The best Lisa Ann Walter movies and TV shows are a series of comedy performances and releases with Hollywood's biggest filmmakers. Walter started out as a comedian and did so for five years before catching the attention of Hollywood. His comedy allowed him to be cast in his own series on the Fox television channel and eventually landed a role My Wildest Dreams. This led to more roles, and soon Walter found himself an in-demand movie and TV star, with some big names wanting to work with him.
Walter has done what most comedians only dream of and that is pitching and creating their own shows while working with other big names to create an impressive body of work. The first two television programs he starred in were shows he created and executive production. These efforts caught the attention of names like Steven Spielberg, Ryan Murphy and more, and allowed him to flex his acting muscles with roles in dramas and sci-fi adventures while keeping his feet in the realm of comedy.
10 Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Dolores
Drillbit Taylor It was a coming-of-age comedy that came out in 2008 when Owen Wilson was the leading man of a market comedy. The film was produced by Judd Apatow based on a story by John Hughes (his last screenplay before his death). Three high school students are violently bullied, so they hire a bodyguard to protect them. The guard claims to be a former mercenary and martial arts expert, but is actually a homeless man in need of money.
Owen Wilson plays the bodyguard Drillbit Taylor, but his attempts to help the boys do more harm than good. Lisa Ann Walter plays Dolores, one of the boys' mothersin a small role in the film. The film was a modest success, earning a total of $49.7 million on a $40 million budget. It only has a 27% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, although Popcornmeter's audience score was higher at 44% positive.
9 Ice Cream Truck (2017)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Christina
In 2017, Lisa Ann Walter starred in a little-seen horror comedy with an interesting pedigree. The director of the film is Megan Elizabeth Frels Johnston, and her grandfather is the crime writer Elmore Leonard.Out of Sight, Jackie Brown, Grounded). Unlike his grandfather, who wrote crime novels and Westerns, Johnston focused on the horror-comedy genre. Ice cream machine. Mary is played by Deanna Russo in the film. a woman returns to her hometown only to find her neighbors begin to die.
Critics still praised it, giving it a 70% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mary then begins to suspect that the killer may be a man who drives a local ice cream truck around her town. Although a low-budget release, it was still praised by critics, earning it a 70% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, although the audience score was a very low 35% rotten. The biggest praise went to Mary, who drifted off in this quirky horror comedy with an off-the-wall twist ending. Lisa Ann Walter plays Christina, one of the neighbors.
8 Killers (2010)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Olivia Brooks
In 2010 Murderers Former TV stars Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl teamed up in a spy movie. The film saw Heigl star as Jen, who meets someone she thinks could be the man of her dreams in Spencer (Kutcher). However, problems arise when Spencer is revealed to be an assassin by tradeand this obviously causes problems in their relationship. When Spencer quits her job as an assassin to marry him, things take a turn for the worse when she is hit on, and he and Jen go on the run.
Lisa Ann Walter plays Olivia Brooks, one of Spencer's co-workers who turns out to be an assassin.
Tom Selleck also has a great performance in the film (Blue Bloods, Magnum PI) as Jen's father, who has a secret of his own. As for Lisa Ann Walter, she plays Olivia Brooks, one of Spencer's colleagues who turns out to be the killer. and aims to kill Spencer. Although the film had a higher budget of $75 million, it was somewhat successful, earning $98.2 million. Critics hated the film, but audiences rated it slightly higher with a 41% approval rating.
7 The Exes (2013-2015)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Margo
In 2013, Lisa Ann Walter joined the cast of the sitcom Ex. There was a lot of hope behind this sitcom Starring Kristen Johnson (3rd Rock from the Sun), Wayne Knight (Seinfeld) and Donald Faison (Scrubs). The TV Land series, headlined by the stars of three extremely popular sitcoms, was trying to attract viewers. Lasting four seasons and 64 episodes, it didn't do badly, but being on TV Land diminished the show's impact, and it's largely forgotten today.
The show stars Johnston as a divorce attorney who introduces his new client to two other divorced men. The three become roommates, and Holly lives down the hall from their apartment, working to help them settle into single life. Lisa Ann Walter appeared as Margot in only three series episodes from 2013 to 2015.Wayne Knight's character's often talked about but rarely seen wife. The series received only average reviews but received two Emmy nominations.
6 Breaking News (2002)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Rachel Glass
In 2002, Lisa Ann Walter took on one of the main roles in the Bravo series Latest News. What the TV series tried to do for cable newsrooms West Wing He did it for the White House by showing the lives of the people who worked behind the scenes rather than focusing too much on the real work. Tim Matheson played Bill Dunne, host of a fictional 24-hour cable news television network. Walter played the role of Rachel Glass, senior/executive producer of the news network.
