Clea DuVall
Born: 1977-09-25 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Swiped as Charlotte
2023
- Poker Face as Emily Cale
2022
- The First Lady as Tommy
- High School ... (Director)
- 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen as Self
2021
- HouseBroken as Twinkle (voice)
2020
- Happiest Season ... (Director)
- Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine ... (Thanks)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Looking for Alaska ... (Director)
2018
- The Romanoffs as Patricia Callahan
- Searching ... (Thanks)
- All About Nina as Paula
2017
- The Handmaid's Tale as Sylvia
2016
- Take My Wife as Audience Member
- The Intervention as Jessie
- Zen Dog as Marlene Meeks
- Heaven's Floor as Julia
2015
- Better Call Saul as Dr. Lara Cruz
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- The Lizzie Borden Chronicles as Emma Borden
- Addicted to Fresno as Regina
- Shelter as Petra
- MA / DDY as Dana
2014
- Broad City as Lesley Marnel
- In Security as Lena
- Jackie & Ryan as Virginia
- Lizzie Borden Took an Ax as Emma Borden
2012
- Veep as Marjorie Palmiotti
- The Newsroom as Lilly Hart
- Argo as Cora Lijek
2011
- American Horror Story as Wendy Peyser
- New Girl as Camilla
- And Baby Will Fall as Melinda
2010
- The Event as Maya
- Conviction as Brenda Marsh
- Lez Chat as Librarian
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- Lie to Me as Michelle Russell
- Virtuality
- The Killing Room as Kerry Isalano
- Virtuality as Sue Parsons
2008
- Passengers as Shannon
- The Watch as Cassie
2007
- Private Practice as Natasha
- Saving Grace as Maura Darrell
- Zodiac as Linda del Buono
- Ten Inch Hero as Jen
- Anamorph as Sandy Strickland
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee as Singer (uncredited)
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Jennifer Robinson
- Bones as McKenna Grant
- Numb3rs as Melanie Bailey
- Fathers and Sons as Laura (uncredited)
2004
- The Grudge as Jennifer Williams
- Helter Skelter as Linda Kasabian
2003
- Identity as Ginny
- Carnivàle as Sofie
- 21 Grams as Claudia
- Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2002
- CSI: Miami as Lyla Moore
- The Slaughter Rule as Skyla Sisco
- The Laramie Project as Amanda Gronich
2001
- Ghosts of Mars as Bashira Kincaid
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Beatrice
- Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars as Self
- How to Make a Monster as Laura
- See Jane Run as Jane
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Abigail Spencer
- But I'm a Cheerleader as Graham
- The Fugitive as Lynette Hennessy
- Committed as Mimi
- Wildflowers as Cally
- Bear to the Right as Waitress
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mia Latimer
- Popular as Wanda Rickets
- Girl, Interrupted as Georgina
- She's All That as Misty
- The Astronaut's Wife as Nan
- A Slipping Down Life as Nurse
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
- Sleeping Beauties as Clea
1998
- The Faculty as Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
- Can't Hardly Wait as Jana
- Girl as Gillian
- The Alarmist as Suzy
- How to Make the Cruelest Month as Bell Bryant
- Niagara, Niagara as Convenience Store Clerk
1997
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Marcie Ross
- Crisis Center as Laura Thomas
- The Defenders: Payback as Jessica Lane
- On the Edge of Innocence as Ann
1996
- Dangerous Minds as Nina
- Little Witches as Kelsey
1994
- ER as Katie Reed
1990
- Law & Order as Amanda Green