Biography
Born in Arkansas, actress Lisa Blount made her feature film debut at the age of 17 as a teenage girl obsessed with
James Dean in 9/30/55, a film shot on-location in Arkansas. After moving to Hollywood, she appeared in the 1979 re-edit of the drama
The Swap (aka Sam's Song) starring
Robert De Niro. Her breakthrough role came a few years later as
Debra Winger's best friend Lynette Pomeroy in the romantic drama
An Officer and a Gentleman. Both Blount and co-star
David Keith were nominated for Best New Star at the 1983 Golden Globes. A few leading roles followed, including the war drama
Cease Fire opposite
Don Johnson. For the rest of the '80s, she had leading roles in several low-budget horror films, starting with the thriller
Dead and Buried. On television, Blount starred in the short-lived family dramas
Sons and Daughters and
Profit, as well as several made-for-TV movies. In 1996, she made a brief comeback as Purlene Dupree,
Catherine Keener's sister in
Tom DiCillo's
Box of Moonlight. She also reunited with
David Keith to star in
Matthew Modine's 1999 crime drama If...Dog...Rabbit, released on home video as
One Last Score. Not long after, Blount married actor/director Ray McKinnon and started making films projects with him. Their short film
The Accountant won Best Live Action Short Film at the 2001 Academy Awards. They worked together again on
Chrystal, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the dramatic competition. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide