Camryn Manheim
Actor
March 8, 1961 (65 years)
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.
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Murder in a Small Town (2024) · as Jocelyn Tait |
| 2022 | Cruel Instruction · as Miss Connie |
| 2021 | Big Shot · as Joyce Mccarthy |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime · as Detective Kate Dixon |
| 2020 | Killing Eleanor · as Anne-Marie |
| 2020 | Utopia (2020) · as Artemis |
| 2020 | The F**k-It List · as Principal Baird |
| 2020 | Endangered · as Educational Video Spokesperson |
| 2019 | Dolly Parton's Heartstrings · as Mrs. Grover |
| 2019 | Stumptown · as Lieutenant Cosgrove |
| 2018 | All About Nina · as DeboraOn Plex |
| 2018 | Living Biblically · as Ms. Meadows |
| 2018 | Waco · as Balenda Thibodeau |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | This Is Us · as Debbie |
| 2015 | The Magicians (2015) · as Sheila |
| 2015 | Code Black · as Alice Williams |
| 2015 | Cop Car · as Bev |
| 2015 | Return to Sender · as NancyOn Plex |
| 2015 | Impress Me · as Camryn |
| 2015 | Younger · as Dr. Jane Wray |
| 2014 | Hand of God · as Dr. Langston |
| 2014 | Extant · as Sam Barton |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex · as Group Leader |
| 2013 | The Hot Flashes · as Roxie Rosales |
| 2013 | The Doc Files · as Rescue Ronda (voice) |
| 2013 | The Makeover · as Colleen |
| 2013 | Hotline · as Beth |
| 2012 | Major Crimes · as Deputy Chief Of Operations Winnie Davis |
| 2012 | Camilla Dickinson · as Pamela StephanowskiOn Plex |
| 2012 | Finding Ms. Right · as Eileen DanielsOn Plex |
| 2012 | Doc McStuffins · as Rescue Rhonda |
| 2011 | Fort McCoy · as FlorieOn Plex |
| 2011 | Person of Interest · as Control |
| 2011 | Without Men · as La Patronne |
| 2011 | Harry's Law · as Kim Mendelsohn |
| 2010 | Pregnancy Pact · as Nurse Kim Daly |
| 2009 | Love Hurts · as Gloria |
| 2009 | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice · as Elizabeth Blue |
| 2009 | Just Peck · as Ms. Wood |
| 2007 | Slipstream · as Barbara |
| 2006 | The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers · as Tria (voice) |
| 2006 | Lovespring International · as Nancy RatchfordOn Plex |
| 2006 | Hannah Montana · as Margo |
| 2006 | Behind the Smile · as Vicki Matters |
| 2005 | Snow Wonder · as Bev |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer · as Delia Banks |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds · as Carla Hines |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother · as Ellen Pierce |
| 2005 | An Unfinished Life · as Nina |
| 2005 | Dark Water · as Teacher |
| 2005 | Elvis (2005) · as Gladys Presley |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School · as Lisa GobarOn Plex |
| 2005 | The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses · as Tria (voice) |
| 2004 | Higglytown Heroes · as Plumber Hero |
| 2004 | Twisted · as Lisa |
| 2004 | The L Word · as Veronica Bloom |
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 · as Trooper Champlin |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men · as Daisy |
| 2003 | Just Like Mona · as Cast |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project · as Rebecca Hilliker |
| 2001 | Jenifer · as Nurse Vandemal |
| 2001 | Kiss My Act · as Samantha 'sam' Berger |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing · as Suzanne Nabor |
| 2000 | Boston Public · as Ellenor Frutt |
| 2000 | Gideon's Crossing · as Ellenor Frutt |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine · as June |
| 2000 | East of A · as Agatha |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? · as Alison |
| 2000 | The 10th Kingdom · as Snow WhiteOn Plex |
| 2000 | The Loretta Claiborne Story · as Janet Mcfarland |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · as Kate Dixon |
| 1999 | Family Guy · as Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice) |
| 1999 | Dilbert · as Juliet (voice) |
| 1999 | Joe the King · as Mrs. Basil |
| 1999 | Fool's Gold · as Patricia |
| 1998 | Happiness · as Kristina |
| 1998 | Will & Grace · as Psychic Sue |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Tic Code · as Mrs. Swensrut |
| 1998 | Mercury Rising · as Dr. London |
| 1998 | Wide Awake · as Sister Sophia |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal · as Ellenor Frutt |
| 1997 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion · as Toby Walters |
| 1997 | The Practice · as Ellenor Frutt |
| 1997 | David Searching · as Gwen |
| 1996 | Eraser · as Nurse At Cyrez Infirmary |
| 1996 | Rescuing Desire · as Pappa |
| 1995 | Jeffrey · as Single Woman |
| 1995 | Deadly Whispers · as BettyOn Plex |
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville · as Virginia CranehillOn Plex |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel · as Anita |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope · as Marge Stewart |
| 1994 | New York Undercover · as Lawyer |
| 1994 | Cracking Up · as Big Nurse |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities · as Poe Picketer |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Kate Dixon |
| 1984 | TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes · as Trebekkie |
| 1983 | Sudden Impact · as Girl In Elevator (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Loving · as Matron |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special · as Risa |
| 1968 | One Life to Live · as Rabbi Heller |
| 2001 | Kiss My Act · as Co-Executive Producer |