
Camryn Manheim
Acting
1961-03-08 - Present
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.
Credits

Scary Movie 3asTrooper Champlin

EraserasNurse at Cyrez Infirmary

Return to SenderasNancy

Mercury RisingasDr. London

Sudden ImpactasGirl in Elevator (uncredited)

HappinessasKristina

An Unfinished LifeasNina

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolasLisa Gobar

TwistedasLisa

Romy and Michele's High School ReunionasToby Walters

Cop CarasBev

Dark WaterasTeacher

The Bonfire of the VanitiesasPoe Picketer

The F**k-It ListasPrincipal Baird

The Road to WellvilleasVirginia Cranehill

The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the TinysaurusesasTria (voice)

The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the FlyersasTria (voice)

All About NinaasDebora

The Laramie ProjectasRebecca Hilliker

Deadly WhispersasBetty

Wide AwakeasSister Sophia

SlipstreamasBarbara

Cruel InstructionasMiss Connie

Love HurtsasGloria

Joe the KingasMrs. Basil

Without Menasla patronne

JeffreyasSingle Woman

What Planet Are You From?asAlison

Jesse Stone: Thin IceasElizabeth Blue

The Hot FlashesasRoxie Rosales

The MakeoverasColleen

Just PeckasMs. Wood

Jackie's Back!asCamryn Manheim

Killing EleanorasAnne-Marie

JeniferasNurse Vandemal

Camilla DickinsonasPamela Stephanowski

The Pregnancy PactasNurse Kim Daly

Snow WonderasBev

Fort McCoyasFlorie
East of AasAgatha

Behind the SmileasVicki Matters

David SearchingasGwen

The Loretta Claiborne StoryasJanet McFarland

A Girl ThingasSuzanne Nabor

The Tic CodeasMrs. Swensrut

Kiss My Actas

Sign the ShowasSelf
Rescuing DesireasPappa
Fool's GoldasPatricia
Notes For My DaughterasRisa
You Are HereasSingles Registry Woman