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.
Acted in
Sign the Show
2023
as Self
Cruel Instruction
2022
as Miss Connie
Big Shot
2021
as Joyce McCarthy
Big Shot
2021
as Principal McCarthy
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Detective Kate Dixon
Killing Eleanor
2020
as Anne-Marie
Utopia
2020
as Artemis
The F**k-It List
2020
as Principal Baird
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Special Guest
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
as Mrs. Grover
Stumptown
2019
as Lieutenant Cosgrove
All About Nina
2018
as Debora
Living Biblically
2018
as Ms. Meadows
Waco
2018
as Balenda Thibodeau
This Is Us
2016
as Debbie
The Magicians
2015
as Sheila
Cop Car
2015
as Bev
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
as Self
Return to Sender
2015
as Nancy
Younger
2015
as Dr. Jane Wray
Extant
2014
as Sam Barton
Fort McCoy
2014
as Florie
Masters of Sex
2013
as Group Leader
The Doc Files
2013
as Rescue Ronda (voice)
The Hot Flashes
2013
as Roxie Rosales
The Makeover
2013
as Colleen
Camilla Dickinson
2012
as Pamela Stephanowski
Person of Interest
2011
as Diane Claypool
Person of Interest
2011
as Control
Without Men
2011
as la patronne
Just Peck
2011
as Ms. Wood
Harry's Law
2011
as A.D.A. Kim Mendelsohn
Harry's Law
2011
as Kim Mendelsohn
The Pregnancy Pact
2010
as Nurse Kim Daly
Love Hurts
2009
as Gloria
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
2009
as Elizabeth Blue
Slipstream
2007
as Barbara
Hannah Montana
2006
as Margo
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
2006
as Tria (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Lisa Gobar
Snow Wonder
2005
as Bev
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Delia Banks
Criminal Minds
2005
as Carla Hines
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Ellen Pierce
An Unfinished Life
2005
as Nina
Dark Water
2005
as Teacher
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Elvis
2005
Elvis
2005
as Gladys Presley
My Crazy Life
2005
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
2005
as Tria (voice)
Twisted
2004
as Lisa
The L Word
2004
as Veronica Bloom
Scary Movie 3
2003
as Trooper Champlin
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Daisy
The Laramie Project
2002
as Rebecca Hilliker
Jenifer
2001
as Nurse Vandemal
Kiss My Act
2001
A Girl Thing
2001
as Suzanne Nabor
Boston Public
2000
as Ellenor Frutt
Strong Medicine
2000
as June
East of A
2000
as Agatha
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Alison
The 10th Kingdom
2000
as Snow White
The Loretta Claiborne Story
2000
as Janet McFarland
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Kate Dixon
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Camryn Manheim
Family Guy
1999
as Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
Dilbert
1999
as Juliet (voice)
Joe the King
1999
as Mrs. Basil
Happiness
1998
as Kristina
Will & Grace
1998
as Psychic Sue
Oh Baby
1998
Mercury Rising
1998
as Dr. London
Wide Awake
1998
as Sister Sophia
Fool's Gold
1998
as Patricia
Ally McBeal
1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
as Toby Walters
You Are Here
1997
as Singles Registry Woman
The Practice
1997
as Ellenor Frutt
David Searching
1997
as Gwen
Eraser
1996
as Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
Rescuing Desire
1996
as Pappa
MADtv
1995
as Self
Jeffrey
1995
as Single Woman
Deadly Whispers
1995
as Betty
The Road to Wellville
1994
as Virginia Cranehill
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Anita
Chicago Hope
1994
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Poe Picketer
Law & Order
1990
as Leila
Law & Order
1990
as Kate Dixon
Law & Order
1990
as Martha Rollins
Law & Order
1990
as Beatrice Hines
Sudden Impact
1983
as Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
Great Performances
1971
as Self