From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Clea LewisΒ (born July 19, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her television role as Ellen's annoying friend Audrey PenneyΒ inΒ Ellen DeGeneres' sitcomΒ Ellen. Lewis was born inΒ Cleveland Heights, OhioΒ to a writer mother and a former vaudeville performer and lawyer father.Β Lewis graduated fromΒ Brown UniversityΒ in 1987. She and her husband, Peter Ackerman, have two sons, Stanley born in 2002 and Alvin born in 2005. Lewis has also appeared onΒ The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirΒ andΒ Flying Blind. She also appeared in the first episode ofΒ Friends, in which she played Frannie. She has appeared in numerous films, includingΒ Scotch & Milk,Β The Rich Man's Wife, andDiabolique. In 2000 she did the voice of Amy Lawrence inΒ Tom Sawyer. Lewis played Gina, a chatty ad agency worker, in 2007'sΒ Perfect Stranger. She also voiced various characters in theΒ NickelodeonΒ cartoonΒ SpongeBob SquarePants. She also appeared on the short-livedΒ Andy Barker, P.I.Β 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,Β Pepper Ann) and film (Ice Age: The Meltdown). She also recorded the book-on-CD forΒ The Princess Diaries.