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. 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
Acting110
tvMurder in a Small Town
2024
Jocelyn Tait
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
movieCruel Instruction
2022
Miss Connie
tvBig Shot
2021
Joyce McCarthy / Principal McCarthy
tvLaw & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Detective Kate Dixon
movieKilling Eleanor
2020
Anne-Marie
tvUtopia
2020
Artemis
movieThe F**k-It List
2020
Principal Baird
movieEndangered
2020
Educational Video Spokesperson
tvStars in the House
2020
Self - Special Guest / Self
tvDolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
Mrs. Grover
tvStumptown
2019
Lieutenant Cosgrove
movieAll About Nina
2018
Debora
tvLiving Biblically
2018
Ms. Meadows
tvWaco
2018
Balenda Thibodeau
tvThis Is Us
2016
Debbie
tvThe Magicians
2015
Sheila
tvYounger
2015
Dr. Jane Wray
tvExtant
2014
Sam Barton
movieFort McCoy
2014
Florie
tvMasters of Sex
2013
Group Leader
tvThe Doc Files
2013
Rescue Ronda (voice)
movieThe Hot Flashes
2013
Roxie Rosales
movieThe Makeover
2013
Colleen
movieCamilla Dickinson
2012
Pamela Stephanowski
tvPerson of Interest
2011
Diane Claypool / Control
movieWithout Men
2011
la patronne
movieJust Peck
2011
Ms. Wood
tvHarry's Law
2011
Kim Mendelsohn
tvThe Talk
2010
Self
movieThe Pregnancy Pact
2010
Nurse Kim Daly
movieLove Hurts
2009
Gloria
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieJesse Stone: Thin Ice
2009
Elizabeth Blue
movieSlipstream
2007
Barbara
tvThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
Self - Guest
tvHannah Montana
2006
Margo
movieBehind the Smile
2006
Vicki Matters
tvGhost Whisperer
2005
Delia Banks
tvCriminal Minds
2005
Carla Hines
tvHow I Met Your Mother
2005
Ellen Pierce
movieDark Water
2005
Teacher
tvDancing with the Stars
2005
Self - Audience Member
tvHell's Kitchen
2005
Self - Restaurant Patron
tvElvis
2005
Gladys Presley
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
movieTwisted
2004
Lisa
tvThe L Word
2004
Veronica Bloom
movieScary Movie 3
2003
Trooper Champlin
movieThe Laramie Project
2002
Rebecca Hilliker
movieJenifer
2001
Nurse Vandemal
movieKiss My Act
2001
Samantha 'Sam' Berger
tvA Girl Thing
2001
Suzanne Nabor
tvBoston Public
2000
Ellenor Frutt
tvThe 10th Kingdom
2000
Snow White
movieThe Loretta Claiborne Story
2000
Janet McFarland
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Kate Dixon
movieJackie's Back!
1999
Camryn Manheim
tvFamily Guy
1999
Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
tvDilbert
1999
Juliet (voice)
movieJoe the King
1999
Mrs. Basil
movieHappiness
1998
Kristina
tvWill & Grace
1998
Psychic Sue
tvHollywood Squares
1998
Self - Panelist
movieThe Tic Code
1998
Mrs. Swensrut
movieMercury Rising
1998
Dr. London
movieWide Awake
1998
Sister Sophia
Fool's Gold
1998
Patricia
tvAlly McBeal
1997
Ellenor Frutt
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieRomy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
Toby Walters
You Are Here
1997
Singles Registry Woman
tvThe Practice
1997
Ellenor Frutt
movieEraser
1996
Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
tvMADtv
1995
Self
movieJeffrey
1995
Single Woman
movieThe Road to Wellville
1994
Virginia Cranehill
tvChicago Hope
1994
Marge Stewart
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieThe Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
Poe Picketer
tvLaw & Order
1990
Leila / Kate Dixon / Martha Rollins / Beatrice Hines
movieSudden Impact
1983
Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
movieRomy and Michele 2
Toby Walters
Production1
movieKiss My Act
2001
Co-Executive Producer