Lisa Ann Walter

Acting

Lisa Ann Walter

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.

Acting credits

The Parent Trap poster
7.2

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

The Parent Trap

1998

War of the Worlds poster
6.6

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

War of the Worlds

2005

Bruce Almighty poster
6.7

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.

Bruce Almighty

2003

Killers poster
6.0

When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.

Killers

2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever poster
6.7

A hilarious and heartfelt holiday tale centered around everyone's favorite disaster-prone middle school student, Greg Heffley, which finds him desperately fighting to stay off Santa's naughty list as the family prepares for a major winter snowstorm.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever

2023

Drillbit Taylor poster
5.8

Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.

Drillbit Taylor

2008

Shall We Dance? poster
6.4

A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.

Shall We Dance?

2004

Eddie poster
5.5

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima

Eddie

1996

Wish Wizard poster
3.7

When two kids wish for their parents to listen to their dreams, a whole world opens up to them.

Wish Wizard

2014

Room 6 poster
4.6

A schoolteacher with a phobia of hospitals finds herself searching for her boyfriend inside one while teaming up with a man suffering the same ordeal that she's in.

Room 6

2006

Entry Level poster
4.8

After losing his restaurant, chef CLAY MAGUIRE must start his career all over--at the bottom. Pushing forty with no "corporate skill-set", Clay enters the strange world of the Unemployable Interviewees of America. Clay and his fellow job-seekers strive for dignity, success, or at least a job taking customer service calls from prison inmates for minimum wage. A hilarious, insightful look at job interviews, finding the courage to start all over, and life at the ENTRY LEVEL.

Entry Level

2007

Wreckage poster
4.0

Jared, Kate, Rick, and Jessica find themselves stranded in a wreckage yard after their car breaks down during a drag race. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office receives notice that a convict escaped from a local state prison. As the teenagers mysteriously disappear one by one, the killer grows hungry and the thriller continues to unravel.

Wreckage

2010

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate poster
5.3

Hollywood's finest pay tribute to "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" for an uncensored and unforgettable celebration at The Dolby Theater.

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

2019

Jersey poster
NR

There's family you love, there's family you hate... and then there's your mother.

Jersey

2020

Wedding Day poster
4.0

This thriller from directors Dale Fabrigar and André Gordon concerns two couples who decide to marry on the same day - readily anticipating the most joyous event of their young lives. All hell breaks loose, however, when three men - including a minister, a drug addict and a jealous brother - unleash violence on the ceremonies.

Wedding Day

2012

Coffee Date poster
5.0

Todd's life takes a turn when his friendship with a homosexual causes everyone in his life to start questioning his sexuality.

Coffee Date

2006

Psycho Stripper poster
6.4

A week before her wedding, dance studio instructor Amber Clarke suddenly finds herself the obsession of Hunter, the brooding, sexy male dancer from her bachelorette party, who is harboring a dark vendetta.

Psycho Stripper

2019

Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident poster
5.3

Lisa Ann Walter's long-awaited debut comedy special takes on feral Gen-Xers, self-loathing, and navigating a backsliding America, via the no-filter lens of a grown-ass woman who has been paying attention.

Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident

2026

Get Your Stuff poster
5.7

A wealthy professional gay couple, who wish to adopt children, see their lives turned topsy turvy when they take in two misbehaving brothers.

Get Your Stuff

2000

Early Bird Special poster
10.0

A black comedy that was produced but immediately went into arbitration and was seemingly not released.

Early Bird Special

2001

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade poster
10.0

A festive parade at Magic Kingdom, highlighting Disney characters, seasonal performances, and musical guests, heavily celebrating the resort's 25th-anniversary "birthday cake" castle transformation.

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

1996

The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy poster
NR

A night of raunchy chick comedy, with a trash talkin', crazy sexy star powered line up. Starring some of New York and Los Angeles' edgiest and raunchiest comics, THE NAUGHTY SHOW was recorded at the historic IVAR THEATER in Hollywood in December 2004. Featuring 90 minutes of some of the raunchiest female stand-up comedy to ever grace the stage, The Naughty Show has it all: sexy women telling it like it is, non-stop laughter, and an extra treat for the ladies in the audience - The Naughty Boys GoGo Team!

The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy

2005

Dependent's Day poster
5.7

Claimed as a 'dependent' by his successful bread-winning girlfriend Alice, Cam struggles to prove himself as he stumbles through different jobs and life's obstacles in the hopes to live out his Hollywood dream and finally rise to the occasion.

Dependent's Day

2016

The Right Mom poster
8.1

While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shocking details.

The Right Mom

2021

Behind the camera