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Clea DuVall

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Clea DuVall

Born September 25, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA54 films

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).

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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.

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Girl, Interrupted posterFirst watchGirl, Interrupted19997.6as GeorginaSet in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland,…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Zodiac poster7.5Zodiac2007Argo poster7.3Argo2012Identity poster7.2Identity200321 Grams poster7.321 Grams2003The Faculty poster6.6The Faculty1998She's All That poster6.3She's All That1999The Grudge poster5.9The Grudge2004But I'm a Cheerleader poster7.1But I'm a Cheerleader2000

Filmography

54 films as actor
  1. 2025SwipedCharlotte
  2. 2018All About NinaPaula
  3. 2016Heaven's FloorJulia
  4. 2016Zen DogMarlene Meeks
  5. 2016The InterventionJessie
  6. 2015Addicted to FresnoRegina
  7. 2015ShelterPetra
  8. 2015MA / DDYDana
  9. 2014Jackie & RyanVirginia
  10. 2014In SecurityLena
  11. 2014Lizzie Borden Took an AxEmma Borden
  12. 2012ArgoCora Lijek
  13. 2011And Baby Will FallMelinda
  14. 2010ConvictionBrenda Marsh
  15. 2010Lez ChatLibrarian
  16. 2009VirtualitySue Parsons
  17. 2009The Killing RoomKerry Isalano
  18. 2008PassengersShannon
  19. 2008The WatchCassie
  20. 2007Itty Bitty Titty CommitteeSinger (uncredited)
  21. 2007AnamorphSandy Strickland
  22. 2007Ten Inch HeroJen
  23. 2007ZodiacLinda del Buono
  24. 2006Two WeeksKatrina
  25. 2006Out ThereBilly
  26. 2005Fathers and SonsLaura (uncredited)
  27. 2004The GrudgeJennifer Williams
  28. 2004Helter SkelterLinda Kasabian
  29. 200321 GramsClaudia
  30. 2003IdentityGinny
  31. 2002The Slaughter RuleSkyla Sisco
  32. 2002The Laramie ProjectAmanda Gronich
  33. 2001How to Make a MonsterLaura
  34. 2001Thirteen Conversations About One ThingBeatrice
  35. 2001Ghosts of MarsBashira Kincaid
  36. 2001See Jane RunJane
  37. 2000WildflowersCally
  38. 2000But I'm a CheerleaderGraham
  39. 2000CommittedMimi
  40. 2000Bear to the RightWaitress
  41. 1999Girl, InterruptedGeorgina
  42. 1999The Astronaut's WifeNan
  43. 1999Sleeping BeautiesClea
  44. 1999She's All ThatMisty
  45. 1999A Slipping Down LifeNurse
  46. 1998The FacultyStokely
  47. 1998GirlGillian
  48. 1998The AlarmistSuzy
  49. 1998Can't Hardly WaitJana
  50. 1998Niagara, NiagaraConvenience Store Clerk
  51. 1998How to Make the Cruelest MonthBell Bryant
  52. 1997The Defenders: PaybackJessica Lane
  53. 1997On the Edge of InnocenceAnn
  54. 1996Little WitchesKelsey