What happened to Lara Flynn Boyle?

Hollywood never fails to amaze, what with its real–life transformations.

The iconically wispy, slender actress Lara Flynn Boyle, she of the wonderful name, has been reborn as a Dana Delany clone.

I was idly paging through today's USA Today just now when I came upon the photo above on the TV listings page.

I thought to myself, who's that?

Under the photo it said, "Boyle: Not amused by comics convention."

Then, in Robert Bianco's "Critic's Corner," right next to her picture, I read, "Fans of 'Las Vegas' (NBC, 9 ET/PT) may not want to miss tonight's episode, which promises big doings. First, the staff has to make it through a comic book convention, a hardship for Lara Flynn Boyle's Monica, who keeps getting mistaken for Mothwoman."

Wait a minute.

Slow down.

I don't watch TV much except for football so I wouldn't know about the hit show 'Las Vegas' or that Ms. Boyle is a member of the cast.

NBC's website for the show has the very same picture of her I saw in USA Today so I guess it must be so.

But that's of little interest to me compared to what went on in the mind of the actress that led her to decide that being a size 0

(above and below)

was no longer where it was at.

She looked positively wasted during her days as Jack Nicholson's girlfriend but she's sure bulked up since then.

Below,

how she appeared during the course of her recent transformation.

Tell you what: the Angelina Jolie–like collagen–enhanced lips she plumped for (hey, sorry, couldn't resist) don't do a whole lot for her.

I liked her better before (below)

she got anxious about getting old (she turned 35 this year) and hit the plastic surgery circuit.

But you know me — natural as the day I was born.