1. Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall was born on September 25,1977 and is an American actress, director and screenwriter.
17 Facts About Clea DuVall
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On television, DuVall starred as Emma Borden in Lizzie Borden Took an Ax and its miniseries spinoff, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.
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Clea DuVall voiced Elsa on Fox's HouseBroken, which she co-created, from 2021 to 2023.
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Clea DuVall is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the Amazon Freevee series High School.
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Clea DuVall's forename derives from the novel Clea by Lawrence Durrell.
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Clea DuVall worked in a coffee shop as a teenager and studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
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Clea DuVall made her screen debut in the low-budget horror film Little Witches.
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Clea DuVall's 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.
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Clea 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 US box office; and the independent features Wildflowers and But I'm a Cheerleader.
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Clea 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".
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Clea DuVall made her feature directorial debut with The Intervention, which she wrote, starred in, and produced.
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Clea DuVall starred in the independent comedy-drama All About Nina, 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]".
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Clea DuVall wrote and directed the 2020 film Happiest Season, a romantic comedy, which premiered on Hulu to a positive critical reception, later winning the 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film.
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Clea DuVall 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.
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Clea DuVall came out to close relations when she was 16, publicly coming out in 2016.
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Clea DuVall has said that she was "very closeted" while making But I'm a Cheerleader.
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Clea DuVall is close friends with Melanie Lynskey and Natasha Lyonne, with whom she worked on But I'm a Cheerleader and The Intervention.