Clea DuVall
Acting
1977-09-25 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her appearances in the films The Faculty (1998), She's All That; But I'm a Cheerleader; Girl, Interrupted (all 1999); Identity, 21 Grams (both 2003), The Grudge (2004), Zodiac (2007), Conviction (2010), and Argo (2012). On television, she played Sofie in Carnivàle (2003–2005), Audrey Hanson in Heroes (2006–2007), Wendy Peyser in American Horror Story: Asylum (2012–2013), Emma Borden in The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015), Lara Cruz in Better Call Saul (2015–2017), Marjorie in Veep (2016–2019), and Sylvia in The Handmaid's Tale (2018–2022). In 2016, DuVall made her feature directorial debut with The Intervention, which she also wrote and co-produced. Her next project as director was Happiest Season in 2020. DuVall was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Steph DuVall, is also an actor. Her forename derives from the novel Clea by Lawrence Durrell. She once worked in a coffee shop and studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
Filmography
Swiped
2025 · Movie
Poker Face
2023 · Series
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
2022 · Movie
High School
2022 · Series
The First Lady
2022 · Series
HouseBroken
2021 · Series
Happiest Season
2020 · Movie
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 · Movie
Looking for Alaska
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
The Romanoffs
2018 · Series
All About Nina
2018 · Movie
Searching
2018 · Movie
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · Series
Heaven's Floor
2016 · Movie
Zen Dog
2016 · Movie
The Intervention
2016 · Movie
Take My Wife
2016 · Series
Addicted to Fresno
2015 · Movie
Shelter
2015 · Movie
MA / DDY
2015 · Movie
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
2015 · Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Better Call Saul
2015 · Series
Jackie & Ryan
2014 · Movie
In Security
2014 · Movie
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
2014 · Movie
Broad City
2014 · Series
Argo
2012 · Movie
The Newsroom
2012 · Series
Veep
2012 · Series
American Horror Story
2011 · Series
New Girl
2011 · Series
And Baby Will Fall
2011 · Movie
Conviction
2010 · Movie
The Event
2010 · Series
Lez Chat
2010 · Movie
Virtuality
2009 · Movie
Virtuality
2009 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
Lie to Me
2009 · Series
The Killing Room
2009 · Movie
Passengers
2008 · Movie
The Watch
2008 · Movie
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007 · Movie
Private Practice
2007 · Series
Anamorph
2007 · Movie
Saving Grace
2007 · Series
Ten Inch Hero
2007 · Movie
Zodiac
2007 · Movie
Two Weeks
2006 · Movie
Heroes
2006 · Series
Out There
2006 · Movie
Top Chef
2006 · Series
Bones
2005 · Series
Fathers and Sons
2005 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
The Grudge
2004 · Movie
Helter Skelter
2004 · Movie
21 Grams
2003 · Movie
Carnivàle
2003 · Series
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003 · Movie
Identity
2003 · Movie
CSI: Miami
2002 · Series
The Slaughter Rule
2002 · Movie
The Laramie Project
2002 · Movie
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
2001 · Movie
How to Make a Monster
2001 · Movie
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001 · Movie
Ghosts of Mars
2001 · Movie
See Jane Run
2001 · Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
The Fugitive
2000 · Series
Wildflowers
2000 · Movie
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000 · Movie
Committed
2000 · Movie
Bear to the Right
2000 · Movie
Girl, Interrupted
1999 · Movie
Popular
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Astronaut's Wife
1999 · Movie
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Series
Sleeping Beauties
1999 · Movie
She's All That
1999 · Movie
A Slipping Down Life
1999 · Movie
The Faculty
1998 · Movie
Girl
1998 · Movie
The Alarmist
1998 · Movie
Can't Hardly Wait
1998 · Movie
Niagara, Niagara
1998 · Movie
How to Make the Cruelest Month
1998 · Movie
The Defenders: Payback
1997 · Movie
On the Edge of Innocence
1997 · Movie
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · Series
Crisis Center
1997 · Series
Little Witches
1996 · Movie
Dangerous Minds
1996 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Polly Pocket
Movie
Abbi and the Eighth Wonder
Movie
Untitled Happiest Season Sequel
Movie
Untitled Troop Beverly Hills 2
Movie