Lisa Ann Walter

OF ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ON ABC

Q: It was fun to see Lisa Ann Walter win the latest “Celebrity Jeopardy!” tournament. I know she’s on “Abbott Elementary” now, but what other series has she been in?

A: The actress-comedian seemed the most surprised of anyone that she emerged victorious in the January championship that pitted her against Katie Nolan and Mo Rocca. She has done plenty of guest roles, but her work as a series star dates back to the mid1990s, when she toplined the short-lived Fox sitcom “My Wildest Dreams.” Soon after that, she had another brief run in the ABC comedy “Life’s Work.” In 2001, she starred with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse in NBC’s “Emeril” (which also featured Carrie Preston, now of CBS’ “Elsbeth,” as well as “The Lazarus Man’s” Robert Urich and current talk-show host Sherri Shepherd).

After those, ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” (which premiered in 2021) has been Walters’s steadiest on-camera series job — though she also was a co-creator of the competition series “Dance Your A– Off,” which was shown by Oxygen in 2009-10. Among the many shows for which she has done guest shots have been “9-1-1,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “GLOW,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Las Vegas” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

Walter — who still does stand-up comedy engagements — has been quite active in the feature-film world, too. The movie titles to her credit include “The Ice Cream Truck” (2017), “You Can’t Have It” (2017), “Killers” (2010), “Drillbit Taylor,” (2008), “Entry Level” (2007), “Coffee Date” (2006), “War of the Worlds” (2005), “Shall We Dance?” (2004), “Bruce Almighty” (2003), “The Parent Trap” (the 1998 remake) and “Eddie” (1996).