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American actress

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.

Walter was born on August 3, 1963, in Silver Spring, Maryland. She and her older sister, Laura, are the children of a geophysicist British father who was born in France of Alsatian descent and a substitute teacher/mother who was born in Sicily. The family lived in different places following their father's work, and their childhood homes included Germany and the suburbs of Washington, D. C. She graduated with a theater degree from Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C., in 1983. She played Whoopi Goldberg's tarty sidekick Claudine in Eddie (1996). Walter co starred in the Disney film The Parent Trap (1998); in the remake of the original classic, she appeared as Chessy, the nanny to Dennis Quaid's character's daughter, who was played by a young Lindsay Lohan. Since then she played supporting roles in the comedy Bruce Almighty (2003) and the romantic comedy Shall We Dance (2004). In early 2007, Walter had a supporting role as Mabel the bartender in the MyNetworkTV soap opera Watch Over Me. Later that May she served as a judge on the ABC reality TV show The Next Best Thing, which searched for the best celebrity impersonators in America. In early 2008, Walter was in the comedy film Drillbit Taylor, and also starred on the VH1 reality series Celebracadabra, in which celebrities competed to see who was the best magician among them. She made it to the final three but was eliminated in the sixth episode. She has developed a series for the Oxygen network called Dance Your Ass Off. On December 19, 2011, she played a dramatic role on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles as a ballet coach. Her comic memoir, The Best Thing About My Ass Is That It's Behind Me, was published in May 2011. Beginning in May 2011, Walter hosted The Fabulous Lisa Ann Walter Show, a talk show on the Los Angeles radio station KFI. The program aired for three hours each Saturday and Sunday. In August 2014, Walter quit in order to focus on her acting career. Since 2021, Walter appears in the ABC comedy Abbott Elementary as second grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti. Walter, alongside the show's ensemble cast, won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 2023 ceremony and was nominated again the following year. On October 20, 2022, Walter received the Virtuoso Award at the San Diego International Film Festival. In 2023, she won Celebrity Jeopardy, defeating Mo Rocca and Katie Nolan in the finals. She won $1 million for the Entertainment Community Fund.

In 1983, she married fellow actor Sam Baum. They had son Jordan (1988) and daughter Delia (1992) before divorcing in 1999. She has twin sons Spencer and Simon Walter (11 October 2000).

Year Title Role Notes1996EddieClaudine1998Chessy2000Get Your StuffNancy Perry2001Early Bird SpecialJanet2003Bruce AlmightyDebbie2004Shall We Dance?Bobbie2005War of the WorldsSheryl2005Dee Dee Rutherford2006Room 6Sgt. Burch2006Coffee DateSara2006Man vs. MondayJoanShort film2007GraduationCarol2007Entry LevelKathie2008Drillbit TaylorDolores2010WreckageDr. Richardson2010KillersOlivia Brooks2010Monsters Under the BedLeslie BransonShort film2012Wedding DayChef Cherie2013Feels So GoodLisa Wright2014Wish WizardHelgaShort film2015You Can't Have ItSuzanne2015Dependent's DayBette2015LisaShort film2017The Ice Cream TruckChristina2019StrippedMargot Mathison2020JerseyTessShort film2022The LadiesBlancheShort film

Year Title Role Notes1995My Wildest DreamsLisa McGinnisMain role and also producer1996–1997Life's WorkLisa Ann HunterMain role and also producer1997Late BloomerCassie BalticTV film1998Audrey Cranston"How Long Has This Been Going On? "2000Curb Your EnthusiasmNurse"Interior Decorator"2001EmerilCassandra GilmanMain role2001Strong MedicineRita Harper"Hot Flash"2002Breaking NewsRachel GlassMain role2004Las VegasRose Gluck"Sons and Lovers"2006Modern MenIris"Kyle Dates Up"2006Nip/TuckMrs. Hickock"Reefer"2006Watch Over MeMabel"Pilot", "The Engagement", "Goodbye"2011Rizzoli & IslesCoach JJ"Don't Stop Dancing, Girl"2013–2015Margo"Defending Your Wife", "What Dreams May Come", "Along Came Holly"2016The Odd CoupleLinda"All About Eavesdropping", "All The Residents' Men"2017GLOWLorene"Debbie Does Something"2019Grey's AnatomyShirley Gregory"Reunited", "My Shot"2020Sydney to the MaxMarlene"Father of the Bribe", "Night Not at the Museum"20219 1 1Delia Narwood"9 1 1, What's Your Grievance? "2021–presentAbbott ElementaryMelissa SchemmentiMain role2023Celebrity Jeopardy!HerselfTournament champion