the final three but was eliminated in the sixth episode. She has developed a series for the Oxygen network called Dance Your Ass Off. On December 19, 2011, she appeared on Rizzoli & Isles as a ballet coach, J.J. It was far from her usual role, as she played a very serious character in a drama. Her comic memoir, The Best Thing About My Ass Is That It's Behind Me, was published in May 2011. Beginning in May 2011, Walter hosted The Fabulous Lisa Ann Walter Show, a talk show on the Los Angeles radio station KFI. The program aired for three hours each Saturday and Sunday. In August 2014, Walter quit in order to focus on her acting career. Since 2021, Walter appears in the ABC comedy Abbott Elementary as second grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti. Walter, alongside the rest of the show's cast, won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 2023 ceremony. On October 20, 2022, Walter received the Virtuoso Award at the San Diego International Film Festival. Filmography Film Television References External links 1963 births Actresses from Maryland American television actresses American people of German descent American people of Italian descent Living people People from Silver Spring, Maryland Catholic University of America alumni American film actresses American women comedians 21st-century American women 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses