Actor

Lisa Ann Walter

Contemporaryb. 1963ComedyDramaThrillerRomance

Comic Visionary

Also directed 2 films ↗Also wrote 1 screenplay ↗

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Known For

30 acting credits

as Debbie

Bruce Almighty

as Debbie

2003

Bruce Almighty

as Chessy

The Parent Trap

as Chessy

1998

The Parent Trap

Filmography

2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an AccidentSelf 2024The Year: 2024Self 2023Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin FeverGabby (voice)6.6 2022The LadiesBlanche 2021The Right MomMargaret Blanchette8.1 2020JerseyTess 2019Remember Amnesia

About

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.

As Director

Full director page ↗

2020Jersey 2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident

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