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
- Searching ... (Thanks)
- The Romanoffs as Patricia Callahan
- All About Nina as Paula
2017
- The Handmaid's Tale as Sylvia
2016
- The Intervention as Jessie
- Zen Dog as Marlene Meeks
- Heaven's Floor as Julia
- Take My Wife as Audience Member
2015
- Better Call Saul as Dr. Lara Cruz
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- MA / DDY as Dana
- Addicted to Fresno as Regina
- The Lizzie Borden Chronicles as Emma Borden
- Shelter as Petra
2014
- Broad City as Lesley Marnel
- Jackie & Ryan as Virginia
- In Security as Lena
- 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
- Conviction as Brenda Marsh
- The Event as Maya
- Lez Chat as Librarian
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- Lie to Me as Michelle Russell
- Virtuality as Sue Parsons
- The Killing Room as Kerry Isalano
- Virtuality
2008
- The Watch as Cassie
- Passengers as Shannon
2007
- Private Practice as Natasha
- Zodiac as Linda del Buono
- Saving Grace as Maura Darrell
- Anamorph as Sandy Strickland
- Ten Inch Hero as Jen
- 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
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 Laramie Project as Amanda Gronich
- The Slaughter Rule as Skyla Sisco
2001
- Ghosts of Mars as Bashira Kincaid
- How to Make a Monster as Laura
- Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars as Self
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Beatrice
- See Jane Run as Jane
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Abigail Spencer
- Wildflowers as Cally
- But I'm a Cheerleader as Graham
- Committed as Mimi
- The Fugitive as Lynette Hennessy
- Bear to the Right as Waitress
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mia Latimer
- Girl, Interrupted as Georgina
- She's All That as Misty
- Popular as Wanda Rickets
- Sleeping Beauties as Clea
- The Astronaut's Wife as Nan
- A Slipping Down Life as Nurse
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- The Faculty as Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
- Niagara, Niagara as Convenience Store Clerk
- Girl as Gillian
- Can't Hardly Wait as Jana
- The Alarmist as Suzy
- How to Make the Cruelest Month as Bell Bryant
1997
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Marcie Ross
- On the Edge of Innocence as Ann
- The Defenders: Payback as Jessica Lane
- Crisis Center as Laura Thomas
1996
- Little Witches as Kelsey
- Dangerous Minds as Nina
1994
- ER as Katie Reed
1990
- Law & Order as Amanda Green