American actress, writer, producer, and director
Clea DuVall
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DuVall in 2019
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Born
| Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall
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1977-09-25
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September 25, 1977
(age 46)
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Years active
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Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall
(born September 25, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Her film appearances include
The Faculty
(1998);
But I'm a Cheerleader
;
Girl, Interrupted
(both 1999);
Ghosts of Mars
(2001);
Identity
;
21 Grams
(both 2003);
The Grudge
(2004);
Zodiac
(2007); and
Argo
(2012). On television, DuVall starred as Emma Borden in
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
(2014) and its miniseries spinoff,
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
(2015). Her other credits include
Carnivale
(2003?2005),
Heroes
(2006?2007),
American Horror Story
(2012?2013),
Better Call Saul
(2015?2017),
Veep
(2016?2019), and
The Handmaid's Tale
(2018?2022). She also voiced Elsa on
Fox
's
HouseBroken
, which she co-created, from 2021 to 2023.
DuVall's directorial work includes the features
The Intervention
(2016) and
Happiest Season
(2020). She is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the
Amazon Freevee
series
High School
(2022).
Early life
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DuVall was born and raised in
Los Angeles
, California.
[1]
Her forename derives from the novel
Clea
by
Lawrence Durrell
.
[2]
[3]
She worked in a coffee shop as a teenager and studied at the
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
.
[4]
Career
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1996?2000: Career beginnings
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DuVall made her screen debut in the low-budget horror film
Little Witches
(1996). This was followed by small roles in several
independent features
, as well as guest appearances on episodes of
ER
and
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
. Her breakthrough came in 1998 when she starred in
Robert Rodriguez
's sci-fi horror film
The Faculty
, receiving positive reviews for her portrayal of "Stokes" Mitchell, a
goth
high school student.
[5]
[6]
Also that year, she had a supporting role in the teen comedy
Can't Hardly Wait
, which later developed a
cult following
.
[7]
DuVall had roles in several films released in 1999, including biographical drama
Girl, Interrupted
, where she appeared as compulsive liar Georgina Tuskin; teen romantic comedy
She's All That
, which opened atop the U.S. box office;
[8]
and the independent features
Wildflowers
and
But I'm a Cheerleader
. The latter, a satirical comedy in which she played a lesbian undergoing
conversion therapy
, is often cited as a favorite among fans of
LGBT
cinema.
[9]
[10]
For her work in
Wildflowers
, a drama about a 17-year-old obsessed with finding her birth mother, DuVall received rave reviews,
[11]
with Barry Johnson noting in his appraisal for
The Austin Chronicle
, "Clea DuVall has those deep, round, chestnut eyes that convey years of experience with a solitary glance … [she] always seems to capture that unique blend of wisdom and naivete … [here she] takes center stage in an impressive, nuanced performance that makes use of [her] magnetic screen presence".
[12]
2001?2015: Film and television roles
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DuVall had prominent parts in a variety of film projects throughout the early 2000s, such as
Ghosts of Mars
(2001), a
space Western
directed by
John Carpenter
; the ensemble drama
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
(2001);
The Laramie Project
(2002), a documentary-style dramatisation of the murder of
Matthew Shepard
; coming-of-age sports drama
The Slaughter Rule
(2002); the
James Mangold
?directed mystery thriller
Identity
(2003); and the psychological crime drama
21 Grams
(2003), the English-language film debut of
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
. Writing for
The New York Times
,
Elvis Mitchell
called the latter "a ruminative, stunned look at life after death ? that is, the existence of the living after they have been devastated by loss", noting that "The actors [don't] sink to theatrical histrionics; instead they're linked by the red-eyed, unblinking stare of zombies, and they shamble through their day-by-day activities as if saddled with death wishes they are too enervated to act upon".
[13]
DuVall appeared as a regular cast member on the
HBO
drama series
Carnivale
between 2003 and 2005, with the
Los Angeles Times
pointing out that her portrayal of tarot card reader Sophie was "especially good".
[14]
During that period, she also starred in the television film
Helter Skelter
(2004), earning a
Satellite Award
nomination for
Best Actress
, and in the horror film
The Grudge
(2004), which grossed US$187
million at the box office.
[15]
Subsequent credits included guest appearances on
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2005),
Lie to Me
(2009),
Numb3rs
,
Bones
, and
Law & Order
(all 2010), as well as key parts in films such as
David Fincher
's critically acclaimed
Zodiac
(2007),
[16]
and the recurring role of
Audrey Hanson
on the
NBC
science fiction series
Heroes
(2006?2007).
After appearances in the psychological thrillers
Anamorph
(2007) and
Passengers
(2008), and a supporting role in the legal drama
Conviction
(2010), DuVall co-starred in
Ben Affleck
's
Argo
(2012), a political thriller based on the
Iran hostage crisis
. For her portrayal of Cora Amburn-Lijek, one of the six American diplomats rescued from Iran in 1980, DuVall was awarded?alongside her co-stars?the
SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
the following year. Also in 2012, she appeared in a recurring role on the
second season
of the
FX
anthology series
American Horror Story
, playing Wendy Peyser. Writing for
Slate
, Alyssa Rosenberg said of her work in the latter projects, "Where DuVall often played strong, even aggressive characters in the past, in both
American Horror Story
and
Argo
, she's turned in good performances by playing deeply vulnerable people trying to be strong in threatening circumstances".
[17]
DuVall starred as Emma Borden, sister of
Lizzie Borden
?played by
Christina Ricci
?in the
Lifetime
television film
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
(2014), reprising the role for the limited series
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
the following year. The latter received mixed reviews, but critics praised the performances of Ricci and DuVall; writing for
The Hollywood Reporter
, Keith Uhlich said the actresses "have a delectable rapport not too far removed from
Bette Davis
and
Joan Crawford
at their hag-horror peak in
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
"
[18]
Since 2016: Directorial debut and subsequent work
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DuVall made her feature directorial debut with
The Intervention
(2016), which she also wrote, starred in, and produced.
[19]
[20]
Acquired by
Paramount Pictures
after its premiere at the
2016 Sundance Film Festival
,
[21]
the comedy-drama was positively reviewed; Andy Webster of
The New York Times
noted that "DuVall juggles the emotional dynamics with fluid editing and light comic touches".
[22]
That same year, she starred in the independent features
Zen Dogs
and
Heaven's Floor
, and guest-starred in three episodes of
AMC
's
Better Call Saul
.
From 2016 to 2019, DuVall played Marjorie Palmiotti on the HBO political satire
Veep
, for which she was twice nominated?alongside her co-stars?for the
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
, winning in 2018.
[23]
She also starred in the independent comedy-drama
All About Nina
(2018), and played Sylvia in several episodes of the dystopian
Hulu
drama series
The Handmaid's Tale
between 2018 and 2022, with Judy Berman of
Time
calling it "the best work of [DuVall's career]".
[24]
DuVall wrote and directed the 2020 film
Happiest Season
,
[25]
a romantic comedy, which premiered on Hulu to a positive critical reception,
[26]
later winning the 2021
GLAAD Media Award
for Outstanding Film.
[27]
She is the creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the coming-of-age drama series
High School
, which premiered on
Amazon Freevee
in October 2022.
[28]
Rolling Stone
named it one of the best shows of the year,
[29]
writing in their review, "[DuVall captures] the thrilling, horrifying, profoundly uncomfortable experience of adolescence".
[30]
Personal life
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DuVall is a
lesbian
.
[31]
[32]
She came out in 2016,
[33]
and has said that she was "very
closeted
" while making
But I'm a Cheerleader
.
[34]
She is close friends with
Melanie Lynskey
and
Natasha Lyonne
, whom she worked with on
But I'm a Cheerleader
and
The Intervention
.
[35]
DuVall is married and lives in Los Angeles.
[36]
[37]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Accolades
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See also
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References
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