Name Clea Lewis Children Stanley Keats Ackerman | Spouse Peter Ackerman (m. 2000) Role Actress | |
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Movies and TV shows Ellen, Perfect Stranger, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinos, Ice Age: The Meltdown Similar People Joely Fisher, Amy Holden Jones, P J Hogan, Carlos Saldanha, Carol Black | ||
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Clea Lewis (born July 19, 1965) is an American actress and singer, best known for her television role as Ellen's annoying friend, Audrey Penney in Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom Ellen.
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Personal life
Lewis was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to a writer mother and a former vaudeville performer and lawyer father. 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
Actress
2022
New Amsterdam (TV Series) as
Louise Lewis
- The Empty Spaces (2022) - Louise Lewis
2021
American Rust (TV Series) as
Jillian
- St. Sebastian (2021) - Jillian
- Blue Mountains (2021) - Jillian
- Jojo Ameri-GO (2021) - Jillian
- The Mill (2021) - Jillian
2020
Antarctica as
Diane
2017
The Blacklist (TV Series) as
Alexa Girard
- Philomena (No. 61) (2017) - Alexa Girard
2017
The Americans (TV Series) as
Deirdre Kemp
- Immersion (2017) - Deirdre Kemp
- The Committee on Human Rights (2017) - Deirdre Kemp
- Lotus 1-2-3 (2017) - Deirdre Kemp
- What's the Matter with Kansas? (2017) - Deirdre Kemp
2017
Doubt (TV Series) as
Tanya Gibson
- Pilot (2017) - Tanya Gibson
2015
Royal Pains (TV Series) as
Margaret Redding
- Doubt of Africa (2016) - Margaret Redding
- Lama Trauma (2015) - Margaret Redding
- Secret Asian Man (2015) - Margaret Redding
- Playing Doctor (2015) - Margaret Redding
- False Start (2015) - Margaret Redding
2015
The Affair (TV Series) as
Simone
- Episode #2.4 (2015) - Simone
2013
Life of Crime as
Tyra Taylor
2010
The New Adventures of Old Christine (TV Series) as
Emily
- Truth or Dare (2010) - Emily
2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as
Start Mom (voice)
2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic as
Miss Ptaszinski
2009
Motherhood as
Lily
2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) as
Heaven Moscowitz
- Trade (2008) - Heaven Moscowitz
2007
Perfect Stranger as
Gina
2007
Andy Barker, P.I. (TV Series) as
Jenny Barker
- Three Days of the Chicken (2007) - Jenny Barker
- The Lady Varnishes (2007) - Jenny Barker
- The Big No Sleep (2007) - Jenny Barker
- Fairway, My Lovely (2007) - Jenny Barker
- Dial M for Laptop (2007) - Jenny Barker
- Pilot (2007) - Jenny Barker
2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown as
Female Mini Sloth / Dung Beetle Mom (voice)
2004
Superstore (Short) as
Joan
2000
The Office Party (Short) as
Grace
1997
Pepper Ann (TV Series) as
Nicky Little / Nicky
- The Finale (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The Word/The Perfect Couple (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Unhappy Campers/The Search for Pepper Ann Pearson (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Moose in Love/Two's Company (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Forging Ahead/Reality Bytes (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The Way They Were (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The Amazing Becky Little (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- My Mother, Myself (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Bye, Bye Trinket/P.A.'s Pop Fly (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- To Germany with Love (2000) - Nicky (voice)
- Remote Possibilities/Considering Constance (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Live and Let Dye (2000) - Nicky (voice)
- Sammy's Song/Permanent Record (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- A Valentine's Day Tune (2000) - Nicky (voice)
- The Sellout/The Telltale Fuzzy (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- One Angry Woman (2000) - Nicky (voice, credit only)
- The Velvet Room (2000) - Nicky (voice)
- Baggy Bean Buddies/The Beans of Wrath (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Pepper Shaker/Flaw and Order (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- G.I. Janie/Miss Moose (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Burn Hazelnut Burn/Career Daze (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The Spanish Imposition/Single Unemployed Mother (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Effie Shrugged/Mama Knows What Pepper Ann Did Two Nights Ago (2000) - Nicky Little (voice)
- A Kosher Christmas (1999) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The First Date Club/Unicycle of Life (1999) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The Wash-Out/Def Comedy Mom (1999) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Beyond Good and Evel/One of the Guys (1999) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Dances with Ignorance/Girl Power (1999) - Nicky Little
- You Oughta Be in Musicals! (1999) - Nicky Little (voice)
