Camryn Manheim
Acting • Born 1961-03-08
Biography
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.
Filmography
112 credits
Sign the Show
Movie • 2023
Self
An Unfinished Life
Movie • 2005
Nina
Scary Movie 3
Movie • 2003
Trooper Champlin
Killing Eleanor
Movie • 2020
Anne-Marie
Love Hurts
Movie • 2009
Gloria
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
Movie • 2005
Tria (voice)
Mercury Rising
Movie • 1998
Dr. London
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Movie • 1997
Toby Walters
Jeffrey
Movie • 1995
Single Woman
Slipstream
Movie • 2007
Barbara
Joe the King
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Basil
The Pregnancy Pact
Movie • 2010
Nurse Kim Daly
Rescuing Desire
Movie • 1996
Pappa
East of A
Movie • 2000
Agatha
Cruel Instruction
Movie • 2022
Miss Connie
The Makeover
Movie • 2013
Colleen
The Hot Flashes
Movie • 2013
Roxie Rosales
Snow Wonder
Movie • 2005
Bev
Kiss My Act
Movie • 2001
Samantha 'Sam' Berger
Jenifer
Movie • 2001
Nurse Vandemal
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Movie • 1990
Poe Picketer
Happiness
Movie • 1998
Kristina
Cop Car
Movie • 2015
Bev
Twisted
Movie • 2004
Lisa
You Are Here
Movie • 1997
Singles Registry Woman
Fort McCoy
Movie • 2014
Florie
Dark Water
Movie • 2005
Teacher
Return to Sender
Movie • 2015
Nancy
The Laramie Project
Movie • 2002
Rebecca Hilliker
Fool's Gold
Movie • 1998
Patricia
Wide Awake
Movie • 1998
Sister Sophia
Deadly Whispers
Movie • 1995
Betty
Just Peck
Movie • 2011
Ms. Wood
Camilla Dickinson
Movie • 2012
Pamela Stephanowski
Without Men
Movie • 2011
la patronne
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Movie • 2009
Elizabeth Blue
All About Nina
Movie • 2018
Debora
The Road to Wellville
Movie • 1994
Virginia Cranehill
David Searching
Movie • 1997
Gwen
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie • 2006
Lisa Gobar
The F**k-It List
Movie • 2020
Principal Baird
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Movie • 2000
Janet McFarland
Eraser
Movie • 1996
Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
What Planet Are You From?
Movie • 2000
Alison
Sudden Impact
Movie • 1983
Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
Movie • 2006
Tria (voice)
Jackie's Back!
Movie • 1999
Camryn Manheim
Behind the Smile
Movie • 2006
Vicki Matters
Notes For My Daughter
Movie • 1995
Risa
The Tic Code
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Swensrut
Endangered
Movie • 2020
Educational Video Spokesperson
Boston Public
TV • 2000
Ellenor Frutt
How I Met Your Mother
TV • 2005
Ellen Pierce
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Leila
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Ellenor Frutt
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Delia Banks
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Daisy
The L Word
TV • 2004
Veronica Bloom
The Practice
TV • 1997
Ellenor Frutt
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Hannah Montana
TV • 2006
Margo
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Psychic Sue
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Marge Stewart
Big Shot
TV • 2021
Joyce McCarthy
Elvis
TV • 2005
Gladys Presley
My Crazy Life
TV • 2005
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Diane Claypool
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Control
Extant
TV • 2014
Sam Barton
Younger
TV • 2015
Dr. Jane Wray
Big Shot
TV • 2021
Principal McCarthy
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Kate Dixon
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self - Restaurant Patron
Oh Baby
TV • 1998
The Doc Files
TV • 2013
Rescue Ronda (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Martha Rollins
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
June
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Beatrice Hines
Utopia
TV • 2020
Artemis
Living Biblically
TV • 2018
Ms. Meadows
The 10th Kingdom
TV • 2000
Snow White
Waco
TV • 2018
Balenda Thibodeau
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
This Is Us
TV • 2016
Debbie
Masters of Sex
TV • 2013
Group Leader
The Magicians
TV • 2015
Sheila
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV • 2021
Detective Kate Dixon
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Kate Dixon
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Stumptown
TV • 2019
Lieutenant Cosgrove
Dilbert
TV • 1999
Juliet (voice)
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2015
Self
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self - Special Guest
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
TV • 2019
Mrs. Grover
25 Words or Less
TV • 2018
Self
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Anita
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Carla Hines
Harry's Law
TV • 2011
Kim Mendelsohn
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Murder in a Small Town
TV • 2024
Jocelyn Tait
A Girl Thing
TV • 2001
Suzanne Nabor
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Audience Member
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist