Person · Actor

Lisa Ann Walter

Born

August 3, 1963

From

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Also:
Actress
Producer
Writer

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Decades active

In short · Acting since 1993, 4 decades active, 40 credits.

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Biography

Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, and television producer. She is best known for her role as Chessy, the housekeeper in the romantic comedy film *The Parent Trap* (1998), and as Melissa Schemmenti on *Abbott Elementary*, the Peabody Award-winning ABC mockumentary sitcom (2021–present), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Walter was formerly the creator and executive producer of *Dance Your Ass Off*, a reality weight-loss competition series on the Oxygen network. Her other reality television work includes serving as a judge on ABC's *The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?*, and appearing on 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 films such as *Bruce Almighty*, *Shall We Dance*, and *War of the Worlds*.

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