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 Life 2005
- Scary Movie 3 2003
- The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses 2005
- Mercury Rising 1998
- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 1997
- Jeffrey 1995
- Slipstream 2007
- Joe the King 1999
- The Pregnancy Pact 2010
- The Makeover 2013
- The Hot Flashes 2013
- The Laramie Project 2002
- The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990
- Happiness 1998
- Cop Car 2015
- Twisted 2004
- Dark Water 2005
- Wide Awake 1998
- Return to Sender 2015
- Without Men 2011
- Jesse Stone: Thin Ice 2009
- All About Nina 2018
- The Road to Wellville 1994
- David Searching 1997
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 2005
- The F**k-It List 2020
- Eraser 1996
- What Planet Are You From? 2000
- Sudden Impact 1983
- The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers 2006
- Jackie's Back! 1999
- Killing Eleanor 2020
- Cruel Instruction 2022
- The Practice 1997
- Boston Public 2000
- Law & Order 1990
- How I Met Your Mother 2005
- Family Guy 1999
- Two and a Half Men 2003
- The L Word 2004
- Will & Grace 1998
- Hannah Montana 2006
- Person of Interest 2011
- Extant 2014
- Elvis 2005
- Person of Interest 2011
- Ghost Whisperer 2005
- Strong Medicine 2000
- Waco 2018
- The Magicians 2015
- Stumptown 2019
- Dilbert 1999
- Celebrity Family Feud 2015
- Dolly Parton's Heartstrings 2019
- Criminal Minds 2005
- Big Shot 2021
- Younger 2015
- Law & Order 1990
- Law & Order 1990
- Law & Order 1990
- Living Biblically 2018
- This Is Us 2016
- The 10th Kingdom 2000
- Masters of Sex 2013
- Law & Order: Organized Crime 2021
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
- Big Shot 2021
- The Doc Files 2013
- Utopia 2020
- Harry's Law 2011