Clea DuVall

Biography

Clea Helen D’Etienne DuVall is an American actress, writer, producer and director. She is best known for her role as Sofie on the HBO television series Carnivàle (2003–05), as well as for films such as The Faculty (1998), But I’m a Cheerleader (1999), Girl, Interrupted (1999), and The Grudge (2004). She is also known for her roles as Cora Lijek in the Academy Award–winning film Argo (2012), Audrey Hanson on NBC’s Heroes (2006–07), Wendy Peyser on FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum (2012–13), and Emma Borden on Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015).

Clea played Marjorie on the HBO political comedy, Veep, for which she has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.