Lisa Ann Walter
25 movies · 22 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 3, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Biography
Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, and television producer, best known for her roles as Chessy the housekeeper in the romantic comedy film The Parent Trap (1998) and Melissa Schemmenti on the Peabody Award-winning ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary (2021–present), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
She was formerly the creator and executive producer of Oxygen network reality weight-loss competition series, Dance Your Ass Off. Her other reality television work includes her stint as a judge on ABC's reality television series The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?, and as winning celebrity editions of the game shows The Weakest Link and Jeopardy! She also created and starred in the 1996–1997 sitcom, Life's Work, and appeared in such films as Bruce Almighty, Shall We Dance, and War of the Worlds.
Known for
Lisa Ann Walter: movies and TV shows
Acting (46)
- 2023 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
as Gabby (voice)
- 2022 The Ladies
as Blanche
- 2021
- 2021 The Right Mom
as Margaret Blanchette
- 2020 Jersey
as Tess
- 2019
- 2019 Remember Amnesia
as Patient's Wife
- 2019 Psycho Stripper
as Margot Mathison
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016 Dependent's Day
as Bette
- 2015
- 2014 Wish Wizard
as Helga
- 2013 Feels So Good
as Lisa Wright
- 2012 Wedding Day
as Chef Cherie
- 2011
- 2010 Wreckage
as Doctor Richardson
- 2010
- 2010 Killers
as Olivia
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008 Drillbit Taylor
as Dolores
- 2007 Entry Level
as Kathy
- 2006
- 2006 Room 6
as Sgt. Burch
- 2006 Coffee Date
as Sara
- 2006
- 2005 The Trouble with Dee Dee
as Dee Dee Rutherford
- 2005
- 2005 War of the Worlds
as Bartender
- 2005
- 2004 Shall We Dance?
as Bobbie
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Bruce Almighty
as Debbie
- 2002
- 2001 Early Bird Special
as Janet
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Get Your Stuff
as Nancy Perry
- 1998 The Parent Trap
as Chessy
- 1996
- 1996 Eddie
as Claudine
- 1995
Behind the camera (5)
- 2026 Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2020 Jersey
Director, Producer
- 2019 The More Things Change
Executive Producer
- 2009
- 1996
Talk shows and appearances (24)
- Upcoming The Next Best Thing
8 episodes
- 2024
- 2024 After Midnight
1 episode
- 2022 Celebrity Jeopardy!
4 episodes
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
3 episodes
- 2022 Sherri
2 episodes
- 2022 Dark Side of Comedy
1 episode
- 2020 I Can See Your Voice
1 episode
- 2020
- 2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
1 episode
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2019
- 2018 25 Words or Less
28 episodes
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2005 Dancing with the Stars
2 episodes
- 2005
- 2004 Project Runway
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3 episodes
- 1998 Hollywood Squares
10 episodes
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1 episode