Lori Petty Was A Bombshell Back In The 90s. Now, She Is Hardly Recognizable.

In the late 80s, Lori Petty was on the road to stardom. By the early 90s, everyone knew her name. There was not one person who would have thought that Lori would be anything other than a superstar. However, by the mid-90s, she was already fading out of the spotlight, and by the time the 2000s rolled in, she was forgotten altogether.

Talented

Lori Petty is a fantastic actress. She is funny, fearless, and very attractive, but her talent goes way beyond that. She was very lucky to land several iconic roles in the past. While most of us remember her from her role in A League Of Their Own, starring alongside with Geena Davis and Tom Hanks, she also had roles in Free Willy and Point Break that she will be remembered for.

Tank Girl

There are plenty of theories as to where Lori Petty disappeared to, or even if she disappeared at all. One thing we do know is that her career took a hard turn when she was cast as Tank Girl.

Tank Girl was a comic book movie before comic book movies were so popular that they practically printed their own money. What made matters worse is that Tank Girl was so incredibly misunderstood. The movie was meant to be an action/comedy, but people ended up laughing at, not with, the movie. The movie was a lot like Lori, brave, strange, and a bit hard to take. It pretty much put Petty's acting career on hold.

After Tank Girl

That does not mean that Petty stopped acting. Instead of trying to get into big budget movies, she chose to do indie movies that most critics loved and audiences avoided. This went on for ten years. In an interview, Petty said, " I was thirty-something and I hadn't married my agent or any guy co-stars. I never wanted to be a bombshell, I wanted to be an actor." We all know that Hollywood is especially tough on aging actresses. Petty found her roles drying up.

The Poker House

Petty loved movies and was a student of film. She had worked with some of the best female directors in the business and used them as motivation when she tried her own hand at directing. In 2008, she directed a movie that was based on her own life called The Poker House. The movie was about three sisters who grew up in a brothel. It was a brutal retelling of Petty's own life. She cast the previously unknown actress, Jennifer Lawrence, to play Agnes, who was based on Petty.

Not many people saw the movie, but those who did loved it. Writer-Director Debra Granik saw it and loved Lawrence. She ended up casting her in a project called Winter's Bone, which launched Lawrence to stardom. Petty has the bragging rights saying that she was the first to cast Lawrence in a movie. She said, "She deserves 100 percent of her success, but I think I passed along 25 years worth of experience of being an actress to her." Petty certainly has an eye for talent because Chloe Grace Moretz was also cast in The Poker House.

OITNB

Recently, Petty is back on the screen even if it is just a small one. She was cast to play Lolly Whitehill Netflix's hit series Orange Is The New Black. It is enough to get Petty's name back on people's minds.

I always loved Lori Petty back in the day and was really excited to see her pop up on OITNB. I did not recognize her at first. It seems time has not been too kind to her, but I instantly recognized her by her adorable voice. What do you love about Lori Petty?