Lara Flynn Boyle Biography

Fast Facts

• Named after Julie Christie's character in Doctor Zhivago
• Grew up in Chicago, where she wrote and performed in local theater productions
• Was diagnosed with dyslexia as a youth
• Had a small part in 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but her scene was edited out
• Moved to Los Angeles the day after her high-school graduation in 1988
• Auditioned for the title role on Ally McBeal, but lost out to Calista Flockhart
• Bought a Beverly Hills home that was originally servants' quarters at Pickfair, an estate owned by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks
• Replaced Famke Janssen in the role of the villainous Serleena in 2002's Men in Black II
• Supports AIDS charities and once posed nude for the picture book 4 Inches, which benefited the Elton John AIDS Foundation