She is a professional photographer, shooting content for her own website, as well as freelance work for various publications. Boyle was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Chicago's Steinmetz High School in 1982 (Hugh Hefner's alma mater). After high school, she headed off to Kailua, Hawaii, with a friend and worked as a waitress. A few months later, she went back to Chicago and stayed there for a short while, before moving to Los Angeles with her boyfriend, who had gotten a record contract. She ended up getting a job at a Hard Rock Cafe. After she broke up with her boyfriend, Boyle decided to become a nude model. She got an agent and within a month was signed up for Playboy magazine. She was asked to pose for the March/April 1995 edition of The Book of Lingerie.Contributions by Count Ringworm, Dismas, and HipsterDad.