Clea Lewis

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Clea Lewis
Born (1965-07-19) July 19, 1965 (age 59)
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
SpousePeter Ackerman
Children2 [1]

Clea Lewis (born July 19, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her television role as Ellen Morgan (Ellen Degeneres)'s annoying friend Audrey Penney [2] in the sitcom Ellen . Lewis also played Margaret Redding on Royal Pains and Deirdre Kemp on The Americans . She guest-starred in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the pilot episode of Friends, and was a series regular on Flying Blind and Andy Barker, P.I. [3] Additionally, she appeared in movies like The Rich Man's Wife , Diabolique, and Perfect Stranger, [4] and is also known for her theatre roles, including on Broadway in Absurd Person Singular , [5] and her voiceover work, such as in the movie Ice Age: The Meltdown and voicing Nicky Little in the Disney cartoon Pepper Ann .

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Personal life

Clea 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. She has two sons with her husband, playwright and children's book author Peter Ackerman: Stanley, born in 2002, and Alvin, born in 2005. [1]

Career

As well as playing Audrey Penney on Ellen , Lewis appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and was a series regular on Flying Blind . [3] She also appeared in the pilot episode of Friends , in which she played Frannie. She has appeared in numerous films, including Scotch & Milk, The Rich Man's Wife , and Diabolique . [4] In 2000, she performed the voice of Amy Lawrence in Tom Sawyer . Lewis played Gina, a chatty ad agency worker, in 2007's Perfect Stranger .

Lewis played Margaret Redding on Royal Pains and Deirdre Kemp on The Americans . She also appeared on the short-lived Andy Barker, P.I. as Jenny Barker, the wife of the title character Andy Barker (Andy Richter).

Lewis's somewhat nasal, squeaky voice has meant a great deal of animation voice-over work for her, including in both television (ABC's Saturday morning cartoon, Pepper Ann ) as Nicky Little and film ( Ice Age: The Meltdown ). She also recorded the book-on-CD for books 4-10 of The Princess Diaries book series.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Hero Sylvia
1996 Diabolique Lisa Campos
The Rich Man's Wife Nora Golden
1998Scotch and MilkIlsa
2000 Tom Sawyer Amy Lawrence (voice)
The Office PartyGraceShort film
2004SuperstoreJoanShort film
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Female Mini Sloth/Dung Beetle Mom (voice)
2007 Perfect Stranger Gina
2009 Motherhood Lily
Confessions of a Shopaholic Miss Ptaszinski
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Start Mom (voice)
2013 Life of Crime Tyra Taylor
2020 Antarctica Diane

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Doogie Howser, M.D. LylaEpisode: "It's a Wonderful Laugh"
1992 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air KristaEpisode: "Hilary Gets a Life"
1992–1993 Flying Blind MeganMain cast (22 episodes)
1994 Friends FrannyEpisode: "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate"
1994–1998 Ellen Audrey PenneyMain cast (79 episodes)
1995 Mad About You SalespersonEpisode: "Purseona"
Double Rush DanielleEpisode: "Love Letters"
1997–2001 Pepper Ann Nicky Little (voice)Main cast (63 episodes; 103 segments)
1998 All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series Additional voices14 episodes
1998–1999 Maggie Winters Rachel TomlinsonMain cast (16 episodes)
1999 Tracey Takes On... CarolEpisode: "Road Rage"
The Angry Beavers Wanda (voice)Episode: "Tough Love/A Little Dad'll Do You"
2000 Madigan Men WendyEpisode: "Pilot"
2007 Andy Barker, P.I. Jenny BarkerMain cast (6 episodes)
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Heaven MoscowitzEpisode: "Trade"
2010 The New Adventures of Old Christine EmilyEpisode: "Truth or Dare"
2015 The Affair SimoneEpisode: "2.4"
2015–2016 Royal Pains Margaret Redding5 episodes
2017 Doubt Tanya GibsonEpisode: "Pilot"
The Americans Deirdre Kemp4 episodes
The Blacklist Alexa GirardEpisode: "Philomena (No. 61)"
2021 American Rust Jillian4 episodes
2022 New Amsterdam Louise LewisEpisode: "The Empty Spaces"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
1998 All in the Timing unknown role Geffen Playhouse
1999 Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight GracePromenade Theatre
2002 Once in a Lifetime Miss LeightonAdams Memorial Theatre
2005 Absurd Person Singular Jane Biltmore Theatre

References

  1. 1 2 "Clea Lewis".
  2. ↑ Clea Lewis is Audrey Penney on Ellen Archived November 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 "Clea Lewis". TVGuide.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Clea Lewis". BFI. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Clea Lewis – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.


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