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 Carnivàle (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 has voiced Elsa on Fox's HouseBroken, which she co-created, since 2021.
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–present).
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High School (2022–present). DuVall was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her forename derives from the novel Clea by Lawrence Durrell. She worked...
Rodriguez with a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster, CleaDuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie...
Happiest Season is a 2020 American romantic comedy film directed by CleaDuVall, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mary Holland. Starring an ensemble cast...
HouseBroken is an American animated sitcom created by Jennifer Crittenden, CleaDuVall, and Gabrielle Allan that premiered on Fox on May 31, 2021. In August...
series. It stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland, CleaDuVall, and Bill Pullman. Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki, and Takashi Matsuyama portray...
all at the same time". The film was the directorial debut of actress CleaDuVall, who wrote the character of Annie, an uptight alcoholic, specifically...
done/She gave her father forty-one." Christina Ricci as Lizzie Borden CleaDuVall as Emma Borden Billy Campbell as Andrew Jennings John Maclaren as Rev...
her personal friends; she is particularly close to Melanie Lynskey and CleaDuVall. She said of her friendship with Chloë Sevigny, "[She is] more than my...
Releasing. It stars Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, CleaDuVall and Joanna Cassidy. Set on a colonized Mars in the 22nd century, the...
psychological thriller film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring CleaDuVall, Nick Cannon, Chloë Sevigny and Timothy Hutton. It premiered at the 2009...
played Sloane in the romantic comedy film Happiest Season, directed by CleaDuVall. In 2021, she starred as a celebrity guest voice in the fifth season...
the modern police The Watch (2008 film), a made-for-TV film starring CleaDuVall The Watch (2012 film), a science fiction comedy film starring Ben Stiller...