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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kate Dixon
Criminal Minds
Carla Hines
Law & Order
Leila
Law & Order
Kate Dixon
Law & Order
Martha Rollins
Law & Order
Beatrice Hines
Family Guy
Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
Two and a Half Men
Daisy
Great Performances
Self
How I Met Your Mother
Ellen Pierce
This Is Us
Debbie
Person of Interest
Diane Claypool
Person of Interest
Control
Ghost Whisperer
Delia Banks
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
Stars in the House
Self
Chicago Hope
Younger
Dr. Jane Wray
Touched by an Angel
Anita
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Detective Kate Dixon
Strong Medicine
June
The Magicians
Sheila
The Practice
Ellenor Frutt
The L Word
Veronica Bloom
Extant
Sam Barton
Hannah Montana
Margo
Masters of Sex
Group Leader
Oh Baby
Will & Grace
Psychic Sue
The 10th Kingdom
Snow White
Stumptown
Lieutenant Cosgrove
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Mrs. Grover
Dilbert
Juliet (voice)
Utopia
Artemis
Big Shot
Joyce McCarthy
Big Shot
Principal McCarthy
Waco
Balenda Thibodeau
MADtv
Self
Boston Public
Ellenor Frutt
25 Words or Less
Ally McBeal
Ellenor Frutt
Harry's Law
A.D.A. Kim Mendelsohn
Harry's Law
Kim Mendelsohn
The Doc Files
Rescue Ronda (voice)
Scary Movie 3
Trooper Champlin
Living Biblically
Ms. Meadows
Eraser
Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
Return to Sender
Nancy
Sudden Impact
Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
Mercury Rising
Dr. London
An Unfinished Life
Nina
Twisted
Lisa
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Toby Walters
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Poe Picketer
Dark Water
Teacher
Happiness
Kristina
Elvis
Elvis
Gladys Presley
Camilla Dickinson
Pamela Stephanowski
Cop Car
Bev
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
Tria (voice)
The Road to Wellville
Virginia Cranehill
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
Tria (voice)
All About Nina
Debora
The F**k-It List
Principal Baird
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Lisa Gobar
The Laramie Project
Rebecca Hilliker
Deadly Whispers
Betty
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Elizabeth Blue
Cruel Instruction
Miss Connie
What Planet Are You From?
Alison
Jeffrey
Single Woman
Love Hurts
Gloria
Without Men
la patronne
Wide Awake
Sister Sophia
My Crazy Life
Slipstream
Barbara
Joe the King
Mrs. Basil
Jackie's Back!
Camryn Manheim
Jenifer
Nurse Vandemal
The Hot Flashes
Roxie Rosales
The Makeover
Colleen
Just Peck
Ms. Wood
Killing Eleanor
Anne-Marie
Snow Wonder
Bev
Fort McCoy
Florie
Behind the Smile
Vicki Matters
The Pregnancy Pact
Nurse Kim Daly
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Tic Code
Mrs. Swensrut
Rescuing Desire
Pappa
East of A
Agatha
David Searching
Gwen
A Girl Thing
Suzanne Nabor
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Janet McFarland
The View
Self
Kiss My Act
Sherri
Self - Guest
Sign the Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
You Are Here
Singles Registry Woman
Fool's Gold
Patricia
Notes For My Daughter
Risa
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
The Early Show
Self