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      Clea Lewis

      Clea Lewis

      Highest Rated: 88% Antarctica (2020)

      Lowest Rated: 10% Perfect Stranger (2007)

      Birthday: Jul 19, 1965

      Birthplace: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

      Clea Lewis' role as Audrey Penney, with her squeaky voice and totally negative attitude about everyone and everything which constantly annoys her neighbor Ellen DeGeneres on "Ellen" (ABC, 1994-98), turned out to be her breakthrough part. The petite Ohio-born actress began as a child performer with the Cleveland Playhouse. After receiving her degree from Brown, she headed to Chicago where she spent three years with the famed Second City improvisational troupe. Lewis then moved to California expecting to earn an MFA degree at the University of San Diego. While on summer break, she began auditioning in Los Angeles, and won a guest appearance on "Doogie Howser, M.D.," followed by one on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air." In 1992, Lewis had landed a regular role as the secretary on "Flying Blind," a short-lived Fox sitcom, and a part in her first feature, Stephen Frears' "Hero." Still, it was what was supposed to be guest appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' ABC show that launched Lewis. She was a person Ellen did not wish to socialize with, but felt obligated to do so. The audience soon understood Ellen's reluctance, but also enjoyed the character of Audrey. The producers asked Lewis to return and eventually signed her as a regular on the revamped show, "Ellen." Lewis also played a small role in the remake of "Diabolique" and won praise for her role in "The Rich Man's Wife" (both 1996).

      Highest rated movies

      Antarctica
      Life of Crime
      Confessions of a Shopaholic
      Diabolique
      The Rich Man's Wife
      Perfect Stranger

      Photos

      Clea Lewis Clea Lewis at arrivals for THE AMERICANS Season Five Premiere, Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater, New York, NY February 25, 2017. Photo By: RCF/Everett Collection

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      88% No Score Yet Antarctica Diane (Character) - 2020
      68% 37% Life of Crime Tyra (Character) $261.7K 2013
      46% 63% Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Start Mom (Voice) - 2009
      27% 49% Confessions of a Shopaholic Miss Ptaszinski (Character) $44.3M 2009
      10% 51% Perfect Stranger Gina (Character) $23.7M 2007
      No Score Yet 69% Tom Sawyer Amy Lawrence (Voice) - 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Scotch and Milk Ilsa (Character) - 1998
      23% 40% Diabolique Lisa Campos (Character) $16.5M 1996
      13% 39% The Rich Man's Wife Nora Golden (Character) $8.5M 1996

      TV

      Credit
      34% 53% New Amsterdam Louise Lewis (Guest Star) 2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2017
      96% 94% The Americans Deirdre Kemp (Guest Star) 2017
      55% 76% Doubt Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
      94% 75% Royal Pains Margaret Redding (Guest Star) 2015-2016
      89% 77% The New Adventures of Old Christine Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
      78% 81% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Heaven Moscowitz (Guest Star) 2008
      92% No Score Yet Andy Barker, P.I. Unknown (Character) 2007
      45% No Score Yet Madigan Men Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
      40% No Score Yet Maggie Winters Rachel Tomlinson (Character) 1998-1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Ellen Audrey Penney (Character),
      Unknown (Guest Star)
      1995-1998
      57% No Score Yet Double Rush Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad About You Salesperson (Guest Star) 1995
      78% 93% Friends Franny (Guest Star) 1994
      73% No Score Yet Flying Blind Unknown (Character) 1992-1993
      81% 91% The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Unknown (Guest Star) 1992