![]() ![]() Her comic memoir, The Best Thing About My Ass Is That It's Behind Me, was published in May 2011. It was far from her usual role, as she played a very serious character in a drama. On December 19, 2011, she appeared on Rizzoli & Isles as a ballet coach, J.J. She has developed a series for the Oxygen network called Dance Your Ass Off. She made it to the final three but was eliminated in the sixth episode. In early 2008, Walter was in the comedy film Drillbit Taylor, and also starred on the VH1 reality series Celebracadabra, in which celebrities competed to see who was the best magician among them. Later that May she served as a judge on the ABC reality TV show The Next Best Thing, which searched for the best celebrity impersonators in America. In early 2007, Walter had a supporting role as Mabel the bartender in the MyNetworkTV soap opera Watch Over Me. Prior to that, she played Whoopi Goldberg's tarty sidekick Claudine in Eddie (1996). In addition to Bruce Almighty (2003) and Shall We Dance (2004), Walter co-starred in the Disney film The Parent Trap (1998) in the remake of the original classic, she appeared as Chessy, the nanny to Dennis Quaid's character's daughter, who was played by a young Lindsay Lohan. Walter also co-starred in the Bravo series Breaking News and in the NBC sitcom Emeril. Career Īfter five years of standup comedy, Walter starred in her own Fox Network comedy series, My Wildest Dreams (1995), followed by an ABC sitcom, Life's Work (1996–1997), which she both created and starred in. She has twin sons Spencer and Simon Walter(11 October 2000). They had son Jordan(1988) and daughter Delia(1992) before divorcing in 1999. In 1983 she married fellow actor Sam Baum. She graduated with a theater degree from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1983. ![]() The family lived in different places following their father's work, and their childhood homes included Germany and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. She and her older sister, Laura, are the children of a geophysicist British father who was born in France of Alsatian descent and a substitute-teacher mother who was born in Sicily. Walter was born on August 3, 1963, in Silver Spring, Maryland. ![]() 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. 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 a celebrity edition of the game show The Weakest Link. She was formerly the creator and executive producer of Oxygen network reality weight-loss competition series, Dance Your Ass Off. ![]() ©Walt Disney Co.Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) is an American actress, comedian and television producer, best known for her roles as Chessy in the romantic comedy film The Parent Trap and Melissa Schemmenti on the ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary. DIsney Hendrix played the evil stepmother-to-be Meredith Blake in the ’90s film. Walter played Chessy, who worked as a housekeeper for the twins’ father Nick Parker, played by Dennis Quaid. “I don’t know if that is something that could happen but certainly, with Lindsay, you know, doing work again and being as beautiful and talented as she is, certainly, anything is possible. “Look, if Nancy Meyers writes it, it’s going to be genius,” the “Abbott Elementary” star told Extra on Sunday. While the iconic Nancy Meyers-directed film is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, Walter and Hendrix have already announced that they would be willing to be part of a sequel. The duo have remained friends over the years and often showed their support for one another. Getty Images The duo has remained close friends over the years. Lisa Ann Walter brought her “Parent Trap” co-star Elaine Hendrix as her date to the 2023 SAG Awards. On the other hand, Hendrix, 52, looked chic in a black tuxedo with her blonde hair styled in a curly bob.Īs fans of “The Parent Trap” will remember, Hendrix famously portrayed Meredith Blake, the evil stepmother-to-be of Lindsay Lohan - who played twins Hallie and Annie - while Walter played Cheesy, who worked as a housekeeper for the twins’ father Nick Parker (played by Dennis Quaid). Walter, 59, stunned in an off-the-shoulder black gown, which she said she “found five years ago,” with her signature red hair styled in Old Hollywood curls. The duo posed for photos together on Sunday evening as they lit up the red carpet at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California. Lisa Ann Walter hit the 2023 SAG Awards red carpet with a special date - her “Parent Trap” co-star Elaine Hendrix. The best beauty looks of the 2023 SAG Awards - and how to shop them ![]()
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