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