Lisa Ann Walter
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.
Movies
The Parent Trap
1998
War of the Worlds
2005
Bruce Almighty
2003
Killers
2010
Drillbit Taylor
2008
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023
Coffee Date
2006
Shall We Dance?
2004
Eddie
1996
Room 6
2006
Psycho Stripper
2019
Wedding Day
2012
Wreckage
2010
Wish Wizard
2014
The More Things Change
2019
Entry Level
2007
Jersey
2020
Dependent's Day
2016
Get Your Stuff
2000
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
TV Shows
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Grey's Anatomy
2005
9-1-1
2018
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Project Runway
2004
Abbott Elementary
2021
Nip/Tuck
2003
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Las Vegas
2003
Hollywood Squares
1998
Hollywood Squares
1998
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Sherri
2022