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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-08-03 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Lisa Ann Walter

Biography:

Lisa Ann Walter 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

Acting

2024

2023

2022

2021

The Right Mom as Margaret Blanchette
Abbott Elementary as Melissa Schemmenti

2020

2019

2018

9-1-1 as Delia Narwood

2017

GLOW as Lorene

2016

2015

2014

Wish Wizard as Helga

2012

Wedding Day as Chef Cherie

2011

The Exes as Margo

2010

Killers as Olivia
Wreckage as Doctor Richardson
Rizzoli & Isles as Coach JJ

2009

2008

Drillbit Taylor as Dolores
Celebracadabra as Contestant

2007

Entry Level as Kathy

2006

Room 6 as Sgt. Burch
Coffee Date as Sara
Watch Over Me as Mabel

2005

War of the Worlds as Bartender
The Trouble with Dee Dee as Dee Dee Rutherford
Grey's Anatomy as Shirley Gregory

2004

Shall We Dance? as Bobbie

2003

2002

Breaking News as Rachel Glass

2001

Emeril as Cassandra Gilman

2000

Get Your Stuff as Nancy Perry
Strong Medicine as Rita Harper

1998

1996

Eddie as Claudine
Life's Work as Lisa Ann Hunter

1995

My Wildest Dreams as Lisa McGinnis

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Directing

2020

Jersey as Director

Production

2020

Jersey as Producer

2019

The More Things Change as Executive Producer

Creator

2009

1996

Life's Work as Creator