Clea DuVall
Known for: Acting
Born: September 25, 1977
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
64 movies · 40 TV shows, newest first
6.6
Swiped
2025
7.4
Poker Face
2023
5.0
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
2022
7.1
High School
2022
5.7
The First Lady
2022
5.7
HouseBroken
2021
7.1
Happiest Season
2020
5.4
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
7.9
Looking for Alaska
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.4
The Romanoffs
2018
5.8
All About Nina
2018
7.6
Searching
2018
8.2
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
NR
Heaven's Floor
2016
6.0
Zen Dog
2016
5.9
The Intervention
2016
5.4
Take My Wife
2016
5.2
Addicted to Fresno
2015
2.0
Shelter
2015
1.0
MA / DDY
2015
6.5
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
8.7
Better Call Saul
2015
5.9
Jackie & Ryan
2014
5.0
In Security
2014
5.8
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
2014
7.1
Broad City
2014
7.3
Argo
2012
8.1
The Newsroom
2012
7.5
Veep
2012
8.1
American Horror Story
2011
7.4
New Girl
2011
6.3
And Baby Will Fall
2011
7.1
Conviction
2010
6.4
The Event
20101.0
Lez Chat
2010
5.2
Virtuality
2009
7.6
Virtuality
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
7.9
Lie to Me
2009
5.7
The Killing Room
2009
6.1
Passengers
2008
5.2
The Watch
2008
5.5
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007
7.5
Private Practice
2007
5.2
Anamorph
2007
7.4
Saving Grace
2007
7.0
Ten Inch Hero
2007
7.5
Zodiac
2007
6.1
Two Weeks
2006
7.4
Heroes
2006
5.3
Out There
2006
6.9
Top Chef
2006
8.2
Bones
2005
5.1
Fathers and Sons
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
2005
5.9
The Grudge
2004
5.8
Helter Skelter
2004
7.3
21 Grams
2003
7.9
Carnivàle
2003NR
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003
7.2
Identity
2003
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
5.7
The Slaughter Rule
2002
6.2
The Laramie Project
2002
7.6
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
2001
4.3
How to Make a Monster
2001
6.3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
5.2
Ghosts of Mars
2001
9.0
See Jane Run
2001
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
6.4
The Fugitive
2000
5.1
Wildflowers
2000
7.1
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
4.9
Committed
200010.0
Bear to the Right
2000
7.6
Girl, Interrupted
1999
6.6
Popular
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.6
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
9.1
Teen Choice Awards
1999
4.0
Sleeping Beauties
1999
6.3
She's All That
1999
4.4
A Slipping Down Life
1999
6.6
The Faculty
1998
5.0
Girl
1998
4.5
The Alarmist
1998
6.3
Can't Hardly Wait
1998
6.9
Niagara, Niagara
1998
2.5
How to Make the Cruelest Month
1998
4.5
The Defenders: Payback
1997
5.3
On the Edge of Innocence
1997
8.1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
19974.7
Crisis Center
1997
4.1
Little Witches
1996
8.7
Dangerous Minds
1996
7.8
ER
1994
7.3
Law & Order
1990NR
Abbi and the Eighth Wonder
—NR
Untitled Happiest Season Sequel
—NR
Untitled Troop Beverly Hills 2
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NR
Polly Pocket
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