |
1991 | | | Nicole | 1 episode: "Splinters of Privacy" |
1995 | Legend (TV series)Legend || | Theresa Dunleavy | 1 episode: "Skeletons in the Closet" |
1997–2003 | | | Helen Gamble | 6 seasons: 132 episodes |
2002 | Ally McBeal| | Tally Cupp | 1 episode: "Tom Dooley" |
2004–2005 | Huff (TV series)Huff || | Melody Coatar | 1 season |
2005–2006 | Las Vegas (TV series)Las Vegas || | Monica Mancuso | 1 season |
2008 | Law & Order| | Dawn Talley | 1 episode: "Submission" |
Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:People from Davenport, Iowa Category:American people of Irish descent Category:Actors from Chicago, Illinois Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:Actors from Iowa Category:American people of Italian descent Category:People from San Antonio, Texas
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