Lara began her career as a child actress at an early age.

At age five, Lara made her debut in the children's play La Jota.

At that time she also made her television debut, participating in the programs Bombonsico, Biberolandia and Yo fui testigo.

In soap operas she made his debut in 1963 in El secreto, together with Magda Guzmán and José Gálvez.

One of her most famous and remembered characters has been Lupita, the sympathetic and dreamy protagonist of Mi secretaria, the successful comedy starring also Pompín Iglesias, César Bono, Zoila Quiñones and Judy Ponte in 1978.