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Lisa Ann Walter

Born 3 August 1963 · 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident56mSelf
  2. 2026Sock It to Me: The Legend of George Schlatter1h 33mSelf
  3. 2024The Year: 20241h 24mSelf
  4. 2023Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever1h 4mGabby (voice)
  5. 2022The Ladies9mBlanche
  6. 2021Abbott Elementary6 seasonsMelissa Schemmenti
  7. 2021The Right Mom1h 30mMargaret Blanchette
  8. 2020Jersey17mTess
  9. 2020The Parent Trap Reunion!14mSelf
  10. 2019The More Things Change16m
  11. 2019Remember Amnesia1h 28mPatient's Wife
  12. 2019Psycho Stripper1h 30mMargot Mathison
  13. 2016Dependent's Day1h 29mBette
  14. 2014Wish Wizard18mHelga
  15. 2013Feels So Good1h 21mLisa Wright
  16. 2012Wedding Day1h 32mChef Cherie
  17. 2010Killers1h 40mOlivia
  18. 2010Wreckage1h 27mDoctor Richardson
  19. 2009Dance Your Ass Off2 seasonsCreator
  20. 2008Celebracadabra1 seasonContestant
  21. 2008Drillbit Taylor1h 50mDolores
  22. 2007Entry Level1h 25mKathy
  23. 2006Room 61h 34mSgt. Burch
  24. 2006Coffee Date1h 34mSara
  25. 2005The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy2h 29mSelf
  26. 2005The Trouble with Dee Dee1h 21mDee Dee Rutherford
  27. 2005War of the Worlds1h 57mBartender
  28. 2004Shall We Dance?1h 46mBobbie
  29. 2003Bruce Almighty1h 41mDebbie
  30. 2002Breaking News1 seasonRachel Glass
  31. 2001Emeril1 seasonCassandra Gilman
  32. 2001Early Bird SpecialJanet
  33. 2000Get Your Stuff1h 33mNancy Perry
  34. 1998The Parent Trap2h 8mChessy
  35. 1996Life's Work1 seasonLisa Ann Hunter
  36. 1996Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade2h 5mSelf
  37. 1996Eddie1h 40mClaudine
  38. 1995My Wildest Dreams1 seasonLisa McGinnis
  39. The Next Best Thing1 season