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

• 2025Swiped — Charlotte
• Poker Face — Emily Cale, Director
• High School — Director, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator
• The First Lady — Tommy
• HouseBroken — Twinkle (voice), Writer, Creator
• 2020Happiest Season — Director, Screenplay, Story
• 2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine — Thanks
• Looking for Alaska — Director
• 2018All About Nina — Paula
• 2018Searching — Thanks
• The Romanoffs — Patricia Callahan
• The Handmaid's Tale — Sylvia
• 2016Heaven's Floor — Julia
• Take My Wife — Audience Member
• 2016The Intervention — Jessie, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2016Zen Dog — Marlene Meeks
• 2015Addicted to Fresno — Regina
• Better Call Saul — Dr. Lara Cruz
• 2015MA / DDY — Dana
• 2015Shelter — Petra
• The Lizzie Borden Chronicles — Emma Borden
• Broad City — Lesley Marnel
• 2014In Security — Lena, Executive Producer
• 2014Jackie & Ryan — Virginia
• 2014Lizzie Borden Took an Ax — Emma Borden
• 2012Argo — Cora Lijek
• The Newsroom — Lilly Hart
• Veep — Marjorie Palmiotti
• American Horror Story — Wendy Peyser
• 2011And Baby Will Fall — Melinda
• New Girl — Camilla
• 2010Conviction — Brenda Marsh
• 2010Lez Chat — Librarian
• The Event — Maya
• Lie to Me — Michelle Russell
• 2009The Killing Room — Kerry Isalano
• 2009Virtuality — Sue Parsons
• Virtuality
• 2008Passengers — Shannon
• 2008The Watch — Cassie
• 2007Anamorph — Sandy Strickland
• 2007Itty Bitty Titty Committee — Singer (uncredited)
• Private Practice — Natasha
• Saving Grace — Maura Darrell
• 2007Ten Inch Hero — Jen
• 2007Zodiac — Linda del Buono
• Heroes — Audrey Hanson
• 2006Out There — Billy
• 2006Two Weeks — Katrina
• Bones — McKenna Grant
• 2005Fathers and Sons — Laura (uncredited)
• Grey's Anatomy — Jennifer Robinson
• Numb3rs — Melanie Bailey
• 2004Helter Skelter — Linda Kasabian
• 2004The Grudge — Jennifer Williams
• 200321 Grams — Claudia
• Carnivàle — Sofie
• 2003Identity — Ginny
• CSI: Miami — Lyla Moore
• 2002The Laramie Project — Amanda Gronich
• 2002The Slaughter Rule — Skyla Sisco
• 2001Ghosts of Mars — Bashira Kincaid
• 2001How to Make a Monster — Laura
• 2001See Jane Run — Jane
• 2001Thirteen Conversations About One Thing — Beatrice
• 2000Bear to the Right — Waitress
• 2000But I'm a Cheerleader — Graham
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Abigail Spencer
• 2000Committed — Mimi
• The Fugitive — Lynette Hennessy
• 2000Wildflowers — Cally
• 1999A Slipping Down Life — Nurse
• 1999Girl, Interrupted — Georgina
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Mia Latimer
• Popular — Wanda Rickets
• 1999She's All That — Misty
• 1999Sleeping Beauties — Clea
• 1999The Astronaut's Wife — Nan
• 1998Can't Hardly Wait — Jana
• 1998Girl — Gillian
• 1998How to Make the Cruelest Month — Bell Bryant
• 1998Niagara, Niagara — Convenience Store Clerk
• 1998The Alarmist — Suzy
• 1998The Faculty — Stokely
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Marcie Ross
• Crisis Center — Laura Thomas
• 1997On the Edge of Innocence — Ann
• 1997The Defenders: Payback — Jessica Lane
• Dangerous Minds — Nina
• 1996Little Witches — Kelsey
• ER — Katie Reed
• Law & Order — Amanda Green
• Abbi and the Eighth Wonder — Director
• Polly Pocket — Director
• Untitled Happiest Season Sequel — Director, Writer
• Untitled Troop Beverly Hills 2 — Director, Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2022'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge
• Top Chef — Self - Judge
• 2003Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show — Self
• 2001Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self