Biography - Clea DuVall

Who is Clea DuVall?

Clea DuVall is an actress, writer, producer, and director by profession. The American is best known for starring in the films The Grudge, Argo, and TV series Veep, American Horror Story: Asylum, The Handmaid's Tale, The Intervention, etc.

Clea DuVall – Age, Parents, Siblings

Clea DuVall was born as Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall to mother Rosemary Hatch and father Stephen DuVall, who is also an actor. Her birthday is on September 25, 1977, and was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She does not have any siblings and was raised as an only child.

Education, Ethnicity

For education she attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, graduating in June 1995.

Her ethnicity includes Hungarian, English, French, and Welsh.

Clea DuVall – Sexuality, Girlfriend, Wife

Clea DuVall identifies as lesbian and a firm supporter of LGBTQ. On social media, she revealed that she first came out to her mother and later to the public in 2016. 

She was last pictured with her girlfriend in December 2014. Like most of her early life, she prefers to keep her romantic life and relationships out of the public eye. She married Mia Weier. She and her wife do not have any children yet.

Clea DuVall – Career

Early Days

DuVall began her career as an actress in the mid-1990s. Her first noticeable role was in the 1996 film Little Witches in which she played Kelsey. This was followed by minor roles in the films The Alarmist (1997), Niagara, Niagara (1997), Girl (1998), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), etc. She also had guest appearances in the episode(s) of the TV series Dangerous Minds (1996), ER (1997), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), among others.

Finally, in 1998, Clea DuVall landed the role of Stokely "Stokes" Mitchell in the film The Faculty which is considered her breakthrough role.

Films, TV Series

Since her major role, DuVall has starred in dozens of TV series as well as films. She has been credited with the films She's All That (1999), Wildflowers (1999), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Girl, Interrupted (1999), The Grudge (2004), Passengers (2008), Argo (2012), Heaven's Floor (2016), to name a few. 

Her directional debut was the 2016 film The Intervention, which she also wrote, directed, produced as well as starred in. She is the director and co-writer of the 2020 film Happiest Season.

Likewise, Clea DuVall has worked in dozens of TV series. She portrayed characters in the episode(s) of Carnivàle (2003-2005), Heros (2006-2007), Grey's Anatomy (2008), Private Practice (2010), Bones (2010), CSI: Miami (2011), The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015), Veep (2016-2019), The Handmaid's Tale (2018-2019), etc.

Clea DuVall has also worked in the TV films On the Edge of Innocence (1997), How to Make a Monster (2001), The Laramie Project (2002), The Watch (2008), Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014), among others.

Co-stars

On the set of Veep, Clea DuVall has worked with Reid Scott, Matt Walsh, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, and Sufe Bradshaw.

Clea DuVall – Awards, Nominations

For her work as an actress, she has been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards, among which she won two- one in 2013 and the other in 2018. She has also won Hollywood Film Awards (2012) and earned an award nomination at Sundance Film Festival (2016).

Clea DuVall – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Clea DuVall is estimated at $1.5 million while the figure for her annual salary is yet to be known.

Clea DuVall – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Clea DuVall is active on Instagram and Twitter with thousands of followers but is absent from Facebook.