My Take
Clea DuVall is one of those actors who never quite got the blockbuster headline treatment but absolutely delivered every single time she showed up — and I mean that as high praise. I first really noticed her in But I'm a Cheerleader and Girl, Interrupted back in 1999, two wildly different films where she held her own against stacked casts and made it look effortless. Then Argo rolls around in 2012 and there she is again, quietly excellent. What really earns my respect, though, is that she didn't stop at acting — she wrote and directed Happiest Season (2020), a genuinely heartfelt holiday rom-com that filled a gap nobody else was filling for queer audiences. She trained at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, which tracks: there's a real craft to her, a deliberateness that makes you trust whatever she's doing on screen or behind the camera.
Overview
Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s with supporting roles in The Faculty (1998), But I'm a Cheerleader, and Girl, Interrupted (both 1999). Subsequent film credits include Ghosts of Mars (2001), Identity, 21 Grams (both 2003), The Grudge (2004), Zodiac (2007), and Argo (2012).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Clea DuVall
- Name (Japanese)
- クレア・デュヴァル
- Reading
- くれあ・でゅゔぁる
- Born
- September 25, 1977 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film director / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.