Camryn Manheim

Camryn Manheim

Birthdate
March 8, 1961 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 8, 1961 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Camryn Manheim (born Debra Frances Manheim, March 8, 1961) is an American actress known for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's The Practice, Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer, Gladys Presley in the 2005 miniseries Elvis, and "Control" on Person of Interest.

In 1999, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Practice, and she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award. In 2005, she earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her work in the miniseries Elvis.

Her breakthrough was her one-woman show "Wake Up, I'm Fat", which played off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company in 1994. She adapted the show into a book of the same name, which was published by Broadway Books in 1999.

She worked for a while as a sign language interpreter at hospitals. Her knowledge of sign language was used on The Practice, in an episode of Law & Order, and in her role as a child behavioral psychologist in the movie Mercury Rising.

In 2015, Manheim was in the Deaf West production of the musical Spring Awakening as Adult Women. The production, which had a cast composed half of hearing actors and half of deaf or hard-of-hearing actors, paired every deaf actor (who signed their lines in American Sign Language) with a hearing actor who said their lines verbally. Manheim voiced for deaf actress Marlee Matlin as well as signing her own dialogue in the parts of Frau Bergmann, Fräulein Großebüstenhalter, and Fräulein Knuppeldick.

Her other television credits include Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Family Guy, Will & Grace, Boston Public, Two and a Half Men, The L Word, How I Met Your Mother, and Hannah Montana. Since 2022, she has been part of the main cast of the revival of Law & Order.

Her film credits include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Laramie Project, Scary Movie 3, Dark Water, and An Unfinished Life.

In August 2019, she was elected secretary-treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA union. Manheim was elected to the secretary-treasurer position. She did not run for reelection in 2021, and was succeeded by Joely Fisher.

Camryn Manheim's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project
Rebecca Hilliker
Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Single Woman

Acting (103)

2023
Sign the Show as Self
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022
Cruel Instruction as Miss Connie
2021
Big Shot as Joyce McCarthy (3 episodes)
2021
Big Shot as Principal McCarthy (1 episode)
2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime as Detective Kate Dixon (1 episode)
2020
Killing Eleanor as Anne-Marie
2020
Utopia as Artemis (2 episodes)
2020
The F**k-It List as Principal Baird
2020
Stars in the House as Self (1 episode)
2020
Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest (1 episode)
2019
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings as Mrs. Grover (1 episode)
2019
Stumptown as Lieutenant Cosgrove (18 episodes)
2018
All About Nina as Debora
2018
25 Words or Less (1 episode)
2018
Living Biblically as Ms. Meadows (13 episodes)
2018
Waco as Balenda Thibodeau (6 episodes)
2016
This Is Us as Debbie (1 episode)
2015
The Magicians as Sheila (3 episodes)
2015
Celebrity Family Feud as Herself (1 episode)
2015
Return to Sender as Nancy
2015
Younger as Dr. Jane Wray (2 episodes)
2015
Cop Car as Bev
2014
Extant as Sam Barton (13 episodes)
2014
Fort McCoy as Florie
2013
Masters of Sex as Group Leader (1 episode)
2013
The Doc Files as Rescue Ronda (voice) (1 episode)
2013
The Hot Flashes as Roxie Rosales
2013
The Makeover as Colleen
2012
Camilla Dickinson as Pamela Stephanowski
2011
Person of Interest as Control (8 episodes)
2011
Person of Interest as Diane Claypool (1 episode)
2011
Without Men as la patronne
2011
Just Peck as Ms. Wood
2011
Harry's Law as A.D.A. Kim Mendelsohn (1 episode)
2010
The Pregnancy Pact as Nurse Kim Daly
2009
Love Hurts as Gloria
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Elizabeth Blue
2007
Slipstream as Barbara
2006
The Megan Mullally Show (1 episode)
2006
Hannah Montana as Margo (2 episodes)
2006
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers as Tria (voice)
2005
Snow Wonder as Bev
2005
Ghost Whisperer as Delia Banks (85 episodes)
2005
Criminal Minds as Carla Hines (2 episodes)
2005
How I Met Your Mother as Ellen Pierce (1 episode)
2005
An Unfinished Life as Nina
2005
Dark Water as Teacher
2005
Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron (1 episode)
2005
Elvis
2005
Elvis as Gladys Presley (2 episodes)
2005
My Crazy Life (1 episode)
2005
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Lisa Gobar
2005
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses as Tria (voice)
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2004
Twisted as Lisa
2004
The L Word as Veronica Bloom (4 episodes)
2003
Scary Movie 3 as Trooper Champlin
2003
Two and a Half Men as Daisy (1 episode)
2003
World Poker Tour (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2002
The Laramie Project as Rebecca Hilliker
2001
Jenifer as Nurse Vandemal
2001
Kiss My Act
2001
A Girl Thing as Suzanne Nabor
2000
Boston Public as Ellenor Frutt (1 episode)
2000
Strong Medicine as June (1 episode)
2000
What Planet Are You From? as Alison
2000
East of A as Agatha
2000
The 10th Kingdom as Snow White (5 episodes)
2000
The Loretta Claiborne Story as Janet McFarland
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kate Dixon (2 episodes)
1999
Jackie's Back! as Camryn Manheim
1999
Family Guy as Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice) (1 episode)
1999
Dilbert as Juliet (voice) (1 episode)
1999
Joe the King as Mrs. Basil
1998
Happiness as Kristina
1998
Will & Grace as Psychic Sue (1 episode)
1998
Oh Baby (1 episode)
1998
Mercury Rising as Dr. London
1998
Wide Awake as Sister Sophia
1998
Fool's Gold as Patricia
1997
Ally McBeal (1 episode)
1997
The View as Self (4 episodes)
1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as Toby Walters
1997
You Are Here as Singles Registry Woman
1997
The Practice as Ellenor Frutt (168 episodes)
1997
David Searching as Gwen
1996
Eraser as Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
1996
Rescuing Desire as Pappa
1995
MADtv as Self (1 episode)
1995
Jeffrey as Single Woman
1995
Deadly Whispers as Betty
1994
The Road to Wellville as Virginia Cranehill
1994
Chicago Hope (1 episode)
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities as Poe Picketer
1990
Law & Order as Beatrice Hines (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Leila (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Lt. Kate Dixon (45 episodes)
1990
Law & Order as Martha Rollins (1 episode)
1983
Sudden Impact as Girl in Elevator (uncredited)