Lara Harris

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Lara Harris{{efn|name=DOB}} is an American model and actress.

Harris studied French in Paris and began her career there as a model. She was the face of Armani fragrance Gio, appearing in their TV commercial directed by David Lynch,[http://www.lynchnet.com/ads/ David Lynch Commercials]{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhrWROmten8|title=Who is Gio? Ad - David Lynch|website=YouTube}} and also of Ultima II for Revlon, Banana Republic, and Oil of Olay. Harris returned to the United States to continue her studies at The New School in = New York City, and soon changed from literature to acting. She was featured in national advertisements, including Herb Ritts' commercial Pasha for Cartier in 1994.

Harris is known for film appearances in No Man's Land, The Fourth War, The Fisher King, Singles, Demolition Man and All Tied Up. She has also started directing, writing and producing films, and won "Best Short Film" at the 1997 Aspen Comedy Festival for her first film, 9 1/2 Minutes.

Harris continued her studies with a graduate course in psychology and is a psychotherapist in addition to acting and modeling.

Filmography

scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Lara Harris' film appearances and roles
1985	{{sortname\|The\|Falcon and the Snowman}}		{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v16619 \|work=Allmovie \|title=The Falcon and the Snowman \|last1=Brenner \|first1=Paul \|last2=Engel \|first2=Scott \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1987	Mannequin	Mannequin in photo window	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v31327 \|work=Allmovie \|title=Mannequin \|last1=Beday \|first1=Jeremy \|last2=Armstrong \|first2=Derek \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1987	No Man's Land	Ann Varrick	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v35512 \|work=Allmovie \|title=No Man's Land \|last=Brennan \|first=Sandra \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1989	Blood Red	Angelica	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v6122 \|work=Allmovie \|title=Blood Red \|last=Brenner \|first=Paul \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1990	{{sortname\|The\|Fourth War}}	Elena Novotna	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v18372 \|work=Allmovie \|title=The Fourth War \|last=Erickson \|first=Hal \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1991	Too Much Sun	Sister Ursula	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v50401 \|work=Allmovie \|title=Too Much Sun \|last=Brennan \|first=Sandra \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1991	{{sortname\|The\|Fisher King}}	Sondra	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v77235 \|work=Allmovie \|title=The Fisher King \|last1=Voorhees \|first1=John \|last2=Doberman \|first2=Matthew \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1992	Singles	Poetess (deleted scene)	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v44879 \|work=Allmovie \|title=Singles \|last1=Erlewine \|first1=Stephen Thomas \|last2=Costello \|first2=Michael \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1993	Demolition Man	Taco Bell patron	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v119000 \|work=Allmovie \|title=Demolition Man \|last1=Brenner \|first1=Paul \|last2=Wheeler \|first2=Jeremy \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1994	All Tied Up	Kim	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v122243 \|work=Allmovie \|title=All Tied Up \|last=Williams \|first=Karl \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1995	{{sortname\|The\|Zone\|The Zone (1995 film)}} also released as The Dogfighters	Mikaela/Mike	{{cite news \|last=Brennan \|first=Sandra \|title=The Dogfighters (1996): Alternate title: The Zone \|url=http://www.film-lexikon.de/Zone_99_-_Nuclear_Target \|work=The New York Times \|agency=Rovi \|access-date=August 2, 2012}}{{cite web \|title=Zone 99 – Nuclear Target \|language=German \|url=http://www.film-lexikon.de/Zone_99_-_Nuclear_Target \|access-date=August 2, 2012 \|quote=Original [title]: The Zone ... Lara Harris: Mikaela / Mike}}.
1996	Circuit Breaker	Katrina Carver	Released for cable{{cite news \|last=Erickson \|first=Hal \|title=Circuit Breaker (1996): Alternate title: Inhumanoid \|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/228133/Circuit-Breaker/details \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131002932/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/228133/Circuit-Breaker/details \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 31, 2013 \|department=Movies & TV Dept. \|work=The New York Times \|author-link=Hal Erickson (author) \|access-date=August 2, 2012}}
1996	Mercenary	Joanna Ambler	{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}
1999	{{sortname\|The\|Confession\|The Confession (1999 film)}}	Meg Renoble	{{cite web \|title=Confession \|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/confession/show/6416/castcrew \|publisher=Yahoo! TV \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
1999	I'll Take You There	Rose	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v181804 \|work=Allmovie \|title=I'll Take You There \|last1=Crow \|first1=Jonathan \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
2003	April's Shower	Kelly	{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v309501 \|work=Allmovie \|title=April's Shower \|last1=Deming \|first1=Mark \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
2006	Trapped Ashes	Julia	{{cite news \|last=Buchanan \|first=Jason \|title=Trapped Ashes \|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/356867/Trapped-Ashes/details \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130073441/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/356867/Trapped-Ashes/details \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 30, 2013 \|department=Movies & TV Dept. \|work=The New York Times \|access-date=August 2, 2012}} story segment "Wraparound"