The series only lasted one season on Bravo with a total of 13 episodes. It was originally supposed to air on TNT, which paid to film the entire series, but the network dropped it without airing an episode and it moved to Bravo. Despite its struggle to find a home, critics are still praising the show's attempts to reinvent journalism, giving it a 62% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
5 Life's Work (1996-1997)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Lisa Ann Hunter
after getting his first break on television with My Wildest Dreams In 1995, Walter had more success with the following series. My Wildest Dreams lasted only one season and Life's work That total was matched by a one-season run of 18 episodes on ABC. In the series, Walter plays Assistant District Attorney Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter in Baltimore. The series was a sitcom focused on family life with her husband Kevin, a basketball coach, and their two children (one a toddler).
Lisa Ann Walter helped design the theme for the show's opening.
The show was the perfect continuation of his stand-up comedy career. In her stand-up act, she bases her jokes mainly on her life as a busy mother. In Life's workshe played a hard-working feminist who stood up to everyone. It was a critical success, with critics praising Walter's performance as well as her unusual tactics to show that she actually works, whereas many sitcoms never show this part of a woman's life. Unfortunately, the last three episodes of the show were delayed by four months and canceled.
4 Bruce Almighty (2003)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Debbie
Lisa Ann Walter had the biggest film of her career in 2003 when she signed on to star in the Jim Carrey comedy. The mighty Bruce. In the film, Bruce Nolan appeared as a reporter who was fired after his co-worker Evan (Steve Carell) went on an on-air rampage after insulting him. Then he complains to God that life is not fair and this leads to God (Morgan Freeman) inviting Bruce to take on his role So he can see how much better life would be if he did God's work.
Bruce then uses God's powers to cause miraculous things to happen where he is, allowing him to get his job back and achieve great success. But as expected, when he realizes that he can't help everyone all the time, this leads to bad things happening. Lisa Ann Walter plays Debbie Connelly, sister of Bruce's girlfriend Grace. (Jennifer Aniston). The film was a huge success, grossing $484.6 million on a budget of $81 million Box Office Mojo).
3 Mother Trap (1998)
Lisa Ann Walter plays chess
Lisa Ann Walter's first film role was in 1996 Eddie, Starring Whoopi Goldberg. The film received bad reviews from almost everyone, but two years later, Walter got a second chance When it appeared in the Disney remake Mother Trap. This version of the film starred 12-year-old Lindsay Lohan in her big screen debut as identical twins Hallie and Annie. Since their parents divorced after birth and each parent has custody of one, they are unaware of the other's existence.
They then meet by chance at a summer camp some 12 years later and decide to hatch a plan to try to reunite their parents (Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson). Lisa Ann Walter plays Chessy, Nick's (Quaid) housekeeper and Hallie's nanny.. In the film, she eventually falls in love with Liz's (Richardson) butler Martin (Simon Kunz). The film remains popular all these years later, a fan favorite of Walter's Chessy.
2 War of the Worlds (2005)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Sheryl
In 2005, Lisa Ann Walter worked with the most successful director of her career up to that point. He starred in the remake of Steven Spielberg's science fiction classic War of the Worlds. The film was originally a novel by HG Wells and was later adapted into a successful radio broadcast by Orson Welles. This version caused panic in 1938 by people who believed it was a real alien invasion of Earth. A film was made in 1953, and Spielberg's remake 52 years later reimagined the story for a new generation.
Spielberg's film tells the story of a family separated during the occupation and struggling to find their way back to each other. Tom Cruise is father Ray, who sets out to find his daughter (Dakota Fanning) and son (Justin Chatwin). Lisa Ann Walter plays Cheryl, Ray's friendStuck in the dock while running while attacking the tripod. Even though it's a small role, it's still a big movie for Walter. The film was a huge box office hit and received three Oscar nominations.
1 Abbott Elementary (2021-)
Lisa Ann Walter plays Melissa Schemmett
It is the most successful television program that Lisa Ann Walter has ever appeared on Abbott Elementary on ABC. The premiere of the series is 2021 and It follows the struggles of teachers at an underfunded, predominantly black school in Philadelphia. Quinta Brunson stars as Janine Teagues, a second grade teacher who tries to improve the lives of the children in her class. The premise of the show is that a documentary filmmaker sheds light on the lives of teachers in poorly run schools.
Lisa Ann Walter has one of the main roles in the series as Melissa Schemmenti, another second grade teacher with questionable connections to Philly locals.he uses it to help the school. The series ran for three seasons, with the fourth coming in 2024. It has a near-perfect 99% Rotten Tomatoes score, and 100% for the second and third seasons. Abbott Elementary also won four Emmy Awards out of 24 nominations, and Walter is part of the group that won the SAG Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
