
Lisa Ann Walter
Acting
Born 1963-08-03 · 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.
Known for

The Parent Trap
1998 · Movie

War of the Worlds
2005 · Movie

Bruce Almighty
2003 · Movie

Killers
2010 · Movie

Drillbit Taylor
2008 · Movie

Shall We Dance?
2004 · Movie

Early Bird Special
2001 · Movie

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996 · Movie

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023 · Movie

The Right Mom
2021 · Movie

Eddie
1996 · Movie

Psycho Stripper
2019 · Movie

Room 6
2006 · Movie

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 · Movie

Entry Level
2007 · Movie

Dependent's Day
2016 · Movie

Coffee Date
2006 · Movie

Get Your Stuff
2000 · Movie

The Trouble with Dee Dee
2005 · Movie

Wedding Day
2012 · Movie

Wreckage
2010 · Movie

Wish Wizard
2014 · Movie

The Ladies
2022 · Movie

Remember Amnesia
2019 · Movie

Jersey
2020 · Movie

The More Things Change
2019 · Movie

The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy
2005 · Movie