Clea DuVall
Acting • Born 1977-09-25
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
96 credits
21 Grams
Movie • 2003
Claudia
Ghosts of Mars
Movie • 2001
Bashira Kincaid
She's All That
Movie • 1999
Misty
The Grudge
Movie • 2004
Jennifer Williams
Girl, Interrupted
Movie • 1999
Georgina
Identity
Movie • 2003
Ginny
The Astronaut's Wife
Movie • 1999
Nan
The Slaughter Rule
Movie • 2002
Skyla Sisco
The Killing Room
Movie • 2009
Kerry Isalano
But I'm a Cheerleader
Movie • 2000
Graham
The Faculty
Movie • 1998
Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
Little Witches
Movie • 1996
Kelsey
Passengers
Movie • 2008
Shannon
Anamorph
Movie • 2007
Sandy Strickland
The Watch
Movie • 2008
Cassie
Ten Inch Hero
Movie • 2007
Jen
Virtuality
Movie • 2009
Sue Parsons
Wildflowers
Movie • 2000
Cally
Conviction
Movie • 2010
Brenda Marsh
How to Make a Monster
Movie • 2001
Laura
Helter Skelter
Movie • 2004
Linda Kasabian
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Movie • 2001
Beatrice
Argo
Movie • 2012
Cora Lijek
And Baby Will Fall
Movie • 2011
Melinda
The Defenders: Payback
Movie • 1997
Jessica Lane
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
Movie • 2014
Emma Borden
How to Make the Cruelest Month
Movie • 1998
Bell Bryant
In Security
Movie • 2014
Lena
Zodiac
Movie • 2007
Linda del Buono
See Jane Run
Movie • 2001
Jane
Addicted to Fresno
Movie • 2015
Regina
Zen Dog
Movie • 2016
Marlene Meeks
Heaven's Floor
Movie • 2016
Julia
Jackie & Ryan
Movie • 2014
Virginia
The Laramie Project
Movie • 2002
Amanda Gronich
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
Movie • 2001
Self
Out There
Movie • 2006
Billy
The Intervention
Movie • 2016
Jessie
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Movie • 2022
Self
Committed
Movie • 2000
Mimi
Shelter
Movie • 2015
Petra
Can't Hardly Wait
Movie • 1998
Jana
Girl
Movie • 1998
Gillian
The Alarmist
Movie • 1998
Suzy
A Slipping Down Life
Movie • 1999
Nurse
On the Edge of Innocence
Movie • 1997
Ann
Two Weeks
Movie • 2006
Katrina
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
Movie • 2007
Singer (uncredited)
All About Nina
Movie • 2018
Paula
MA / DDY
Movie • 2015
Dana
Niagara, Niagara
Movie • 1998
Convenience Store Clerk
Fathers and Sons
Movie • 2005
Laura
Sleeping Beauties
Movie • 1999
Clea
Lez Chat
Movie • 2010
Librarian
Bear to the Right
Movie • 2000
Waitress
Swiped
Movie • 2025
Charlotte
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Movie • 2003
Veep
Movie • 2019
Marjorie Palmiotti
Carnivàle
TV • 2003
Sofie
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Wendy Peyser
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Jennifer Robinson
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Melanie Bailey
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Abigail Spencer
Heroes
TV • 2006
Audrey Hanson
Bones
TV • 2005
McKenna Grant
Broad City
TV • 2014
Lesley Marnel
New Girl
TV • 2011
Camilla
The Romanoffs
TV • 2018
Patricia Callahan
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Maura Darrell
The Event
TV • 2010
Maya
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Amanda Green
Crisis Center
TV • 1997
Laura Thomas
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Natasha
The Fugitive
TV • 2000
Lynette Hennessy
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Lyla Moore
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Mia Latimer
Popular
TV • 1999
Wanda Rickets
ER
TV • 1994
Katie Reed
Lie to Me
TV • 2009
Michelle Russell
Virtuality
TV • 2009
HouseBroken
TV • 2021
Twinkle (voice)
Dangerous Minds
TV • 1996
Nina
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Marcie Ross
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
TV • 2015
Emma Borden
Better Call Saul
TV • 2015
Dr. Lara Cruz
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The First Lady
TV • 2022
Tommy
Take My Wife
TV • 2016
Audience Member
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
The Handmaid's Tale
TV • 2017
Sylvia
Veep
TV • 2012
Marjorie Palmiotti
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Top Chef
TV • 2006
Self - Judge
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Emily Cale
The Newsroom
TV • 2012
Lilly Hart