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.
31 movies · 39 shows
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026·4.0
The Year: 2024
2024·0.0
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023·6.7
The Ladies
2022·0.0
The Right Mom
2021·8.1
The Parent Trap Reunion!
2020·0.0
Jersey
2020·0.0
The More Things Change
2019·0.0
Remember Amnesia
2019·0.0
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019·5.3
Psycho Stripper
2019·6.4
Dependent's Day
2016·5.7
Wish Wizard
2014·3.7
Feels So Good
2013·5.1
Wedding Day
2012·4.0
Wreckage
2010·4.0
Killers
2010·6.0
Drillbit Taylor
2008·5.8
Entry Level
2007·4.8
Coffee Date
2006·5.0
Room 6
2006·4.6
The Trouble with Dee Dee
2005·5.6
War of the Worlds
2005·6.6
The Naughty Show: Bad Girls of Comedy
2005·0.0
Shall We Dance?
2004·6.4
Bruce Almighty
2003·6.7
Early Bird Special
2001·10.0
Get Your Stuff
2000·5.7
The Parent Trap
1998·7.2
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996·10.0
Eddie
1996·5.5