Lisa Ann Walter
Acting
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Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) 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.
Filmography
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026
The Year: 2024
2024
After Midnight
2024
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Sherri
2022
Dark Side of Comedy
2022
The Ladies
2022
Abbott Elementary
2021
The Right Mom
2021
I Can See Your Voice
2020
The Parent Trap Reunion!
2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
Jersey
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The More Things Change
2019
Remember Amnesia
2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
Psycho Stripper
2019
Sydney to the Max
2019
25 Words or Less
2018
9-1-1
2018
GLOW
2017
Dependent's Day
2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Odd Couple
2015
Wish Wizard
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Feels So Good
2013
Wedding Day
2012
The Exes
2011
Wreckage
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Killers
2010
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Celebracadabra
2008
Drillbit Taylor
2008
Entry Level
2007
Watch Over Me
2006
Coffee Date
2006
Room 6
2006
Modern Men
2006
The Trouble with Dee Dee
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
War of the Worlds
2005
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy
2005
Project Runway
2004
Shall We Dance?
2004
Las Vegas
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
Bruce Almighty
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Breaking News
2002
Early Bird Special
2001
Emeril
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Get Your Stuff
2000
Hollywood Squares
1998
The Parent Trap
1998
The View
1997
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996
Life's Work
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Eddie
1996
My Wildest Dreams
1995
The Next Best Thing