Spencer Grammer

Spencer Karen Grammer (born October 9, 1983) is an American actress best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science fiction series Rick and Morty and as Casey Cartwright in the ABC Family college comedy-drama series Greek.
==Early life==
Grammer, born in Los Angeles, California, is the child of comedian and actor Kelsey Grammer and Doreen Alderman, and was named after her paternal aunt, who was murdered in 1975. She has six paternal half-siblings: three half-sisters (the actress Greer Grammer, Mason, and Faith) and three half-brothers (Jude, Gabriel, and James). She also has a maternal half-sister named Madison. She attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.
==Career==
Grammer's first role was as a child, appearing uncredited on the show Cheers.
Grammer played the female lead, Casey Cartwright, in the ABC Family series Greek. The show followed the life of a sister (Grammer) and her geeky brother, Rusty Cartwright, played by Jacob Zachar, as they navigate college and life within the world of the Greek system sororities and fraternities in a midwestern Ohio college town.
In late 2012, she was cast in an independent thriller originally titled 2br/1ba. Directed by Rob Margolies, it was scheduled to be released in May 2015 as Roommate Wanted.
In 2013, Grammer starred opposite Blair Underwood in Ironside, the remake of the popular 1960s television series of the same name. On the show, she plays the female lead, Holly, part of detective Robert Ironside's (Underwood) hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases in the city after he is left paralyzed following a shooting. The show was canceled after three episodes aired. Since 2013 Spencer also lent her voice to the character of Summer Smith on the Adult Swim animated science fiction series Rick and Morty.
==Personal life==
Grammer married James Hesketh, a firefighter, on February 11, 2011. On October 10, 2011, she gave birth to their son, Emmett Emmanual Hesketh. In November 2017, Hesketh filed for divorce from Grammer.
In the fall of 2017, Grammer began her graduate studies at Columbia University, studying film screenwriting and directing.
== Filmography ==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2006	 	Prudence 	Short film
2006	Beautiful Ohio 	Carlene 	
2007	Descent 	Stephanie (uncredited)	
2011	Missing William 	Jill 	
2013	In Lieu of Flowers 	Rachel 	
2015	Roommate Wanted 	Dee 	
2016	Beyond Paradise 	Rachel 	
2017	Boone The Bounty Hunter	Kat 	
Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1992 	Cheers 	Little Girl 	Episode: "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't"
2004 	Clubhouse 	Sheila 	Episode: "Pilot"Episode: "Chin Music"
2005 	Clubhouse 	Sheila 	Episode: "Road Trip"
2005 	Jonny Zero 	Dora 	Episode: "Pilot"
2005 	Third Watch 	Kimmie Haynes 	Episode: "Kingpin Rising"
2006 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Katie 	Episode: "Infected"
2006 	 	Lee's Classmate 	Episode: "Love and the Tenth Planet"
2006 	Six Degrees 	Nanny 	Episode: "Pilot"
2006 	As the World Turns 	Dr. Lucy Montgomery 	TV series
2007–2011 	Greek 	Casey Cartwright 	74 episodes, Lead role
2009 	Robot Chicken 	Atlantis / Mother (voice)	Episode: "Please Do Not Notify Our Contractors"
2012 	CSI: NY 	Kim Barnett 	Episode: "Flash Pop"
2013 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Ella St James 	Episode: "Dead Air"
2013 	Ironside 	Holly 	Main cast
2013–present	Rick and Morty 	Summer (voice) 	Main cast
2014 	Royal Pains 	Ashley 	Episode: "Everybody Loves Ray, Man"
2014 	Chicago PD 	Jenn Cassidy 	Episode: "Called in Dead"
2015 	Mr. Robinson 	Ashleigh Willows 	Series regular
2016 	Scorpion 	Airman Woodrow 	Episode: "Civil War"
2017 	Grey's Anatomy 	Candace 	Episode: "In the Air Tonight"
2017 	Graves 	Katie Farrell 	
2018 	Tell Me a Story 	Beth Miller 	6 episodes
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