Clea DuVall

Clea is an American actress, a writer, a director and a producer as well. Clea is most famous for her portrayal of Sofie on HBO TV series ‘Carnival’. She also got fame from the movies like ‘The Faculty’ in 1998, ‘But I’m A Cheerleader’ in 1999, ‘Girl, Interrupted’, and ‘The Grudge’. Clea is the daughter of actors Steph DuVall and Rosemary Hatch. Her teenage year presented her with many challenges and difficulties.

When she was 12, her parents divorced. When her mother remarried, she moved out because she was not feeling good about the reconstituted family, and she dropped out of high school. She was alone and to sought for some entertainment, she started watching movies and TV series. One day she decided that she wants to become an actor, and so she restarted her high school. This time she returned to Los Angeles high school of Art.

As she was living alone, she hardly paid attention to the studies and as a result she flunked. But apart from that, she has talent, will power and bravery. She is very committed to her work. Soon after her graduation, the roles began to come in, and she got many opportunities. First, she got a chance in television programs with a guest appearance and small roles in small films.

Soon, her major role came in Robert Rodriguez’s successful The Faculty (1998). This film featured many up and coming young actors and gave them a chance to enhance their skills such as Elijah Wood Elijah Jordan Wood is an actor from Hollywood, and >> Read More... and Josh Hartnett Josh Hartnett is a multitalented actor and produce >> Read More... . This movie also has strong and established actors. Clea played a stokely, bizarre, tough goth girl. This role was typical of Clea DuVall as she is a strong woman in real life too since she has experienced so many things since childhood.

She got a similar role for the movie ‘But I’m a Cheerleader Gilr’, where she portrayed the character of a tattooed lesbian girl. She featured as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted in 1999. DuVall is a soft spoken girl, a complex person but yet so talent, tough and independent. And because of her nature, she freely and easily lends to this complexity to her characters, making her a popular choice for the cast.

Clea is a great performer and this is evident from all her roles, like the thriller movie ‘Identity’ in 2003, the HBO gen-X supernatural series ‘Carnival’ and critically praised ‘21 Grams’ (2003). Clea is a smoke addict. She is also a good friend of the director, Jamie Babbit.

As her personal family has been ruined since her childhood, she has no relations with either of her parents, Robert DuVall and Shelley Duvall. She is an example for many in the world, anyone can learn from her how to survive in this big world with the strongest will power.