Actor
Lisa Ann Walter
63 years · Silver Spring, Maryland, USA · 29 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 29
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026 · Self, Director
On Hulu
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023 · Gabby (voice)
On Disney Plus
The Ladies
2022 · Blanche
The Right Mom
2021 · Margaret Blanchette
On Hoopla
Jersey
2020 · Tess, Producer
The More Things Change
2019 · Actor
Remember Amnesia
2019 · Patient's Wife
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 · Self
On Netflix
Psycho Stripper
2019 · Margot Mathison
Dependent's Day
2016 · Bette
On Tubi TV
Wish Wizard
2014 · Helga
Feels So Good
2013 · Lisa Wright
On Amazon MX Player
Wedding Day
2012 · Chef Cherie
On Tubi TV
Wreckage
2010 · Doctor Richardson
Killers
2010 · Olivia
On Kanopy
Drillbit Taylor
2008 · Dolores
On Hoopla
Entry Level
2007 · Kathy
Room 6
2006 · Sgt. Burch
On Plex
Coffee Date
2006 · Sara
The Trouble with Dee Dee
2005 · Dee Dee Rutherford
War of the Worlds
2005 · Bartender
On Kanopy
The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy
2005 · Self
Shall We Dance?
2004 · Bobbie
On Kanopy
Bruce Almighty
2003 · Debbie