Lucy DeVito

Lucy Chet DeVito (born March 11, 1983) is an American actress.

Lucy DeVito was born on March 11, 1983, in Los Angeles, the daughter of actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman.

She also has two younger siblings, a sister, Grace Fan DeVito, and a brother Jacob Daniel DeVito.

Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish.

Since 2007, she has been a member of the New York developmental theater company Ensemble Studio Theater.

She is the daughter of actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman.

She graduated from Brown University in 2007 with a degree in theater.

In 2007, DeVito starred as the non-speaking autistic title character in the play Lucy at the Ensemble Studio Theater.

In 2008, she starred as Anne Frank in a production of Anne Frank at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington.

In 2009, DeVito starred as La Piccola in the play The Miracle at Naples at the Huntington Theatre.

Her first major movie role was the 2009 film Leaves of Grass; later that year DeVito starred alongside her mother in the off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, adapted by Nora and Delia Ephron, at the Westside Theatre.

She was a recurring character on ABC Family's Melissa & Joey (2010–2012), starred in the Hulu sitcom Deadbeat (2014–2015), and was a main voice actor and executive producer of the FXX animated comedy Little Demon (2022).

DeVito has appeared in a number of theater productions, including her Broadway debut I Need That (2023).

She portrayed the daughter of Danny DeVito's character in the 2016 film The Comedian.

In 2016, DeVito performed the role of Annelle Dupuy-Desoto in Steel Magnolias at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

This production was directed by Marsha Mason, and also starred Patricia Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Jessica Walter and Susan Sullivan.

On June 9, 2016, this production became the highest-grossing show in the history of the Bucks County Playhouse.

In 2017, she portrayed Elanor in the play Hot Mess, a romantic comedy.