[1] She began her career as a child actress in film and television and has since branched out into adult roles, in addition to writing, directing, and producing her own projects.

[2] Boland was born and raised in Toronto,[2] and began her career as a child actor and her first role was in the CBS miniseries The Third Twin (1997), opposite Kelly McGillis and Jason Gedrick.

[2] In 2013, Boland wrote, produced, and starred in the Hulu web series Long Story, Short, co-created with her mother Gail Harvey, who also directed it.

[5][6] She also won the Best Actress award at the inaugural Vancouver Web Series Festival, among other nominations, for her performance in Long Story, Short.

[18] In 2017, it was announced that Lolz-Ita would screen at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Share Her Journey campaign to "champion female storytellers".

Based on the novel of the same name by Amy Jones, the film also stars Boland as twins Finn and Nicki Parker alongside Martha Burns and Alisha Newton.

[22] In addition to acting, screenwriting, and directing, Boland has written a novel and works as an occasional journalist for the various media publications, including the Toronto Star, BlogTO, SheDoesTheCity, and TChad Quarterly.