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.
Movie | Sign the Show | Self | 2023-01-20 |
Movie | Cruel Instruction | Miss Connie | 2022-03-12 |
Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
Series | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Detective Kate Dixon | 2021-04-01 |
Series | Big Shot | Principal McCarthy | 2021-04-16 |
Series | Stars in the House | Self | 2020-03-16 |
Movie | The F**k-It List | Principal Baird | 2020-07-01 |
Series | Utopia | Artemis | 2020-09-25 |
Movie | Killing Eleanor | Anne-Marie | 2020-10-29 |
Series | Stumptown | Lieutenant Cosgrove | 2019-09-25 |
Series | Dolly Parton's Heartstrings | Mrs. Grover | 2019-11-22 |
Series | Waco | Balenda Thibodeau | 2018-01-24 |
Series | Living Biblically | Ms. Meadows | 2018-02-26 |
Series | 25 Words or Less | Unknown | 2018-08-06 |
Movie | All About Nina | Debora | 2018-09-28 |
Series | This Is Us | Debbie | 2016-09-20 |
Series | Younger | Dr. Jane Wray | 2015-03-31 |
Movie | Return to Sender | Nancy | 2015-05-31 |
Series | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2015-06-21 |
Movie | Cop Car | Bev | 2015-07-08 |
Series | The Magicians | Sheila | 2015-12-16 |
Movie | Fort McCoy | Florie | 2014-01-01 |
Series | Extant | Sam Barton | 2014-07-09 |
Movie | The Makeover | Colleen | 2013-01-26 |
Movie | The Hot Flashes | Roxie Rosales | 2013-07-12 |
Series | The Doc Files | Rescue Ronda (voice) | 2013-07-22 |
Series | Masters of Sex | Group Leader | 2013-09-29 |
Movie | Camilla Dickinson | Pamela Stephanowski | 2012-05-20 |
Series | Harry's Law | A.D.A. Kim Mendelsohn | 2011-01-17 |
Series | Person of Interest | Control | 2011-09-22 |
Movie | Just Peck | Ms. Wood | 2011-02-16 |
Movie | Without Men | la patronne | 2011-06-29 |
Movie | The Pregnancy Pact | Nurse Kim Daly | 2010-01-23 |
Movie | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Elizabeth Blue | 2009-03-01 |
Movie | Love Hurts | Gloria | 2009-09-09 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | Slipstream | Barbara | 2007-02-10 |
Movie | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Lisa Gobar | 2006-01-12 |
Movie | The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers | Tria (voice) | 2006-02-27 |
Series | Hannah Montana | Margo | 2006-03-24 |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Movie | Dark Water | Teacher | 2005-07-08 |
Series | Elvis | Gladys Presley | 2005-05-08 |
Movie | The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses | Tria (voice) | 2005-01-11 |
Series | My Crazy Life | Unknown | 2005-03-16 |
Series | Hell's Kitchen | Self - Restaurant Patron | 2005-05-30 |
Movie | Snow Wonder | Bev | 2005-11-20 |
Movie | An Unfinished Life | Nina | 2005-09-09 |
Series | Ghost Whisperer | Delia Banks | 2005-09-23 |
Series | Criminal Minds | Carla Hines | 2005-09-22 |
Series | How I Met Your Mother | Ellen Pierce | 2005-09-19 |
Series | The L Word | Veronica Bloom | 2004-01-18 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | Twisted | Lisa | 2004-02-27 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Scary Movie 3 | Trooper Champlin | 2003-10-24 |
Series | Two and a Half Men | Daisy | 2003-09-22 |
Movie | The Laramie Project | Rebecca Hilliker | 2002-01-10 |
Movie | Jenifer | Nurse Vandemal | 2001-10-21 |
Movie | A Girl Thing | Suzanne Nabor | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Kiss My Act | Unknown | 2001-04-23 |
Series | The 10th Kingdom | Snow White | 2000-02-27 |
Movie | The Loretta Claiborne Story | Janet McFarland | 2000-01-16 |
Movie | What Planet Are You From? | Alison | 2000-03-03 |
Movie | East of A | Agatha | 2000-03-03 |
Series | Strong Medicine | June | 2000-07-23 |
Series | Boston Public | Ellenor Frutt | 2000-10-23 |
Series | Dilbert | Juliet (voice) | 1999-01-25 |
Movie | Joe the King | Mrs. Basil | 1999-01-22 |
Series | Family Guy | Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Jackie's Back! | Camryn Manheim | 1999-06-14 |
Series | The Early Show | Self | 1999-11-01 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Kate Dixon | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Wide Awake | Sister Sophia | 1998-03-20 |
Movie | Fool's Gold | Patricia | 1998-01-02 |
Movie | Mercury Rising | Dr. London | 1998-04-03 |
Series | Oh Baby | Unknown | 1998-08-26 |
Series | Will & Grace | Psychic Sue | 1998-09-21 |
Movie | Happiness | Kristina | 1998-10-11 |
Series | The Practice | Ellenor Frutt | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | David Searching | Gwen | 1997-02-25 |
Movie | You Are Here | Singles Registry Woman | 1997-03-24 |
Movie | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Toby Walters | 1997-04-25 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Rescuing Desire | Pappa | 1996-05-14 |
Movie | Eraser | Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary | 1996-06-21 |
Movie | Deadly Whispers | Betty | 1995-05-10 |
Movie | Jeffrey | Single Woman | 1995-08-18 |
Series | MADtv | Self | 1995-10-14 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Anita | 1994-09-21 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | The Road to Wellville | Virginia Cranehill | 1994-10-28 |
Series | Law & Order | Beatrice Hines | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Poe Picketer | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | Sudden Impact | Girl in Elevator (uncredited) | 1983-12-08 |