Her 1990s films included "Frankenhooker" (1990), "The Night We Never Met" (1993), "Sudden Manhattan" (1996), "Layin' Low" (1996) and as the mother of the three main female characters in Todd Solondz's film "Happiness" (1998). She appeared in "Mystery Men" (1999) as the mother of Hank Azaria's character. She also had roles in Darren Aronofsky's film "Requiem for a Dream" (2000), the romantic comedy "Fast Food Fast Women" (2000) and co-starred with Renée Taylor in "National Lampoon's Gold Diggers" (2003). Lasser acted in two episodes of HBO's "Girls" as a Manhattan artist for the series' third season (2014).