Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1963-08-03 (Age: 63)
Place of Birth
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Lisa Ann Walter
Biography
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 (2021βpresent), 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 1996β1997 sitcom, Life's Work, and appeared in such films as Bruce Almighty, Shall We Dance, and War of the Worlds.
Filmography (30)
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026The Year: 2024
2024
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023
The Ladies
2022
The Right Mom
2021
Jersey
2020
The More Things Change
2019
Remember Amnesia
2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
Psycho Stripper
2019
Dependent's Day
2016
Wish Wizard
2014Feels So Good
2013
Wedding Day
2012