ANIMAL CONTROL
VELLA LOVELL
as Emily Price
Vella Lovell currently stars opposite Joel McHale in the FOX comedy series Animal Control, which returns for its fourth season on January 15, 2026.
She previously starred alongside Ted Danson and Holly Hunter in the Tina Fey-produced comedy Mr. Mayor for NBC. Vella earned a 2021 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Nomination for her performance as ‘Mikaela Shaw’ the Chief of Staff on the show.
Prior to this, Vella was known for her series regular role as the sarcastic voice of reason ‘Heather Davis’ on all four seasons of CW’s Crazy Ex-girlfriend, and in Hulu’s Dollface as Kat Dennings’ over-the-top co-worker ‘Alison S.’
On the film side, she appeared in the Oscar nominated The Big Sick opposite Kumail Nanjiani and the MTV holiday parody movie A Clüsterfünke Christmas from Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer.
In the animation world, she was the voice of ‘Mermista’ in the Netflix series She-ra And The Princesses of Power, which was a 2020 Critics’ Choice Nominee.
Originally a graduate from the Juilliard School, Vella appeared on stage in Pulitzer Prize Winner Lynn Nottages' By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, as ‘Lady Macbeth’ in an adaptation of Macbeth, and in The Bacchae at Shakespeare in the Park.
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Vella Lovell currently stars opposite Joel McHale in the FOX comedy series Animal Control, which returns for its fourth season on January 15, 2026.
She previously starred alongside Ted Danson and Holly Hunter in the Tina Fey-produced comedy Mr. Mayor for NBC. Vella earned a 2021 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Nomination for her performance as ‘Mikaela Shaw’ the Chief of Staff on the show.
Prior to this, Vella was known for her series regular role as the sarcastic voice of reason ‘Heather Davis’ on all four seasons of CW’s Crazy Ex-girlfriend, and in Hulu’s Dollface as Kat Dennings’ over-the-top co-worker ‘Alison S.’
On the film side, she appeared in the Oscar nominated The Big Sick opposite Kumail Nanjiani and the MTV holiday parody movie A Clüsterfünke Christmas from Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer.
In the animation world, she was the voice of ‘Mermista’ in the Netflix series She-ra And The Princesses of Power, which was a 2020 Critics’ Choice Nominee.
Originally a graduate from the Juilliard School, Vella appeared on stage in Pulitzer Prize Winner Lynn Nottages' By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, as ‘Lady Macbeth’ in an adaptation of Macbeth, and in The Bacchae at Shakespeare in the Park.