Clea DuVall has become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents with a resume as extensive as it is versatile.
DuVall serves as the co-showrunner, writer and executive producer of the upcoming drama for Amazon Freevee, “High School.” Based off the best-selling memoir from twin music duo, Tegan and Sara, “High School” is a coming-of-age scripted series told through a backdrop of 90’s grunge and rave culture that is focused on finding your own identity…made even more complicated when you have a twin whose own self-discovery is so similar. Clea directed several episodes of the series as well. DuVall will also return as the voice of “Elsa&rdquo
Clea DuVall has become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents with a resume as extensive as it is versatile.
DuVall serves as the co-showrunner, writer and executive producer of the upcoming drama for Amazon Freevee, “High School.” Based off the best-selling memoir from twin music duo, Tegan and Sara, “High School” is a coming-of-age scripted series told through a backdrop of 90’s grunge and rave culture that is focused on finding your own identity…made even more complicated when you have a twin whose own self-discovery is so similar. Clea directed several episodes of the series as well. DuVall will also return as the voice of “Elsa” for the second season of Fox’s animated series “HouseBroken.” Clea serves as the co-creator, executive producer, and writer for the show. This past year, Clea was seen in Susanne Bier’s “The First Lady,” alongside Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Gillian Anderson. The series acts as a reframing of American leadership, told through the women at the heart of the White House.
In 2020, DuVall directed and co-wrote the romantic holiday comedy, Happiest Season, which premiered on Hulu to record numbers. The film follows Abby (Kristen Stewart) as she learns that her girlfriend, and soon to be fiancé, Harper (Mackenzie Davis) has kept their relationship a secret from her family. Clea made her feature film directorial debut with the indie comedy Intervention, which she also wrote, co-produced and starred in alongside Natasha Lyonne and Jason Ritter. The film won a “Special Jury Prize” at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and premiered to rave reviews.
In 2019, DuVall co-starred in two of television’s most highly rated, award-winning series; HBO’s “Veep” and Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” alongside world-renowned actors such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Elisabeth Moss, Bradley Whitford and many more. Additional television credits include Hulu’s miniseries, “Looking for Alaska,” “Broad City” on Comedy Central, Amazon Studio’s “The Romanoffs,” AMC’s “Better Call Saul,” Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story,” “New Girl,” “Bones,” “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,” “The Newsroom,” “CSI: Miami,” “The Event,” “Private Practice,” “Law & Order,” “Heroes,” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Most known for her roles in iconic cult-classic films Girl, Interrupted and But I’m a Cheerleader, DuVall is no stranger to the big screen. In 2012, DuVall joined Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, and Alan Arkin in the Academy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award winning film, Argo. Additional film credits include How to Make the Cruelest Month, The Faculty, She’s All That, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook, The Grudge, directed by Takashi Shimizu; Zodiac alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr; Jane Simpson’s Little Witches; Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan’s Can’t Hardly Wait; Jonathan Kahn’s Girl, Wildflowers, Committed, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, The Slaughter Rule, Out There, 21 Grams, Identity, The Slaughter Rule, The Conviction, The Killing Room, All About Nina, Zen Dog, Heaven’s Floor, and Ten Inch Hero.
DuVall currently resides in Los Angeles.
