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EXCLUSIVE Lara Flynn Boyle, 55, shows off her famously svelte frame during first public outing in two years
Stick-thin Lara Flynn Boyle was spotted in a rare public outing while walking her dog near her Los Angeles home, photos show.
The Twin Peaks alum, 55, who tends to keep a low-profile these days, broke cover last Thursday for a relaxing stroll - and cigarette break - around her Bel-Air neighborhood.
The reclusive Hollywood actress went makeup-free for the excursion which marks the first time she has been seen out and about in nearly two years.
Her time away from the spotlight, however, appears to have treated her well, still sporting a fresh face and her famously svelte frame.
Boyle looked casual and cozy in gray sweatpants and sandals, keeping warm from the early morning LA chill in a white baseball cap and green light puffer jacket.
At one point Lara stopped to chat with a handsome male neighbor, shaking his hand and sharing some banter while pointing out to him where she lives.
Lara still has her famously svelte figure more than two decades after her last major role as Helen on The Practice
Though she has been married to real estate investor Donald Ray Thomas for nearly two decades, she made the quick foray outdoors alone with her pup.
Boyle made her name in cult classic TV show Twin Peaks, which marked its 35th anniversary in April, and went on to star in a host of other projects including Wayne's World, Happiness, and Men In Black II.
She famously dated Jack Nicholson on and off for seven years until 2004 but has been married her second husband, whom she calls 'my urban cowboy', since 2006.
Boyle had appeared to retreat from the limelight in recent years until last summer, when she starred in her first film in four years, the comedy-drama, Mother, Couch, alongside Ewan McGregor, F. Murray Abraham and Lake Bell.
At one point she began making headlines over her drinking habits, but revealed in a recent interview that she has been sober since 2019.
'Those disco boots, they've had their time,' she told People magazine in July 2024.
Back in 2018, published photos of Lara drinking out of a Johnnie Walker bottle while behind the wheel of her car in a Westwood parking lot.
Boyle did not comment on whether those photos caused her to want to stop drinking.
But she did allow: 'Some people are allergic to it; some people are un-allergic to it.'
Boyle's personal life, specifically her high-profile on-again, off-again relationship with Nicholson was also the subject of media attention in the late 90s and early 2000s.
Hollywood icon Nicholson, now 88, is 33 years her senior. The pair sparked up a romance in 1999.
The couple called it quits in 2004, but were last photographed together in 2006, months before she met her current husband.
During the same interview, Boyle made a rare comment about her former lover, who she referred to as a 'huge part of' her life.
While reflecting on their relationship the actress raved that she views it as 'seven years of great times.'
'It's seven years of wonderful,' the Davenport, Iowa, native, who married Texas real estate investor Thomas, back in 2006, elaborated.
Although Boyle said she no longer hangs out with the three-time Oscar winner she did confirm to People that they still keep in touch.
While speaking about her long-lasting marriage, she credited its longevity to 'honesty, maturity, experience and respect.'
Flynn also took the opportunity to shut down the claims that she met Nicholson while out with her then-boyfriend David Spade.
The Saturday Night Live alum in 2015 alleged that 'Nicholson asked Lara Flynn Boyle out in front of me, while we were all smoking a doob somewhere.'
Three decades later, Boyle emphatically shut down the story as she insisted that 'never happened.'
'I think certain people like to embellish that for publicity,' she said.
Following her relationship with Nicholson, Boyle said she never dated another movie star.
'I left with a bang when it came to actors,' she mused.
Earlier this year, Nicholson 's daughter Lorraine opened up about her dad dating Boyle when she was growing up.
Lorraine, 35, whose mom is actress and model Rebecca Broussard, 62, told Vanity Fair in January that Boyle became her 'role model' and dubbed her the 'Mary Poppins of Mulholland Drive'.
However, she revealed that when she recently contacted Boyle to ask if they could speak for the first time in 20 years, her request was denied.
