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 (95)
Swiped
2025
Poker Face
2023
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
2022
The First Lady
2022
HouseBroken
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
All About Nina
2018
The Romanoffs
2018
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
Heaven's Floor
2016
Zen Dog
2016
The Intervention
2016
Take My Wife
2016
Addicted to Fresno
2015
Shelter
2015
MA / DDY
2015
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
2015
Better Call Saul
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
2014
In Security
2014
Jackie & Ryan
2014
Broad City
2014
Argo
2012
Veep
2012
The Newsroom
2012
And Baby Will Fall
2011
American Horror Story
2011
New Girl
2011
Conviction
2010
Lez Chat
2010
The Event
2010
The Killing Room
2009
Virtuality
2009
Lie to Me
2009
Virtuality
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Passengers
2008
The Watch
2008
Anamorph
2007
Ten Inch Hero
2007
Zodiac
2007
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007
Private Practice
2007
Saving Grace
2007
Out There
2006
Two Weeks
2006
Heroes
2006
Top Chef
2006
Fathers and Sons
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Bones
2005
The Grudge
2004
Helter Skelter
2004
21 Grams
2003
Identity
2003
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003
Carnivàle
2003
The Slaughter Rule
2002
The Laramie Project
2002
CSI: Miami
2002
Ghosts of Mars
2001
How to Make a Monster
2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
See Jane Run
2001
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
2001
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
Wildflowers
2000
Committed
2000
Bear to the Right
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Fugitive
2000
She's All That
1999
Girl, Interrupted
1999
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Sleeping Beauties
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Popular
1999
Teen Choice Awards
1999
The Faculty
1998
How to Make the Cruelest Month
1998
Girl
1998
Can't Hardly Wait
1998
The Alarmist
1998
Niagara, Niagara
1998
The Defenders: Payback
1997
On the Edge of Innocence
1997
Crisis Center
1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
Little Witches
1996
Dangerous Minds
1996
ER
1994
Law & Order
1990
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