- A No Hair Day/That's My Dad (1999) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Doppelganger Didi/Pepper Ann's Day Off-Kilter (1999) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Impractical Jokes/Cold Feet (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Milo/The Sisterhood (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Radio Freak Hazelnut/Framed (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Like Riding a Bike (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Presenting Stewart Walldinger/P.A.'s Life in a Nutshell (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- A 'Tween Halloween/Mash Into Me (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Vanessa Less Tessa/Peer Counselor P.A. (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- An OtterBiography/GreenSleeves (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Hazelnut's Finest/Cat Scan (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Cocoon Gables/Green-Eyed Monster (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Quiz Bowl/License to Drive (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Nicky Gone Bad/In Support Of (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Have You Ever Been Unsupervised/The Unusual Suspects (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Sketch 22/Manly Milo (1998) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Crash and Burn/Soccer Season (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The Environ Mentals (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Uniform Uniformity/Snot Your Mother's Music (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
- The Big Pencil/Sani-Paper (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Psychic Moose/Doll and Chain (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Old Best Friend/Crunch Pod (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Romeo and Juliet/Food Barn (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
- Ziterella (1997) - Nicky Little (voice)
2000
Madigan Men (TV Series) as
Wendy
- Pilot (2000) - Wendy
2000
Tom Sawyer (Video) as
Amy Lawrence (voice)
1999
The Angry Beavers (TV Series) as
Wanda / Woman on TV
- Tough Love/A Little Dad'll Do You (1999) - Wanda / Woman on TV (voice)
1999
Tracey Takes On... (TV Series) as
Carol
- Road Rage (1999) - Carol
1998
Maggie Winters (TV Series) as
Rachel Tomlinson
- Girls Night Out (1999) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Suffering Estelle (1999) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut (1999) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Working Robin (1999) - Rachel Tomlinson
- You'll Never Walk Alone in This Town Again (1999) - Rachel Tomlinson
- When Sonny Gets Blue (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Dinner at Rachel's (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Angstgiving Day (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- And Those Who Can't (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Friend or Faux (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Singles Night (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Suburban Myth (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Mama's Got a Brand New Bag (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Likable Maggie (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Maggie's Master Plan (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
- Total Eclipse (1998) - Rachel Tomlinson
1994
Ellen (TV Series) as
Audrey Penney
- Vows (1998) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- When Ellen Talks, People Listen (1998) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 2 (1998) - Audrey Penney
- Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 1 (1998) - Audrey Penney
- Hospital (1998) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- It's a Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay World! (1998) - Audrey Penney
- Neighbors (1998) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Ellen in Focus (1998) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Escape from L.A. (1998) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- The Funeral (1998) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Womyn Fest (1998) - Audrey Penney
- Break Up (1997) - Audrey Penney
- All Ellen, All the Time (1997) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Like a Virgin (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Emma (1997) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Public Display of Affection (1997) - Audrey Penney
- G.I. Ellen (1997) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Just Coffee? (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Gay Yellow Pages (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Roommates (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Social Climber (1997) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Guys or Dolls (1997) - Audrey Penney (credit only)
- Moving On (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (1997) - Audrey Penney
- The Clip Show Patient (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Reversal of Misfortune (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Secrets & Ellen (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Hello, Dalai (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Ellen's Deaf Comedy Jam (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Ellen Unplugged (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Makin' Whoopie (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Joe's Kept Secret (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Alone Again- Naturally (1997) - Audrey Penney
