During that time, she also starred in the television film Helter Skelter (2004), which earned her a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actress, and in the box office hit The Grudge (2004), with Sarah Michelle Gellar. She then appeared as part of the main cast of HBO's Carnivàle, which ran from 2003–05 and received several Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Over the next few years, DuVall had roles in a variety of films, including John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) with Matthew McConaughey The Laramie Project (2002) The Slaughter Rule (2002) with Ryan Gosling Identity (2003) and the Academy Award-nominated 21 Grams (2003), opposite Sean Penn. The latter film, in which she played a lesbian undergoing conversion therapy, has since developed a cult following and is often cited as a favorite among fans of LGBT cinema. For her performance in Wildflowers, DuVall received rave reviews from critics. In 1999, she had prominent roles in several films, including The Astronaut's Wife alongside Johnny Depp Girl Interrupted opposite Winona Ryder the hit romantic comedy She's All That and the independent features Wildflowers and But I'm a Cheerleader. She also had a supporting role in the cult teen comedy Can't Hardly Wait (1998), which included appearances by Jason Segel and Selma Blair before they were well-known. This was followed by roles in several independent films and guest appearances on episodes of ER and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, before her breakthrough in 1998 as a goth high school student in Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty. Career ĭuVall made her debut in the low-budget horror film Little Witches (1996). She once worked in a coffee shop and studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Her forename derives from the novel Clea by Lawrence Durrell.
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Her father, Steph DuVall, is also an actor.
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DuVall was born in Los Angeles, California.