Name
Clea DuVall
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1977-09-25 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
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- 2003 21 Grams as Claudia
- 2001 Ghosts of Mars as Bashira Kincaid
- 1999 She's All That as Misty
- 2004 The Grudge as Jennifer Williams
- 1999 Girl, Interrupted as Georgina
- 2003 Identity as Ginny
- 1999 The Astronaut's Wife as Nan
- 2002 The Slaughter Rule as Skyla Sisco
- 2000 But I'm a Cheerleader as Graham
- 2009 The Killing Room as Kerry Isalano
- 1998 The Faculty as Stokely
- 1996 Little Witches as Kelsey
- 2008 Passengers as Shannon
- 2007 Anamorph as Sandy Strickland
- 2008 The Watch as Cassie
- 2007 Ten Inch Hero as Jen
- 2009 Virtuality as Sue Parsons
- 2000 Wildflowers as Cally
- 2010 Conviction as Brenda Marsh
- 2001 How to Make a Monster as Laura
- 2004 Helter Skelter as Linda Kasabian
- 2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Beatrice
- 2012 Argo as Cora Lijek
- 2011 And Baby Will Fall as Melinda
- 1997 The Defenders: Payback as Jessica Lane
- 2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Ax as Emma Borden
- 1998 How to Make the Cruelest Month as Bell Bryant
- 2014 In Security as Lena
- 2007 Zodiac as Linda del Buono
- 2001 See Jane Run as Jane
- 2015 Addicted to Fresno as Regina
- 2016 Heaven's Floor as Julia
- 2016 Zen Dog as Marlene Meeks
- 2014 Jackie & Ryan as Virginia
- 2002 The Laramie Project as Amanda Gronich
- 2001 Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars as Self
- 2006 Out There as Billy
- 2016 The Intervention as Jessie
- 2022 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen as Self
- 2000 Committed as Mimi
- 2015 Shelter as Petra
- 1998 Girl as Gillian
- 1998 Can't Hardly Wait as Jana
- 1998 The Alarmist as Suzy
- 2006 Two Weeks as Katrina
- 1997 On the Edge of Innocence as Ann
- 1999 A Slipping Down Life as Nurse
- 2007 Itty Bitty Titty Committee as Singer (uncredited)
- 2018 All About Nina as Paula
- 2015 MA / DDY as Dana
- 1998 Niagara, Niagara as Convenience Store Clerk
- 2005 Fathers and Sons as Laura (uncredited)
- 1999 Sleeping Beauties as Clea
- 2010 Lez Chat as Librarian
- 2000 Bear to the Right as Waitress
- 2025 Swiped as Charlotte
- 2003 Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show as Self
- 2003 Carnivàle ( 24 episodes ) as Sofie
- 2011 American Horror Story ( 5 episodes ) as Wendy Peyser
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 2 episodes ) as Jennifer Robinson
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Melanie Bailey
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Abigail Spencer
- 2006 Heroes ( 7 episodes ) as Audrey Hanson
- 2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as McKenna Grant
- 2014 Broad City ( 3 episodes ) as Lesley Marnel
- 2011 New Girl ( 1 episode ) as Camilla
- 2018 The Romanoffs ( 1 episode ) as Patricia Callahan
- 2007 Saving Grace ( 1 episode ) as Maura Darrell
- 2010 The Event ( 3 episodes ) as Maya
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Amanda Green
- 1997 Crisis Center ( 1 episode ) as Laura Thomas
- 2007 Private Practice ( 1 episode ) as Natasha
- 2000 The Fugitive ( 2 episodes ) as Lynette Hennessy
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Lyla Moore
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Mia Latimer
- 1999 Popular ( 2 episodes ) as Wanda Rickets
- 1994 ER ( 2 episodes ) as Katie Reed
- 2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Michelle Russell
- 2009 Virtuality ( 1 episode )
- 2021 HouseBroken ( 30 episodes ) as Twinkle (voice)
- 1996 Dangerous Minds ( 1 episode ) as Nina
- 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1 episode ) as Marcie Ross
- 2015 The Lizzie Borden Chronicles ( 8 episodes ) as Emma Borden
- 2015 Better Call Saul ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Lara Cruz
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 The First Lady ( 6 episodes ) as Tommy
- 2016 Take My Wife ( 1 episode ) as Audience Member
- 1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 The Handmaid's Tale ( 5 episodes ) as Sylvia
- 2012 Veep ( 26 episodes ) as Marjorie Palmiotti
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2006 Top Chef ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
- 2023 Poker Face ( 1 episode ) as Emily Cale
- 2012 The Newsroom ( 2 episodes ) as Lilly Hart
