About
Lisa Ann Walter
Overview
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 |
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| 2024 | The Year: 2024 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever | Actor | Gabby (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Ladies | Actor | Blanche | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary | Actor | Melissa Schemmenti | 73 Good |
| 2021 | The Right Mom | Actor | Margaret Blanchette | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Jersey | Actor | Tess | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | The More Things Change | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2019 | Remember Amnesia | Actor | Patient's Wife | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Psycho Stripper | Actor | Margot Mathison | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Dependent's Day | Actor | Bette | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Wish Wizard | Actor | Helga | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Wedding Day | Actor | Chef Cherie | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Wreckage | Actor | Doctor Richardson | 57 Average |
| 2010 | Killers | Actor | Olivia | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Celebracadabra | Actor | Contestant | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Drillbit Taylor | Actor | Dolores | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Entry Level | Actor | Kathy | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Coffee Date | Actor | Sara | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Room 6 | Actor | Sgt. Burch | 56 Average |
| 2005 | The Trouble with Dee Dee | Actor | Dee Dee Rutherford | 59 Average |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Actor | Bartender | 64 Fair |
| 2005 | The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? | Actor | Bobbie | 62 Fair |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Actor | Debbie | 66 Fair |
| 2002 | Breaking News | Actor | Rachel Glass | 69 Fair |
| 2001 | Early Bird Special | Actor | Janet | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | Emeril | Actor | Cassandra Gilman | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Get Your Stuff | Actor | Nancy Perry | 58 Average |
| 1998 | The Parent Trap | Actor | Chessy | 70 Good |
| 1996 | Life's Work | Actor | Lisa Ann Hunter | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | Eddie | Actor | Claudine | 57 Average |
| 1995 | My Wildest Dreams | Actor | Lisa McGinnis | N/A N/A |
| The Next Best Thing | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2020 | Jersey | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Production |
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| 2020 | Jersey | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | The More Things Change | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |