Acting credits
67
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Lisa Ann Walter
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 29Series: 39Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 4494
IMDb ID: nm0910076
Known for: Acting
Born: August 3, 1963
Age: 63
Place of birth: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2026
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.34
Wikidata: Q434802
Other jobs
Creator (2)Director (2)Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Lisa Ann Walter.
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
as Self
2026 Movie
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
as Gabby (voice)
2023 Movie
The Ladies
as Blanche
2022 Movie
The Right Mom
as Margaret Blanchette
2021 Movie
Jersey
as Tess
2020 Movie
The More Things Change
2019 Movie
Remember Amnesia
as Patient's Wife
2019 Movie
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
as Self
2019 Movie
Psycho Stripper
as Margot Mathison
2019 Movie
Dependent's Day
as Bette
2016 Movie
Wish Wizard
as Helga
2014 Movie
Feels So Good
as Lisa Wright
2013 Movie
Wedding Day
as Chef Cherie
2012 Movie
Wreckage
as Doctor Richardson
2010 Movie
Killers
as Olivia
2010 Movie
Drillbit Taylor
as Dolores
2008 Movie
Entry Level
as Kathy
2007 Movie
Room 6
as Sgt. Burch
2006 Movie
Coffee Date
as Sara
2006 Movie
The Trouble with Dee Dee
as Dee Dee Rutherford
2005 Movie
War of the Worlds
as Bartender
2005 Movie
The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy
as Self
2005 Movie
Shall We Dance?
as Bobbie
2004 Movie
Bruce Almighty
as Debbie
2003 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Lisa Ann Walter.
After Midnight
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Celebrity Jeopardy!
as Self - Contestant • 4 eps
2022 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2022 Series
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2022 Series
Dark Side of Comedy
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Abbott Elementary
as Melissa Schemmenti • 95 eps
2021 Series
I Can See Your Voice
1 eps
2020 Series
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2019 Series
Sydney to the Max
as Marlene • 2 eps
2019 Series
25 Words or Less
as Self • 19 eps
2018 Series
9-1-1
as Delia Narwood • 1 eps
2018 Series
GLOW
as Lorene • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Odd Couple
as Linda • 2 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Exes
as Margo • 3 eps
2011 Series
Rizzoli & Isles
as Coach JJ • 1 eps
2010 Series
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
1 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Dance Your Ass Off
Creator
2009 Series
Celebracadabra
as Contestant • 9 eps
2008 Series
Watch Over Me
as Mabel • 3 eps
2006 Series
Modern Men
1 eps
2006 Series