Camryn Manheim
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.
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Films (54)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
Sign the Show
2023 · Self
L'internat de la honte
2022 · Miss Connie
Killing Eleanor
2020 · Anne-Marie
Plus rien à f***
2020 · Principal Baird
Endangered
2020 · Educational Video Spokesperson
All About Nina
2018 · Debora
Cop Car
2015 · Bev
Return to Sender
2015 · Nancy
Fort McCoy
2014 · Florie
The Hot Flashes
2013 · Roxie Rosales
The Makeover
2013 · Colleen
Camilla Dickinson
2012 · Pamela Stephanowski
Without Men
2011 · la patronne
Just Peck
2011 · Ms. Wood
The Pregnancy Pact
2010 · Nurse Kim Daly
Love Hurts
2009 · Gloria
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
2009 · Elizabeth Blue
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
2008 · Self
Slipstream
2007 · Barbara
Behind the Smile
2006 · Vicki Matters
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
2006 · Tria (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Lisa Gobar
Snow Wonder
2005 · Bev
An Unfinished Life
2005 · Nina
Dark Water
2005 · Teacher
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
2005 · Tria (voice)
Twisted
2004 · Lisa
Scary Movie 3
2003 · Trooper Champlin
The Laramie Project
2002 · Rebecca Hilliker
Jenifer
2001 · Nurse Vandemal
Samantha, star de l'ombre
2001 · Samantha 'Sam' Berger, Co-Executive Producer
East of A
2000 · Agatha
De quelle planète viens-tu ?
2000 · Alison
The Loretta Claiborne Story
2000 · Janet McFarland
Jackie's Back!
1999 · Camryn Manheim
Joe the King
1999 · Mrs. Basil
Happiness
1998 · Kristina
The Tic Code
1998 · Mrs. Swensrut
Mercury Rising
1998 · Dr. London
Wide Awake
1998 · Sister Sophia
Fool's Gold
1998 · Patricia
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997 · Toby Walters
You Are Here
1997 · Singles Registry Woman
David Searching
1997 · Gwen
Eraser
1996 · Nurse
Rescuing Desire
1996 · Pappa
Jeffrey
1995 · Single Woman
Deadly Whispers
1995 · Betty
Notes for My Daughter
1995 · Risa
The Road to Wellville
1994 · Virginia Cranehill
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · Poe Picketer
Deluxe Ocean View
· Vera
Romy and Michele 2
· Toby Walters
Séries (58)
9-1-1: Nashville
2025 · Marcia Zellner
Murder in a Small Town
2024 · Jocelyn Tait
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
Big Shot: Entrenador de élite
2021 · Joyce McCarthy, Principal McCarthy
New York, crime organisé
2021 · Kate Dixon
Utopia
2020 · Artemis
Stars in the House
2020 · Self - Special Guest, Self
Dolly Parton : Cordes sensibles
2019 · Mrs. Grover
Stumptown
2019 · Lieutenant Cosgrove
25 Words or Less
2018 · Self
Living Biblically
2018 · Ms. Meadows
Waco
2018 · Balenda Thibodeau
This is Us
2016 · Debbie
Les magiciens
2015 · Sheila
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Self
Younger
2015 · Dr. Jane Wray
Extant
2014 · Sam Barton
Masters of Sex
2013 · Group Leader
The Doc Files
2013 · Rescue Ronda (voice)
Personne d'intérêt
2011 · Diane Claypool, Control
Harry's Law
2011 · Kim Mendelsohn
The Talk
2010 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Hannah Montana
2006 · Margo
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Delia Banks
Esprits criminels
2005 · Carla Hines
Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005 · Ellen Pierce
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Audience Member
Hell's Kitchen
2005 · Self - Restaurant Patron
Elvis
2005 · Gladys Presley
My Crazy Life
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
Higglytown Heroes
2004 · Plumber Hero (voice)
The L Word
2004 · Veronica Bloom
Two and a Half Men
2003 · Daisy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
A Girl Thing
2001 · Suzanne Nabor
Boston Public
2000 · Ellenor Frutt
Strong Medicine
2000 · June
The 10th Kingdom
2000 · Snow White
The Early Show
1999 · Self
New York Unité Spéciale
1999 · Kate Dixon
Les Griffin
1999 · Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
Dilbert
1999 · Juliet (voice)
Will & Grace
1998 · Psychic Sue
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Self - Panelist
Oh Baby
1998 · R.N. Dale Harris
Ally McBeal
1997 · Ellenor Frutt
The View
1997 · Self
The Practice
1997 · Ellenor Frutt
MADtv
1995 · Self
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Anita
Chicago Hope
1994 · Marge Stewart
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Leila, Kate Dixon, Martha Rollins, Beatrice Hines
Great Performances
1971 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter