Clea DuVall

Clea DuVall
Born	Clea Helen D'etienne DuVall (1977-09-25) September 25, 1977 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Clea Duvall
Occupation	Actress, producer
Years active	1996–present

Clea Helen D'etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Sofie on the HBO television series Carnivàle (2003–05), as well as for films such as The Faculty (1998), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Girl, Interrupted (1999), and The Grudge (2004). She is also known for her roles as Cora Lijek in the Academy Award–winning film Argo (2012), Audrey Hanson on NBC's Heroes (2006–07), Wendy Peyser on FX's American Horror Story: Asylum (2012–13), and Emma Borden on Lifetime's The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015).

Early life

DuVall was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Rosemary (née Hatch) and Stephen "Steph" DuVall. Her father is also an actor, mostly remembered as Conner Wells in the Steven Seagal film The Keeper.

Career

Prior to making her debut in Little Witches, she worked in a coffee shop. She appeared in various films and episodes of television shows such as ER and Buffy the Vampire Slayer before her breakthrough role as a goth student in Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty. She then portrayed an institutionalized pathological liar in the acclaimed Girl, Interrupted, as well as a lesbian enrolled in therapy camp in the indie hit But I'm a Cheerleader. Major roles in The Astronaut's Wife (1999), Ghosts of Mars (2001) and Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) followed.

After appearing in The Laramie Project (2002), Identity (2003) and 21 Grams (2003), DuVall starred in HBO's Emmy Award-winning Carnivàle, which ran from 2003–2005. During that time, she also starred in Helter Skelter (2004), which earned her a Satellite Award nomination, and The Grudge (2004). Other projects include Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007), David Fincher's Zodiac (2007), and a recurring role on NBC's hit science fiction drama series Heroes. In 2008, she starred with Anne Hathaway in the thriller film Passengers.

In 2012, she starred in the Ben Affleck film Argo, in which she portrayed Cora Lijek, a Japanese-American who was one of the six American diplomats rescued from Iran in 1980. She, along with the rest of the Argo cast, received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. That same year, DuVall also appeared in a recurring role in the second season of the FX anthology horror-drama series American Horror Story, as the girlfriend of Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson), Wendy Peyser. DuVall has directed a short film called It's Not Easy Being Green, starring Leisha Hailey, Carnivàle co-star Carla Gallo and herself. She also took promotional pictures for Uh Huh Her. In 2014, she appeared as Emma Borden on Lifetime's Lizzie Borden Took an Ax and then reprised her role in Lifetime's The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Little Witches	Kelsey
1997	On the Edge of Innocence	Ann	Television film
1997	The Alarmist	Suzy
1997	Niagara, Niagara	Convenience Store Clerk
1997	The Defenders: Payback	Jessica Lane	Television film
1998	How to Make the Cruelest Month	Bell Bryant
1998	Girl	Gillian
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Jana
1998	The Faculty	Stokely "Stokes" Mitchell
1999	A Slipping-Down Life	Nurse
1999	She's All That	Misty
1999	Wildflowers	Cally
1999	Sleeping Beauties	Clea	Short film
1999	The Astronaut's Wife	Nan
1999	But I'm a Cheerleader	Graham Eaton
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Georgina Tuskin
2000	Committed	Mimi
2000	Bear to the Right	Waitress	Short film
2001	See Jane Run	Jane Whittaker
2001	Ghosts of Mars	Bashira Kincaid
2001	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Beatrice "Bea"
2001	How to Make a Monster	Laura	Television film
2002	The Laramie Project	Amanda Gronich	Television film
2002	The Slaughter Rule	Skyla Sisco
2003	Identity	Ginny Isiana
2003	21 Grams	Claudia
2004	Helter Skelter	Linda Kasabian	Television film
2004	The Grudge	Jennifer Williams
2005	Two Weeks	Katrina
2005	Fathers and Sons	Laura	Television film; uncredited
2006	Champions	Billy
2007	Zodiac	Linda del Buono
2007	Ten Inch Hero	Jen
2007	Itty Bitty Titty Committee	Singer
2007	Anamorph	Sandy Strickland
2008	Passengers	Shannon
2008	The Watch	Cassie	Television film
2009	The Killing Room	Kerry Isalano
2010	Conviction	Brenda Marsh
2010	Lez Chat	Librarian	Short film
2011	And Baby Will Fall	Melinda White	Television film
2012	Argo	Cora Lijek
2013	Armed Response	Lena	Also executive producer. Original title of film was "In Security".
2014	Lizzie Borden Took an Ax	Emma Borden	Television film
2014	Your Right Mind
2014	Zen Dog	Marlene Meeks	Post-production
2014	Heaven's Floor	Julia	Post-production
2015	Ma/ddy	Dana
2015	Addicted to Fresno	Regina
2015	Jackie & Ryan	Virginia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Dangerous Minds	Nina	Episode: "Evolution"
1997	ER	Katie Reed	2 episodes
1997	Crisis Center	Laura Thomas	Episode: "Where Truth Lies"
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Marcie Ross	Episode: "Out of Mind, Out of Sight"
2000	Popular	Wanda Rickets	2 episodes
2001	The Fugitive	Lynette Hennessy	2 episodes
2003–05	Carnivàle	Sofie Agnesh Bojakshiya	23 episodes
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Abigail Spencer	Episode: "Shooting Stars"
2006–07	Heroes	Agent Audrey Hanson	7 episodes
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Jennifer Robinson	2 episodes
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mia Latimer	Episode: "Persona"
2009	Virtuality	Sue Parsons	Unsold TV pilot
2009	Saving Grace	Maura Darrell	Episode: "Looks Like a Lesbian Attack to Me"
2009	Lie to Me	Michelle Russell	Episode: "Blinded"
2010	Private Practice	Natasha	Episode: "Fear of Flying
2010	Bones	McKenna Grant	Episode: "The Bones on the Blue Line"
2010	Numb3rs	Melanie Bailey	Episode: "Devil Girl"
2010	Law & Order	Amanda Green	Episode: "The Taxman Cometh"
2010–11	The Event	Maya	3 episodes
2011	CSI: Miami	Lyla Moore	Episode: "About Face"
2012–13	American Horror Story: Asylum	Wendy Peyser	5 episodes
2014	The Newsroom	Lilly Hart	2 episodes
2015	Better Call Saul	Dr. Cruz	Episode: "Alpine Shepherd Boy"
2015	The Lizzie Borden Chronicles	Emma Borden	8 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	Satellite Awards	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Helter Skelter	Nominated
2013	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Argo	Won

External links

• Clea DuVall at the Internet Movie Database