Despite the fact that hers was perhaps the most normal of the Twin Peaks characters, a great number of the roles that followed shared in the same dark, quirky tone that had marked Lynch's series, such as that of the psychotic temp in 1993's The Temp.
 
Another characteristic common to several of Lara's early roles was their placement within films that can at best be described as box-office disasters. The Dark Backward (1991), The Road to Wellville (1994) and Baby's Day Out (1994) all bombed horribly, and Farmer and Chase was the lowest grossing movie of 1997, raking in a whopping $1,323.

While such a rapid succession of failures might normally put an end to a career, Lara's talent saved her from such a fate. Her natural acting abilities secured her several strong supporting roles, and the abundance of bad projects she was involved in was balanced out by appearances in movies such as The Rookie (1990) and Wayne's World (1992). Her performance in Todd Solondz's 1998 film Happiness was received with critical acclaim, and garnered her the National Board of Review's Ensemble Performance Award. (Full Bio ....)

Filmography
Men in Black 2 (2002) .... Serleena
Susan's Plan (1998) .... Betty Johnson
"Practice, The" (1997) TV Series .... A.D.A. Helen Gamble
Road to Wellville, The (1994) .... Ida Muntz
Baby's Day Out (1994) .... Laraine Cotwell
Threesome (1994) .... Alex
Wayne's World (1992) .... Stacy
"Twin Peaks" (1990) TV Series .... Donna Marie Hayward
Dead Poets Society (1989) .... Ginny Danburry
How I Got Into College (1989) .... Jessica Kailo
"Amerika" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Jacqueline 'Jessie' Bradford

Articles & Interviews
Maxim "Girls of Maxim: Lara Flynn Boyle" December 1999