Camryn Manheim

(2000), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Twisted (2004), Dark Water (2005), An Unfinished Life (2005), and Cop Car (2015). She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, in addition to three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

Camryn Manheim studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, University of California, Santa Cruz and Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. The recorded working language is English and American Sign Language. Works named in the authority record are The Practice. Distinctions recorded are Lucy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

• Birth Name — Debra Frances Manheim[1] • Born — 8 March 1961 • Birthplace — West Caldwell, New Jersey, U.S. • Years Active — 1983–present • Education — * University of California, Santa Cruz (BFA) • New York University (MFA) • Occupation — Actress • Children — Milo Manheim

Manheim was born in West Caldwell, New Jersey, into a Jewish American family,[3][4] the daughter of Sylvia (née Nuchow), a teacher, and Jerome Manheim, a mathematics professor and the Dean of Letters and Science at California State University Long Beach.[5][6] Her family relocated several times in her early childhood due to her father taking new teaching positions, and she spent her early years in Michigan and Peoria, Illinois.[7] When she was in sixth grade, her family relocated to Southern California, settling in Long Beach, where she attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School.[8] She became interested in acting after working at a Renaissance faire during high school.[9] Manheim graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a BFA degree in 1984 and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program with an MFA degree in 1987.[10] Her brother, Karl Manheim, is a law professor at Loyola Law School.[11][12]

• Illustration — Manheim (lower left) on the Spring 2003 cover of Ms. magazine Manheim worked for a while as a sign language interpreter at hospitals.[13] Her knowledge of sign language was used on The Practice, in the Law & Order episodes "Benevolence" (1993) and "Castle in the Sky" (2024),[14] and in her role as a child behavioral psychologist in the movie Mercury Rising. Manheim's breakthrough was her one-woman show Wake Up, I'm Fat, which played off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company in 1994.[15] She adapted the show into a book of the same name, which was published by Broadway Books in 1999.[16] In 1999, Manheim won an Emmy for her work on The Practice. In 1999, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award.[17]

Manheim's son Milo, conceived via sperm donation from her close friend Jeffrey Brezovar, was born on March 6, 2001.[18][19] Manheim has been involved with the Los Angeles–based charity Bet Tzedek Legal Services – The House of Justice, serving as a co-chair for their annual fundraiser, the Justice Ball.[20][21]

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1991 — Law & Order — Leila — Episode: "Life Choice" • 1993 — Law & Order — Martha Rollins — Episode: "Benevolence" • 1994 — Law & Order — Beatrice Hines — Episode: "Nurture" • New York Undercover — Bettina — Episode: "Blondes Have More Fun" • 1995 — ABC Afterschool Special — Rita — Episode: "Notes for My Daughter" • Deadly Whispers — Betty — Television film • One Life to Live — Rabbi Heller — 2 episodes • 1996 — Chicago Hope — Marge Stewart — Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope" • 1997–2004 — data-sort-value="Practice, The" | The Practice — Ellenor Frutt — Main role • 1998 — Ally McBeal — Episode: "The Inmates" • 2000 — Family Guy — Ellen Pine (voice) — Episode: "Dammit Janet" • Loretta Clairborne Story — Janet MacFarland — Television film • data-sort-value="Tenth Kingdom, The" | The 10th Kingdom — Snow White — 3 episodes • Will & Grace — Sue — Episode: "Gypsies, Tramps and Weed" • 2001 — Boston Public — Ellenor Frutt — Episode: "Chapter Thirteen" • data-sort-value="Girl Thing, A" |A Girl Thing — Suzanne Nabor — Television film • Jennifer — Suzzane Allen — Television film • Kiss My Act — Samantha Berger — Television film, also co-executive producer • 2002 — data-sort-value="Laramie Project, The" | The Laramie Project — Rebecca Hillicker — Television film • 2003 — data-sort-value="System, The" | The System — Peggy Barker — 9 episodes • 2004 — Higglytown Heroes — Plumber Hero (voice) — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="L Word, The" |The L Word — Veronica Bloom — 4 episodes • Strong Medicine — June — Episode: "Cinderella in Scrubs" • Two and a Half Men — Daisy Ray — Episode: "A Kosher Slaughterhouse Out in Fontana" • 2005 — Elvis — Gladys Presley — 2 episodes • How I Met Your Mother — Ellen Pierce — Episode: "Matchmaker" • 2006–2010 — Ghost Whisperer — Delia Banks — Main role (seasons 2–5) • 2007 — Hannah Montana — Margo — 2 episodes • SeeMore's Playhouse — Herself — Episode: "Dental Visits" • 2009 — Jesse Stone: Thin Ice — Elizabeth Blue — Television film • 2010 — data-sort-value="Pregnancy Pact, The" | The Pregnancy Pact — Nurse Daly — Television film • 2011–2012 — Harry's Law — Kimberly Mendelsohn — 5 episodes • 2013 — Criminal Minds — Carla Hines — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="Makeover, The" | The Makeover — Colleen — Television film • 2013–2015 — Person of Interest — Control — 9 episodes • 2014 — Extant — Sam Barton — Main role (season 1) • 2015 — Hand of God — Dr. Langston — 2 episodes • 2016 — Code Black — Alice Williams — Episode: "Life and Limb" • Masters of Sex — Alice — Episode: "In to Me You See" • Younger — Jane Wray — 2 episodes • 2017 — Major Crimes — Winnie Davis — 3 episodes • 2018 — Living Biblically — Twila Meadows — Main role • Waco — Balenda Thibodeau — 4 episodes • 2019 — Hell's Kitchen — Herself — Guest diner and Waterkeeper Alliance contributor Episode: "Poor Trev" • data-sort-value="Magicians, The" | The Magicians — Sheila — 4 episodes • Heartstrings — Betty Grover — 1 episode • 2019–2020 — Stumptown — Mary Cosgrove — Main role • 2020 — Utopia — Artemis — 2 episodes • 2021 — Big Shot — Coach McCarthy — Recurring role • 2022 — Cruel Instruction — Miss Connie — Television film • This Is Us — Debbie — Episode: "Don't Let Me Keep You" • Law & Order: Organized Crime — Kate Dixon — Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part One" • 2022–2023 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Kate Dixon — 2 episodes • 2022–2024 — Law & Order — Kate Dixon — Main role (seasons 21–23) • 2025 — Murder in a Small Town — Jocelyn Tait — Season 2, episode 2, "Blood Wedding"

Camryn Manheim was recorded at birth as Debra Frances Manheim. The authorities additionally record the heading Debra Frances Manheim. Her recorded languages were English and American Sign Language. Her recorded confession was Judaism. One child is recorded: Milo Manheim.

Camryn Manheim is recorded as having studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, University of California, Santa Cruz and Woodrow Wilson Classical High School.