Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Ann Walter born August 3 1963 is an American actress comedian and television producer best known for her roles as Chessy the housekeeper in the romantic comedy film The Parent Trap 1998 and Melissa Schemmenti on the Peabody Awardwinning ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary 2021present for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series She was formerly the creator and executive producer of Oxygen network reality weightloss competition series Dance Your Ass Off Her other reality television work includes her stint as a judge on ABCs reality television series The Next Best Thing Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator and as winning celebrity editions of the game shows The Weakest Link and Jeopardy She also created and starred in the 19961997 sitcom Lifes Work and appeared in such films as Bruce Almighty Shall We Dance and War of the Worlds