Clea Lewis
Clea Lewis | |
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Spouse | Peter Ackerman |
Children | Stanley (b. 2002) Alvin (b. 2005) |
Clea Lewis (born July 19, 1965)[1] is an American actress and singer, best known for her television role as Ellen's annoying friend, Audrey Penney[2] in Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom Ellen.
Personal life
Lewis was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to a writer mother and a former vaudeville performer and lawyer father.[3] Lewis graduated from Brown University in 1987. Her husband, Peter Ackerman, and she have two sons, Stanley, born in 2002, and Alvin, born in 2005.
Career
Lewis appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Flying Blind. She also appeared in the first episode of Friends, in which she played Frannie. She has appeared in numerous films, including Scotch & Milk, The Rich Man's Wife, and Diabolique. In 2000, she did the voice of Amy Lawrence in Tom Sawyer. Lewis played Gina, a chatty ad agency worker, in 2007's Perfect Stranger. She also voiced various characters in the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants.
She also appeared on the short-lived Andy Barker, P.I. as Jenny Barker, the wife of the title character.
Her somewhat nasal, squeaky voice has meant a great deal of animation voice-over work for Lewis, including in both television (ABC's Saturday morning cartoon, Pepper Ann) and film (Ice Age: The Meltdown). She also recorded the book-on-CD for The Princess Diaries.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1991 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Lyla | Scott Goldstein | TV series (one episode: "It's a Wonderful Laugh") |
1992 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Cindy | Shelley Jensen | TV series (one episode: "Hilary Gets a Life") |
Hero | Sylvia | Stephen Frears | ||
1992–93 | Flying Blind | Megan | TV series (22 episodes) | |
1994 | Friends | Franny | James Burrows | TV series (one episode: "The Pilot") |
1995 | Mad About You | Salesgirl | Michael Lembeck | TV series (one episode: "Purseona") |
Double Rush | Danielle | Michael Lembeck (2) | TV series (one episode: "Love Letters") | |
1996 | Diabolique | Lisa Campos | Jeremiah S. Chechik | |
The Rich Man's Wife | Nora Golden | Amy Holden Jones | ||
1994–98 | Ellen | Audrey Penney | TV Series (80 episodes) | |
1998 | Scotch and Milk | Ilsa | Adam Goldberg | |
1998–99 | Maggie Winters | Rachel Tomlinson | TV series (16 episodes) | |
1999 | Tracey Takes On... | Carol | George McGrath | TV series (one episode: "Road Rage") |
The Angry Beavers | Wanda, Woman on TV (voice) | Robert F. Hughes | TV series (one episode: "Tough Love/A Little Dad'll Do You") | |
1997–2000 | Pepper Ann | Nicky Little (voice) | TV series (62 episodes) | |
2000 | Madigan Men | Wendy | Suzanne Kiley | TV series (one episode: "Pilot") |
The Office Party | Grace | Chiara Edmands | Short | |
Tom Sawyer | Amy Lawrence (voice) | Paul Sabella | Direct-to-video | |
2004 | Superstore | Joan | Sam Zalutsky | Short |
2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Female Mini Sloth, Dung Beetle Mom (voice) | Carlos Saldanha | |
2007 | Perfect Stranger | Gina | James Foley | |
Andy Barker, P.I. | Jenny Barker | Jason Ensler | TV series (six episodes) | |
2008 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Heaven Moscowitz | Peter Leto | TV series (one episode: "Trade") |
2009 | Motherhood | Lily | Katherine Dieckmann | |
Confessions of a Shopaholic | Miss Ptaszinski | P. J. Hogan | ||
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Start Mom (voice) | Carlos Saldanha (2) Mike Thurmeier |
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2010 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Emily | Andy Ackerman | TV series (one episode: "Truth or Dare") |
2014 | Life of Crime | Tyra Taylor | Daniel Schechter | |
2015–16 | Royal Pains | Nurse Margaret Redding | TV series (season seven) 5 episodes | |
2017 | The Blacklist | Alex Girard | TV series (one episodes: "Philomena (No. 61)") | |
2017–Present | The Americans | Deirdre Kemp | TV series (season 5) |
References
- ^ "Clea Lewis".
- ^ Clea Lewis is Audrey Penney on Ellen Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Clea Lewis Biography (1982-)". Filmreference.com. 1982-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
External links
- Clea Lewis at IMDb