Clea DuVall
Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her appearances in the films The Faculty (1998), She's All That; But I'm a Cheerleader; Girl, Interrupted (all 1999); Identity, 21 Grams (both 2003), The Grudge (2004), Zodiac (2007), Conviction (2010), and Argo (2012). On television, she played Sofie in Carnivàle (2003–2005), Audrey Hanson in Heroes (2006–2007), Wendy Peyser in American Horror Story: Asylum (2012–2013), Emma Borden in The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015), Lara Cruz in Better Call Saul (2015–2017), Marjorie in Veep (2016–2019), and Sylvia in The Handmaid's Tale (2018–2022). In 2016, DuVall made her feature directorial debut with The Intervention, which she also wrote and co-produced. Her next project as director was Happiest Season in 2020. DuVall was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Steph DuVall, is also an actor. Her forename derives from the novel Clea by Lawrence Durrell. She once worked in a coffee shop and studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
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Credits
- 2023 · Poker Face as Emily Cale
- 2022 · 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen as Self
- 2022 · The First Lady as Tommy
- 2021 · HouseBroken as Twinkle (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · The Romanoffs as Patricia Callahan
- 2018 · All About Nina as Paula
- 2017 · The Handmaid's Tale as Sylvia
- 2016 · Heaven's Floor as Julia
- 2016 · Zen Dog as Marlene Meeks
- 2016 · The Intervention as Jessie
- 2016 · Take My Wife as Audience Member
- 2015 · Addicted to Fresno as Regina
- 2015 · Shelter as Petra
- 2015 · MA / DDY as Dana
- 2015 · The Lizzie Borden Chronicles as Emma Borden
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Dr. Lara Cruz
- 2014 · Jackie & Ryan as Virginia
- 2014 · In Security as Lena
- 2014 · Lizzie Borden Took an Ax as Emma Borden
- 2014 · Broad City as Lesley Marnel
- 2012 · Argo as Cora Lijek
- 2012 · The Newsroom as Lilly Hart
- 2012 · Veep as Marjorie Palmiotti
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Wendy Peyser
- 2011 · New Girl as Camilla
- 2011 · And Baby Will Fall as Melinda
- 2010 · Conviction as Brenda Marsh
- 2010 · The Event as Maya
- 2010 · Lez Chat as Librarian
- 2009 · Virtuality as
- 2009 · Virtuality as Sue Parsons
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Michelle Russell
- 2009 · The Killing Room as Kerry Isalano
- 2008 · Passengers as Shannon
- 2008 · The Watch as Cassie
- 2007 · Itty Bitty Titty Committee as Singer (uncredited)
- 2007 · Private Practice as Natasha
- 2007 · Anamorph as Sandy Strickland
- 2007 · Saving Grace as Maura Darrell
- 2007 · Ten Inch Hero as Jen
- 2007 · Zodiac as Linda del Buono
- 2006 · Two Weeks as Katrina
- 2006 · Heroes as Audrey Hanson
- 2006 · Out There as Billy
- 2006 · Top Chef as Self - Judge
- 2005 · Bones as McKenna Grant
- 2005 · Fathers and Sons as Laura
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Jennifer Robinson
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Melanie Bailey
- 2004 · The Grudge as Jennifer Williams
- 2004 · Helter Skelter as Linda Kasabian
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Sofie
- 2003 · 21 Grams as Claudia
- 2003 · Identity as Ginny
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Lyla Moore
- 2002 · The Slaughter Rule as Skyla Sisco
- 2002 · The Laramie Project as Amanda Gronich
- 2001 · Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars as Self
- 2001 · How to Make a Monster as Laura
- 2001 · Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Beatrice
- 2001 · Ghosts of Mars as Bashira Kincaid
- 2001 · See Jane Run as Jane
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Abigail Spencer
- 2000 · The Fugitive as Lynette Hennessy
- 2000 · But I'm a Cheerleader as Graham
- 2000 · Committed as Mimi
- 2000 · Wildflowers as Cally
- 2000 · Bear to the Right as Waitress
- 1999 · Girl, Interrupted as Georgina
- 1999 · Popular as Wanda Rickets
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mia Latimer
- 1999 · The Astronaut's Wife as Nan
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1999 · Sleeping Beauties as Clea
- 1999 · She's All That as Misty
- 1999 · A Slipping Down Life as Nurse
- 1998 · The Faculty as Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
- 1998 · Girl as Gillian
- 1998 · The Alarmist as Suzy
- 1998 · Can't Hardly Wait as Jana
- 1998 · Niagara, Niagara as Convenience Store Clerk
- 1998 · How to Make the Cruelest Month as Bell Bryant
- 1997 · The Defenders: Payback as Jessica Lane
- 1997 · On the Edge of Innocence as Ann
- 1997 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Marcie Ross
- 1997 · Crisis Center as Laura Thomas
- 1996 · Little Witches as Kelsey
- 1996 · Dangerous Minds as Nina
- 1994 · ER as Katie Reed
- 1990 · Law & Order as Amanda Green