- Bowl, Baby, Bowl (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Kiss My Bum (1996) - Audrey Penney
- The Pregnancy Test (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Fleas Navidad (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Not So Great Expectations (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Harold and Ellen (1996) - Audrey Penney
- The Bubble Gum Incident (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Looking Out for Number One (1996) - Audrey Penney
- The Parent Trap (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Splitsville, Man (1996) - Audrey Penney
- A Deer Head for Joe (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Give Me Equity or Give Me Death (1996) - Audrey Penney
- When the Vow Breaks: Part 2 (1996) - Audrey Penney
- When the Vow Breaks: Part 1 (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Go Girlz (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Two Mammograms and a Wedding (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Too Hip for the Room (1996) - Audrey Penney
- A Penney Saved- (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Two Ring Circus (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Lobster Diary (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Ellen: With Child (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Witness (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Oh, Sweet Rapture (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Morgan, P.I. (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Horschak's Law (1996) - Audrey Penney
- Do You Fear What I Fear? (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Ellen's Choice (1995) - Audrey Penney
- What's Up, Ex-Doc? (1995) - Audrey Penney
- The Movie Show (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Salad Days (1995) - Audrey Penney
- She Ain't Friendly, She's My Mother (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Trick or Treat - Who Cares? (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Hello, I Must Be Going (1995) - Audrey Penney
- The Bridges of L.A. County (1995) - Audrey Penney
- The Shower Scene (1995) - Audrey Penney
- These Successful Friends of Mine (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Shake, Rattle and Rubble (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Thirty Kilo Man: Part 2 (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Thirty Kilo Man: Part 1 (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Gladiators (1995) - Audrey Penney
- The Sleep Clinic (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Guns 'N Ellen (1995) - Audrey Penney
- The Apartment Hunt (1995) - Audrey Penney
- Ellen's New Friend (1994) - Audrey Penney
- The Anchor (1994) - Audrey Penney
1998
Scotch and Milk as
Ilsa
1996
The Rich Man's Wife as
Nora Golden
1996
Diabolique as
Lisa Campos
1995
Double Rush (TV Series) as
Danielle
- Love Letters (1995) - Danielle
1995
Mad About You (TV Series) as
Salesperson
- Purseona (1995) - Salesperson
1994
Friends (TV Series) as
Franny
- The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate (1994) - Franny
1992
Flying Blind (TV Series) as
Megan
- The Long Goodbye (1993) - Megan
- The People That Time Forgot (1993) - Megan
- The Spy Who Came in from the Old (1993) - Megan
- The Bride of Marsh Man 2: The Spawning (1993) - Megan (credit only)
- Unforgiving (1993) - Megan
- My Dinner with Brad Schimmel (1993) - Megan
- Escape to New York (1993) - Megan
- The Player (1993) - Megan
- Panic in Neil's Park (1993) - Megan
- Ted Over Heels (1993) - Megan
- Dad (1992) - Megan
- A Woman Under the Influence (1992) - Megan
- The Secret of My Great Dress (1992) - Megan
- The Heartbreak ID (1992) - Megan
- Lovers and Other Strangers (1992) - Megan
- Desperately Seeking Alicia (1992) - Megan
- Prelude to a Brisket (1992) - Megan
- The Week of Living Dangerously (1992) - Megan
- Single White Eurotrash (1992) - Megan
- Crazy for You- and You (1992) - Megan
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1992) - Megan
- Pilot (1992) - Megan
1992
Hero as
Sylvia
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) as
Krista
- Hilary Gets a Life (1992) - Krista
1991
Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series) as
Lyla
- It's a Wonderful Laugh (1991) - Lyla
Self
2018
Flea Market Flip (TV Series) as
Self
- Celebrity Flip-Off (2018) - Self
2017
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Ellen Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Iconic Puppy Episode on Her Sitcom, Ellen (2017) - Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.181 (1999) - Self
- Episode #1.72 (1996) - Self
1998
Target Presents CBS Sneak Peek (Video documentary short) as
Rachel Tomlinson
1998
The Real Ellen Story (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Cast Member, Ellen
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Joan Collins/Clea Lewis/David Sedaris (1997) - Self - Guest
- Ellen Cleghorne/Clea Lewis/Colin Quinn (1995) - Self - Guest
1996
Maury (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 17 October 1996 (1996) - Self - Guest
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Clea Lewis (1996) - Self
1995
Live with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 25 September 1995 (1995) - Self
Archive Footage
2004
TV's Greatest Sidekicks (TV Special)
References
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