Clea Lewis
| Clea Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 19, 1965 Cleveland Heights, Ohio |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Ackerman |
| Children |
Stanley (b. 2002) Alvin (b. 2005) |
Clea Lewis (born July 19, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her television role as Ellen's annoying friend Audrey Penney[1] 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.[2] Lewis graduated from Brown University in 1987. She and her husband, Peter Ackerman, have two sons, Stanley born in 2002 and Alvin born in 2005.
Career
Lewis has also 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Lyla | Scott Goldstein | TV Series (1 Episode : "It's a Wonderful Laugh") |
| 1992 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Cindy | Shelley Jensen | TV Series (1 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 (1 Episode : "The Pilot") |
| 1995 | Mad About You | Salesgirl | Michael Lembeck | TV Series (1 Episode : "Purseona") |
| Double Rush | Danielle | Michael Lembeck (2) | TV Series (1 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 (1 Episode : "Road Rage") |
| The Angry Beavers | Wanda | Robert F. Hughes | TV Series (1 Episode : "Tough Love/A Little Dad'll Do You") | |
| 1997-2000 | Pepper Ann | Nicky Little | TV Series (62 Episodes) | |
| 2000 | Madigan Men | Wendy | Suzanne Kiley | TV Series (1 Episode : "Pilot") |
| The Office Party | Grace | Chiara Edmands | Short | |
| 2004 | Superstore | Joan | Sam Zalutsky | Short |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Female Mini Sloth & Dung Beetle Mom's voices |
Carlos Saldanha | |
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Gina | James Foley | |
| Andy Barker, P.I. | Jenny Barker | Jason Ensler | TV Series (6 Episodes) | |
| 2008 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Heaven Moscowitz | Peter Leto | TV Series (1 Episode : "Trade") |
| 2009 | Motherhood | Lily | Katherine Dieckmann | |
| Confessions of a Shopaholic | Miss Ptaszinski | P. J. Hogan | ||
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Start Mom's voice | Carlos Saldanha (2) Mike Thurmeier |
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| 2010 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Emily | Andy Ackerman | TV Series (1 Episode : "Truth or Dare") |
| 2014 | Life of Crime | Tyra Taylor | Daniel Schechter | |
| 2015 | Royal Pains | Nurse Margaret Redding | TV Series (Season 7) |
References
- ↑ Clea Lewis is Audrey Penney on Ellen
- ↑ "Clea Lewis Biography (1965-)". Filmreference.com. 1965-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-10.