# Clea Lewis

Clea Lewis (born July 19, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her television role as Ellen's annoying friend Audrey in the sitcom Ellen. Lewis also played Margaret Redding on Royal Pains and Deirdre Kemp on The Americans. She guest-starred in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the pilot episode of Friends, and was a series regular on Flying Blind and Andy Barker, P.I. Additionally, she appeared in movies like The Rich Man's Wife, Diabolique, and Perfect Stranger, and is also known for her theatre roles, including on Broadway in Absurd Person Singular, and her voiceover work, such as in the movie Ice Age: The Meltdown and voicing Nicky Little in the Disney cartoon Pepper Ann.

## Personal life

Lewis was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to a writer mother and a former vaudeville performer and lawyer father. Lewis graduated from Brown University in 1987. She has two sons with her husband, playwright and children's book author Peter Ackerman: Stanley, born in 2002, and Alvin, born in 2005.

## Career

As well as playing Audrey on Ellen, Lewis appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and was a series regular on Flying Blind. She also appeared in the pilot episode of Friends, in which she played Frannie. She has appeared in numerous films, including Scotch & Milk, The Rich Man's Wife, and Diabolique. In 2000, she performed the voice of Amy Lawrence in Tom Sawyer. Lewis played Gina, a chatty ad agency worker, in 2007's Perfect Stranger.
She played Margaret Redding on Royal Pains and Deirdre Kemp on The Americans. She also appeared on the short-lived Andy Barker, P.I. as Jenny Barker, the wife of the title character.
Her somewhat nasal, squeaky voice has meant a great deal of animation voice-over work for Lewis, including in both television (ABC's Saturday morning cartoon, Pepper Ann) as Nicky Little and film (Ice Age: The Meltdown). She also recorded the book-on-CD for books 4-10 of The Princess Diaries book series.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Hero | Sylvia | |
| 1996 | Diabolique | Lisa Campos | |
| 1996 | The Rich Man's Wife | Nora Golden | |
| 1998 | Scotch and Milk | Ilsa | |
| 2000 | Tom Sawyer | Amy Lawrence (voice role) | Direct-to-Video |
| 2000 | The Office Party | Grace | Short film |
| 2004 | Superstore | Joan | Short film |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Female Mini Sloth/Dung Beetle Mom (voice role) | |
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Gina | |
| 2009 | Motherhood | Lily | |
| 2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Miss Ptaszinski | |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Start Mom (voice role) | |
| 2013 | Life of Crime | Tyra Taylor | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Lyla | Episode: "It's a Wonderful Laugh" |
| 1992 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Krista | Episode: "Hilary Gets a Life" |
| 1992–1993 | Flying Blind | Megan | series regular (22 episodes) |
| 1994 | Friends | Franny | Episode: "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate" |
| 1994–1998 | Ellen | Audrey Penney | series regular (79 episodes) |
| 1995 | Mad About You | Salesperson | Episode: "Purseona" |
| 1995 | Double Rush | Danielle | Episode: "Love Letters" |
| 1996 | Maury | Herself (Guest) | Episode: "10.17.1996" |
| 1997–2000 | Pepper Ann | Nicky Anais Little (voice role) | recurring role (32 episodes) |
| 1998–1999 | Maggie Winters | Rachel Tomlinson | recurring regular (16 episodes) |
| 1999 | Tracey Takes On... | Carol | Episode: "Road Rage" |
| 1999 | The Angry Beavers | Wanda (voice role) | Episode: "Tough Love/A Little Dad'll Do You" |
| 2000 | Madigan Men | Wendy | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2007 | Andy Barker, P.I. | Jenny Barker | series regular (6 episodes) |
| 2008 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Heaven Moscowitz | Episode: "Trade" |
| 2010 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Emily | Episode: "Truth or Dare" |
| 2015 | The Affair | Simone | Episode: "2.4" |
| 2015–2016 | Royal Pains | Margaret Redding | recurring role (5 episodes) |
| 2017 | Doubt | Tanya Gibson | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017 | The Americans | Deirdre Kemp | recurring role (4 episodes) |
| 2017 | The Blacklist | Alexa Girard | Episode: "Philomena (No. 61)" |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1998 | All in the Timing | unknown role | Geffen Playhouse |
| 1999 | Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight | Grace | Promenade Theatre |
| 2002 | Once in a Lifetime | Miss Leighton | Adams Memorial Theatre |
| 2005 | Absurd Person Singular | Jane | Biltmore Theatre |