Clea DuVall
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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grey's Anatomy
Law & Order
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Bones
Private Practice
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Better Call Saul
All Movies (57)
- Swiped2025 · as Charlotte
- 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen2022 · as Self
- All About Nina2018 · as Paula
- Heaven's Floor2016 · as Julia
- Zen Dog2016 · as Marlene Meeks
- The Intervention2016 · as Jessie
- Addicted to Fresno2015 · as Regina
- Shelter2015 · as Petra
- MA / DDY2015 · as Dana
- Jackie & Ryan2014 · as Virginia
- In Security2014 · as Lena
- Lizzie Borden Took an Ax2014 · as Emma Borden
- Argo2012 · as Cora Lijek
- And Baby Will Fall2011 · as Melinda
- Conviction2010 · as Brenda Marsh
- Lez Chat2010 · as Librarian
- Virtuality2009 · as Sue Parsons
- The Killing Room2009 · as Kerry Isalano
- Passengers2008 · as Shannon
- The Watch2008 · as Cassie
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee2007 · as Singer (uncredited)
- Anamorph2007 · as Sandy Strickland
- Ten Inch Hero2007 · as Jen
- Zodiac2007 · as Linda del Buono
- Two Weeks2006 · as Katrina
- Out There2006 · as Billy
- Fathers and Sons2005 · as Laura (uncredited)
- The Grudge2004 · as Jennifer Williams
- Helter Skelter2004 · as Linda Kasabian
- 21 Grams2003 · as Claudia
- Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show2003
- Identity2003 · as Ginny
- The Slaughter Rule2002 · as Skyla Sisco
- The Laramie Project2002 · as Amanda Gronich
- Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars2001 · as Self
- How to Make a Monster2001 · as Laura
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing2001 · as Beatrice
- Ghosts of Mars2001 · as Bashira Kincaid
- See Jane Run2001 · as Jane
- Wildflowers2000 · as Cally
- But I'm a Cheerleader2000 · as Graham
- Committed2000 · as Mimi
- Bear to the Right2000 · as Waitress
- Girl, Interrupted1999 · as Georgina
- The Astronaut's Wife1999 · as Nan
- Sleeping Beauties1999 · as Clea
- She's All That1999 · as Misty
- A Slipping Down Life1999 · as Nurse
- The Faculty1998 · as Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
- Girl1998 · as Gillian
- The Alarmist1998 · as Suzy
- Can't Hardly Wait1998 · as Jana
- Niagara, Niagara1998 · as Convenience Store Clerk
- How to Make the Cruelest Month1998 · as Bell Bryant
- The Defenders: Payback1997 · as Jessica Lane
- On the Edge of Innocence1997 · as Ann
- Little Witches1996 · as Kelsey
All TV Shows (38)
- Poker Face2023 · as Emily Cale
- The First Lady2022 · as Tommy
- HouseBroken2021 · as Twinkle (voice)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- The Romanoffs2018 · as Patricia Callahan
- The Handmaid's Tale2017 · as Sylvia
- Take My Wife2016 · as Audience Member
- The Lizzie Borden Chronicles2015 · as Emma Borden
- The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
- Better Call Saul2015 · as Dr. Lara Cruz
- Broad City2014 · as Lesley Marnel
- The Newsroom2012 · as Lilly Hart
- Veep2012 · as Marjorie Palmiotti
- American Horror Story2011 · as Wendy Peyser
- New Girl2011 · as Camilla
- The Event2010 · as Maya
- Virtuality2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
- Lie to Me2009 · as Michelle Russell
- Private Practice2007 · as Natasha
- Saving Grace2007 · as Maura Darrell
- Heroes2006 · as Audrey Hanson
- Top Chef2006 · as Self - Judge
- Bones2005 · as McKenna Grant
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Jennifer Robinson
- Numb3rs2005 · as Melanie Bailey
- Carnivàle2003 · as Sofie
- CSI: Miami2002 · as Lyla Moore
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Abigail Spencer
- The Fugitive2000 · as Lynette Hennessy
- Popular1999 · as Wanda Rickets
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Mia Latimer
- Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997 · as Marcie Ross
- Crisis Center1997 · as Laura Thomas
- Dangerous Minds1996 · as Nina
- ER1994 · as Katie Reed
- Law & Order1990 · as Amanda Green