Television appearances

scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Lara Harris' television appearances and roles
1985	Ryan's Hope		1 episode {{citation needed\|date=August 2012}}
1986	{{sortname\|The\|Equalizer\|The Equalizer (1985 TV series)}}	Blond on Phone	Episode: "No Conscience"
1986	{{sortname\|The\|Equalizer\|The Equalizer (1985 TV series)}}	Woman in phone booth (uncredited)	Episode: "Pretenders"
1988	Monsters	Debbie Curzon	Episode: "The Legacy"{{sfn\|Bradley\|2009\|p=227}}
1994	Friends	Obsession girl	Episode: "The One Where Underdog Gets Away"{{cite web \|title=Friends. The One Where Underdog Gets Away \|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sbj/friends--series-1---9-the-one-where-underdog-gets-away \|work=Radio Times \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
2000	Arli$$		1 episode {{citation needed\|date=August 2012}}
2000	ER	Regina Morgan	Episode: "Sand and Water"{{cite web \|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v287759 \|work=Allmovie \|title=ER: Sand and Water \|last1=Erickson \|first1=Hal \|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
2002	{{sortname\|The\|Agency\|The Agency (2001 TV series)}}	Greta	Episode: "Air Lex"{{cite web \|title=Agency – Air Lex \|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/the-agency/show/air-lex/episode/9694/castcrew \|publisher=Yahoo! TV \|access-date=July 29, 2012}}
2009	Law & Order	Susan Grayson	Episode: "Pledge"
2012	American Horror Story	Rhonda Lancaster	Episode: "Unholy Night"
2013	The Young and the Restless	Model Agent (uncredited)	Episode: #1.10195 (TV Episode 2013)

Awards

"Best Short Film", Aspen Comedy Festival for 9 1/2 Minutes.

Notes

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{{efn|name=DOB|Asked by Andrea Seabrook in an interview for NPR News how old she was, Harris refused to say, answering: "I think it's important to keep secrets. ..."}}

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References

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{{cite web |title=Lara Harris |url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/66940 |work=Filmbug |access-date=July 24, 2012}}

{{cite news |date=May 2, 1993 |title=Fashion Notebook |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19930502&id=KlZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3686,558070 |work=Toledo Blade |page=G3 |agency=Knight News Service |access-date=July 29, 2012}}

{{cite web |title=Marketing in Brief: Ultima II |url=http://www.elsevierbi.com/publications/the-rose-sheet/17/032/marketing-in-brief-ultima-ii |work=The Rose Sheet |publisher=Elsevier Business Intelligence |access-date=July 30, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=July 2012}}

{{cite web |title=Herb Ritts Commercials: Chronology |url=http://www.herbritts.com/images/commercials/ |access-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103014426/http://www.herbritts.com/images/commercials/ |archive-date=January 3, 2013 }}

{{cite web |last=Seabrook |first=Andrea |date=July 13, 2008 |title=Demand Grows For Older Models |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92502866 |work=All Things Considered |publisher=NPR News |access-date=July 25, 2012}} Transcript of interview with audio link.

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= Sources =

{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bradley |first=Matthew R. |year=2009 |title=Programming Bloch: The Small-Screen Career of Psycho's Creator |editor-last=Szumskyj |editor-first=Benjamin |encyclopedia=The Man Who Collected Psychos: Critical Essays on Robert Bloch |location= Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-4208-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2szSoy5nQkC&pg=PA227}}

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Category:Living people

Category:American film actresses

Category:American television actresses

Category:Female models from Illinois

Category:Actresses from Chicago

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:21st-century American women