Lara Piper

Lara Piper (born May 27, 1969) is an American film, and television actress and figurative sculptor based in North Carolina.

She is best known for her roles as Viki on the ABC television situation comedy Head of the Class (1989–1991) and Rikki on the FOX network dramedy Key West (1993). She also appeared in the 1995 film The Courtyard with Andrew McCarthy and Cheech Marin.[1]

In 1998, she retired from acting to pursue a profession as a figurative sculptor. After studying in New York and Los Angeles, she moved from Los Angeles to Durham, North Carolina, and opened a studio in Durham, North Carolina. She produced work for private collectors, mostly focused on the nude human figure.[2] In 2009, she relocated to the town of Loveland, Colorado, a well-known gathering place for sculptors and for sculpture production and began working as an administrative assistant for Victor Issa.[3]

Piper divorced her husband Gary Leonard Hull, then a visiting professor at Duke University,[4] in 2011 and moved close to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she currently resides with her daughter, Lexi.[5]