CAMRYN MANHEIM
ACTING
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.
- An Unfinished Life2005
- Scary Movie 32003
- The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses2005
- Mercury Rising1998
- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion1997
- Jeffrey1995
- Slipstream2007
- Joe the King1999
- The Pregnancy Pact2010
- The Makeover2013
- The Hot Flashes2013
- The Laramie Project2002
- The Bonfire of the Vanities1990
- Happiness1998
- Cop Car2015
- Twisted2004
- Dark Water2005
- Wide Awake1998
- Return to Sender2015
- Without Men2011
- Jesse Stone: Thin Ice2009
- All About Nina2018
- The Road to Wellville1994
- David Searching1997
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School2005
- The F**k-It List2020
- Eraser1996
- What Planet Are You From?2000
- Sudden Impact1983
- The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers2006
- Jackie's Back!1999
- Killing Eleanor2020
- Cruel Instruction2022
- The Practice1997
- Boston Public2000
- Law & Order1990
- How I Met Your Mother2005
- Family Guy1999
- Two and a Half Men2003
- The L Word2004
- Will & Grace1998
- Hannah Montana2006
- Person of Interest2011
- Extant2014
- Elvis2005
- Person of Interest2011
- Ghost Whisperer2005
- Strong Medicine2000
- Waco2018
- The Magicians2015
- Stumptown2019
- Dilbert1999
- Celebrity Family Feud2015
- Dolly Parton's Heartstrings2019
- Criminal Minds2005
- Big Shot2021
- Younger2015
- Law & Order1990
- Law & Order1990
- Law & Order1990
- Living Biblically2018
- This Is Us2016
- The 10th Kingdom2000
- Masters of Sex2013
- Law & Order: Organized Crime2021
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
- Big Shot2021
- The Doc Files2013
- Utopia2020
- Harry's Law2011