Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about CLEA DUVALL!
Out actress turns writer-director with ‘The Intervention’ – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive – Windy City Times: It took an intervention for Clea DuVall to finally come out of the closet publicly.
While she’s played queer characters throughout her career as actress —in 1999’s But I’m A Cheerleader and HBO’s Veep, most recently—DuVall’s delightful directorial debut, The Intervention, finally gave her a chance to play a lesbian character that she related to, as well as feel comfortable enough to officially open up about her own identity.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Clea Helen D’Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director . she is known for her appearances in the films The Faculty (1998), She’s in 1999, she had prominent roles in several films . for her performance in Wildflowers, she received rave reviews from critics . she then appeared as part of the main cast of HBO’s Carnivàle . duvall co-starred in Ben Affleck’s film Argo, based on the Iran hostage crisis . she played a Japanese-American diplomat who was rescued from Iran in 1980 . in 2012, she DuVall received the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . she also appeared on the second season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, as Wendy Pey “DuVall made her feature directorial debut with the comedy-drama The Intervention” the film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival . DuVall played Marjorie on the HBO series Veep She also starred in the independent comedy All About Nina, alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead.