Lisa Ann Walter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 August 1963 · 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
Production 3
- 2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident · producer
- 2020Jersey · producer
- 2019The More Things Change · executive producer
Acting 31
- 2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident as Self
- 2024The Year: 2024 as Self
- 2023Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever as Gabby (voice)
- 2022The Ladies as Blanche
- 2021The Right Mom as Margaret Blanchette
- 2020The Parent Trap Reunion! as Self
- 2020Jersey as Tess
- 2019The More Things Change
- 2019Remember Amnesia as Patient's Wife
- 2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as Self
- 2019Psycho Stripper as Margot Mathison
- 2016Dependent's Day as Bette
- 2014Wish Wizard as Helga
- 2013Feels So Good as Lisa Wright
- 2012Wedding Day as Chef Cherie
- 2010Wreckage as Doctor Richardson
- 2010Killers as Olivia
- 2008Drillbit Taylor as Dolores
- 2007Entry Level as Kathy
- 2006Room 6 as Sgt. Burch
- 2006Coffee Date as Sara
- 2005The Trouble with Dee Dee as Dee Dee Rutherford
- 2005War of the Worlds as Bartender
- 2005The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy as Self
- 2004Shall We Dance? as Bobbie
- 2003Bruce Almighty as Debbie
- 2001Early Bird Special as Janet
- 2000Get Your Stuff as Nancy Perry
- 1998The Parent Trap as Chessy
- 1996Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade as Self
- 1996Eddie as Claudine
Directing 2
- 2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident · director
- 2020Jersey · director
Writing 1
- 2026Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident · writer