Clea DuVall

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Clea DuVall

Birth name	Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall
Born	September 25, 1977 (age 29) Los Angeles, California, United States

Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American movie and television actress known for playing characters outside the mainstream. Born to Stephen DuVall and Rosemary Hatch, she goes by the shortened form of her name, "Clea DuVall".

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Television
4 Trivia
5 Quotes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Biography

DuVall's teenage years presented her with many challenges. Her parents divorced when she was twelve, and, when her mother remarried, DuVall moved out because she did not feel at home in the newly structured family unit, dropping out of high school and getting her own apartment. An only child, she sought entertainment in movies and television programs, memorizing entire scenes. Though a rather shy person, DuVall decided she wanted to be an actress, and returned to high school, this time the Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, while working to support herself.

Soon after this discovery, her first major role came, in Robert Rodriguez's successful 1998 take on the alien-body-snatcher genre, The Faculty (1998), which featured many other up-and-coming young actors such as Elijah Wood and Josh Hartnett, as well as a strong cast of established adult performers. DuVall played Stokes, a tough Goth Girl. This role was typical of DuVall's casting - the edgy outsider. Similar roles came in But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) as a tattooed lesbian and Girl, Interrupted (1999) as a mental patient.

DuVall has had her share in many successful movies. Identity (2003), the critically acclaimed 21 Grams (2003), opposite Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, and even in the HBO supernatural series Carnivàle (2003-2005).

In 2004, DuVall turned in a standout performance in the three-hour television remake/prequel movie Helter Skelter as former Charles Manson "Family" member Linda Kasabian, who became the Star Witness for the Prosecution in the infamous 1969 Hollywood, California Tate-LaBianca murder trial.

[edit] Filmography

Anamorph (2007) (post-production) - Sandy
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) (post-production) - Singer
Ten Inch Hero (2007) (post-production) - Jen
Zodiac (2007) - Linda Ferrin
Champions (2006) - Billy
Two Weeks (2005) - Katrina
The Grudge (2004) - Jennifer Williams
Helter Skelter (2004) - Linda Kasabian
21 Grams (2003) - Claudia
Identity (2003) - Giny
The Slaughter Rule (2002) - Skyla
The Laramie Project (2002) - Amanda Gronich
How to Make a Monster (2001) - Laura Wheeler
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) - Beatrice "Bea"
Ghosts of Mars (2001) - Bashira Kincaid
See Jane Run (2001) - Jane
Bear to the Right (2000) - Waitress
Committed (2000) - Mimi
Girl, Interrupted (1999) - Georgina Tuskin
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) - Graham Eaton
The Astronaut's Wife (1999) - Nan
Sleeping Beauties (1999) - Clea
Wildflowers (1999) - Cally
She's All That (1999) - Misty
A Slipping-Down Life (1999) - Nurse
The Faculty (1998) - Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) -Jana
Girl (1998) - Gillian
How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998) - Bell Bryant
Life During Wartime (1997) - Suzy
Niagara, Niagara (1997) - Convenience Store Clerk
On the Edge of Innocence (1997) - Ann
Little Witches (1996)

[edit] Television

Heroes (2006) - Agent Audrey Hanson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005) - Abigail Spencer
Carnivàle (2003-2005) - Sofie Agnesh Bojakshiya
The Fugitive (2001) - Lynette Hennessey
Popular (2000) - Wanda Rickets
The Defenders: Payback (1997) - Jessica Lane
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) - Marcie Ross in "Out of Mind, Out of Sight"
Crisis Center (1997) - Teen
ER (1997) - Karen Reed
Dangerous Minds (1996) - Nina

[edit] Trivia

Practices Tae Kwon Do.
Has worked with director James Mangold on two occasions, in 1999's Girl Interrupted and 2003's Identity.
She and Katharine Towne worked together in three movies in the span of two years: Girl (1998), in She's All That (1999), and finally in But I'm a Cheerleader (1999).
Is good friends with Summer Phoenix, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Natasha Lyonne.
Worked in a coffee shop before appearing in Little Witches (1996).
She is openly bisexual ^[1].

[edit] Quotes

"I'm an only child and I'm just a real loner kind of person, and yeah, kinda dark. But I'm happy. Not sad."

"I think they think I'm like, James Dean or something. I wish I were, but I'm not."

"It's not an easy business to break into, but I've been really fortunate. It's still hard to get the parts you want."

"I got headshots, an agent and started auditioning, but things didn't get really started until I started working with my manager."

"People are kinda seeing that it is okay to just be attracted to a person and not so much a body. For some people, that is more (honest) than just "gay" or "straight." I think there is an in-between. I think bisexuality is frowned upon for a lot of different reasons. But I don't like any of those words. I don't like any of those labels. I think they're limiting."