Lisa Ann Walter
Acting
1963-08-03 · Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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 · Movie
The Year: 2024
2024 · Movie
After Midnight
2024 · Series
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023 · Movie
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022 · Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
Dark Side of Comedy
2022 · Series
The Ladies
2022 · Movie
Abbott Elementary
2021 · Series
The Right Mom
2021 · Movie
I Can See Your Voice
2020 · Series
The Parent Trap Reunion!
2020 · Movie
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020 · Series
Jersey
2020 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
The More Things Change
2019 · Movie
Remember Amnesia
2019 · Movie
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 · Movie
Psycho Stripper
2019 · Movie
Sydney to the Max
2019 · Series
25 Words or Less
2018 · Series
9-1-1
2018 · Series
GLOW
2017 · Series
Dependent's Day
2016 · Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
The Odd Couple
2015 · Series
Wish Wizard
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Feels So Good
2013 · Movie
Wedding Day
2012 · Movie
The Exes
2011 · Series
Wreckage
2010 · Movie
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Series
Killers
2010 · Movie
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Dance Your Ass Off
2009 · Series
Celebracadabra
2008 · Series
Drillbit Taylor
2008 · Movie
Entry Level
2007 · Movie
Watch Over Me
2006 · Series
Room 6
2006 · Movie
Coffee Date
2006 · Movie
Modern Men
2006 · Series
The Trouble with Dee Dee
2005 · Movie
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Series
War of the Worlds
2005 · Movie
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy
2005 · Movie
Project Runway
2004 · Series
Shall We Dance?
2004 · Movie
Las Vegas
2003 · Series
Nip/Tuck
2003 · Series
Bruce Almighty
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Breaking News
2002 · Series
Early Bird Special
2001 · Movie
Emeril
2001 · Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Series
Strong Medicine
2000 · Series
Get Your Stuff
2000 · Movie
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
The Parent Trap
1998 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996 · Movie
Life's Work
1996 · Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
Eddie
1996 · Movie
My Wildest Dreams
1995 · Series
The Next Best Thing
Series