Exclusive: David Lynch had a great talent for discovering leading female talent, actresses who could ascend to greater heights. One of those is Lara Flynn Boyle, who played Donna Hayward on Lynch's ABC series in the early 1990s. Twin Peaks.
“Here's the real Willy Wonka of the movie industry,” the actress exclaimed in a statement to Deadline, “I feel like I got the golden ticket to get the chance to work with him. He will be greatly missed.”
Boyle's arrival was announced in October 1990 on the cover of Rolling Stone which she shared with her colleagues Twin Peaks Actress Sherilyn Fenn and Madchen Amick, who preached “Women Twin Peaks”
Boyle's Donna Hayward was the fierce straight arrow in the town of Northwest Strangers Twin Peaks; The innocent young high school student who spent time with her best friend Laura Palmer in the final days before Laura was murdered. Donna's friendship with Laura prompts her to be brought in for questioning by Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkin) and FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan).
Boyle did not reprise the role of Donna in Lynch's film Twin Peaks Follow-up, 1992 prequel feature, The fire walks with me About Palmer's early days before her murder and the massive 2017 Showtime ongoing series.
Boyle's star rose to the sky twin peaks, She starred in 132 episodes of the ABC legal series David E. Kelley, practice, Which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Soon after Twin Peaks Boyle starred in films such as men in black 2, Alan Rudolph Twilight, Red Rock West An Andrew Fleming romcom Triple.
