Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Ann Walter

Birthdate
August 3, 1963 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
August 3, 1963 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

Lisa Ann Walter's LGBTQ+ Titles

Coffee Date
Coffee Date
Sara

Acting (62)

The Next Best Thing (8 episodes)
2024
The Year: 2024 as Self
2024
After Midnight as Self (1 episode)
2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever as Gabby (voice)
2022
Celebrity Jeopardy! as Self (3 episodes)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self (1 episode)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022
Dark Side of Comedy as Self (1 episode)
2022
The Ladies as Blanche
2021
Abbott Elementary as Melissa Schemmenti (70 episodes)
2021
The Right Mom as Margaret Blanchette
2020
I Can See Your Voice (1 episode)
2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant (1 episode)
2020
Jersey as Tess
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (2 episodes)
2019
The More Things Change
2019
Remember Amnesia as Patient's Wife
2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as Self
2019
Psycho Stripper as Margot Mathison
2018
25 Words or Less (7 episodes)
2018
9-1-1 as Delia Narwood (1 episode)
2017
GLOW as Lorene (1 episode)
2016
Dependent's Day as Bette
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015
The Odd Couple as Linda (2 episodes)
2014
Wish Wizard as Helga
2012
Wedding Day as Chef Cherie
2011
The Exes as Margo (3 episodes)
2010
Wreckage as Doctor Richardson
2010
Rizzoli & Isles as Coach JJ (1 episode)
2010
Killers as Olivia
2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything! (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2008
Celebracadabra as Contestant (9 episodes)
2008
Drillbit Taylor as Dolores
2007
Entry Level as Kathy
2006
Watch Over Me as Mabel (3 episodes)
2006
Coffee Date as Sara
2006
Room 6 as Sgt. Burch
2006
Modern Men (1 episode)
2005
The Trouble with Dee Dee as Dee Dee Rutherford
2005
War of the Worlds as Bartender
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Shirley Gregory (2 episodes)
2005
The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy as Self
2004
Shall We Dance? as Bobbie
2003
Las Vegas (1 episode)
2003
Bruce Almighty as Debbie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002
Breaking News as Rachel Glass (13 episodes)
2001
Early Bird Special as Janet
2001
Emeril as Cassandra Gilman (10 episodes)
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Nurse (1 episode)
2000
Strong Medicine as Rita Harper (1 episode)
2000
Get Your Stuff as Nancy Perry
1998
Hollywood Squares (5 episodes)
1998
Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist (5 episodes)
1998
The Parent Trap as Chessy
1996
Life's Work as Lisa Ann Hunter (18 episodes)
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self (1 episode)
1996
Eddie as Claudine
1995
My Wildest Dreams as Lisa McGinnis (5 episodes)

Directing (1)

2020
Jersey • Director
• Director

Production (2)

2020
Jersey • Producer
• Producer
2019
The More Things Change • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Creator (2)

2009
Dance Your Ass Off • Creator
• Creator
1996
Life's Work • Creator
• Creator