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 (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.
TV credits
Rated 5.5 out of 10
After Midnight
2024
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022
Rated 5.6 out of 10
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Rated 2.6 out of 10
Sherri
2022
Rated 8.2 out of 10
Dark Side of Comedy
2022
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Abbott Elementary
2021
Rated 6.6 out of 10
I Can See Your Voice
2020
Rated 9.9 out of 10
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Sydney to the Max
2019
Rated 5.2 out of 10
25 Words or Less
2018
Rated 8.2 out of 10
9-1-1
2018
Rated 7.3 out of 10
GLOW
2017
Rated 5.1 out of 10
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Rated 5.8 out of 10
The Odd Couple
2015
Rated 5.1 out of 10
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Rated 6.6 out of 10
The Exes
2011
Rated 7.9 out of 10
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Rated 5.0 out of 10
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Celebracadabra
2008
Rated 5.5 out of 10
Watch Over Me
2006
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Modern Men
2006
Rated 8.3 out of 10
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005