
Camryn Manheim
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1961-03-08 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
Camryn Manheim
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Sign the Show
as Self
(2022)
Cruel Instruction
as Miss Connie
(2020)
The F**k-It List
as Principal Baird
(2020)
Killing Eleanor
as Anne-Marie
(2018)
All About Nina
as Debora
(2015)
Return to Sender
as Nancy
(2015)
Cop Car
as Bev
(2014)
Fort McCoy
as Florie
(2013)
The Makeover
as Colleen
(2013)
The Hot Flashes
as Roxie Rosales
(2012)
Camilla Dickinson
as Pamela Stephanowski
(2011)
Without Men
as la patronne
(2011)
Just Peck
as Ms. Wood
(2010)
The Pregnancy Pact
as Nurse Kim Daly
(2009)
Love Hurts
as Gloria
(2009)
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
as Elizabeth Blue
(2007)
Slipstream
as Barbara
(2006)
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
as Tria (voice)
(2006)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Lisa Gobar
(2006)
Behind the Smile
as Vicki Matters
(2005)
An Unfinished Life
as Nina
(2005)
Dark Water
as Teacher
(2005)
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
as Tria (voice)
(2005)
Snow Wonder
as Bev
(2004)
Twisted
as Lisa
(2003)
Scary Movie 3
as Trooper Champlin
(2002)
The Laramie Project
as Rebecca Hilliker
(2001)
Jenifer
as Nurse Vandemal
(2001)
A Girl Thing
as Suzanne Nabor
(2001)
(2000)
What Planet Are You From?
as Alison
(2000)
The Loretta Claiborne Story
as Janet McFarland
(2000)
East of A
as Agatha
(1999)
Joe the King
as Mrs. Basil
(1999)
Jackie's Back!
as Camryn Manheim
(1998)
Mercury Rising
as Dr. London
(1998)
Happiness
as Kristina
(1998)
Wide Awake
as Sister Sophia
(1998)
Fool's Gold
as Patricia
(1997)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
as Toby Walters
(1997)
David Searching
as Gwen
(1997)
You Are Here
as Singles Registry Woman
(1996)
Eraser
as Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
(1996)
Rescuing Desire
as Pappa
(1995)
Jeffrey
as Single Woman
(1995)
Deadly Whispers
as Betty
(1994)
The Road to Wellville
as Virginia Cranehill
(1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Poe Picketer
(1983)
Sudden Impact
as Girl in Elevator (uncredited)