Camryn Manheim

Camryn Manheim (born March 8, 1961) is an American actress known primarily for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's The Practice, Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer, as Elvis's mother, Gladys Presley in the 2005 mini-series Elvis, and "Control" on Person of Interest. In 1998 she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Practice.
== Early life ==
Manheim was born in Caldwell, New Jersey and grew up in Peoria, Illinois.[1]She is the daughter of Sylvia, a teacher, and Jerome Manheim, a mathematics professor.[2] Her family is Jewish.[3][4] She attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California and became interested in acting after working at a Renaissance fair during high school.[5] 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 MFAdegree in 1987.[6] Her brother, Karl Manheim, is a law professor at Loyola Law School.[7][8]
== Career ==
Manheim worked for a while as a sign language interpreter at hospitals.[9] 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.[citation needed] In 1983, she made a brief appearance as a girl in an elevator in Sudden Impact alongside Clint Eastwood, in the post-courtroom scene at the beginning.
Manheim's breakthrough was her one-woman show, "Wake Up, I'm Fat," which played off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company in 1994.[10] She adapted the show into a book of the same name, which was published by Broadway Booksin 1999.[11]
In 1998, Manheim collected an Emmy for her work on The Practice. In 1999, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award.[12]
In 2005, Manheim earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her work in the miniseries Elvis, and the following year she joined the cast of Ghost Whisperer. 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. She also voiced Juliet in the episode "Company Picnic" of Dilbert on UPN in 2000.
In addition, Manheim has several film credits. These include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Happiness (which earned her and her co-stars a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble), The Laramie Project, Scary Movie 3, Dark Water and An Unfinished Life.
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 Marlee Matlin as well as signing her own dialogue in the parts of Frau Bergmann, Fräulein Großebüstenhalter, and Fräulein Knuppeldick.
== Personal life ==
Her only child, son Milo Jacob Manheim, was born March 6, 2001, two days before her 40th birthday.[13][14]
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.[15][16]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1983	Sudden Impact 	Girl in elevator 	Uncredited
1985	Creator 	Unknown 	Uncredited
1994	The Road to Wellville 	Virginia Cranehill	
1994	Cracking Up 	Unknown 	
1995	Jeffrey 	Single Woman 	
1996	Eraser 	Nurse 	
1996	Rescuing Desire 	Pappa 	
1997	David Searching 	Gwen 	
1997	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 	Toby Walters 	
1998	Wide Awake 	Sister Sophia 	
1998	Mercury Rising 	Dr. London 	
1998	Happiness 	Kristina 	
1998	You Are Here 	Registry Woman 	
1998	The Tic Code 	Mrs. Swensrut 	
1998	Fool's Gold 	Patricia 	
1999	Joe the King 	Mrs. Basil 	
1999	East of A 	Agatha 	
2000	What Planet Are You From? 	Alison 	
2003	Scary Movie 3 	Trooper 	
2004	The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses	Tria 	"Twisted" Lisa
2005	Dark Water 	Teacher 	
2005	An Unfinished Life 	Nina 	
2005	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School 	Lisa Gobar 	
2005	Snow Wonder 	Bev 	
2006	The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers	Tria 	
2007	Slipstream 	Barbara 	
2009	Just Peck 	Ms. Wood 	
2012	Jewtopia 	Eileen Daniels 	
2013	The Hot Flashes 	Roxie Rosales 	
2014	Fort McCoy 	Florie 	
2015	Cop Car 	Bev 	
2015	Return to Sender 	Nancy 	
2018	All About Nina 	Debora 	Post-production
=== Television films ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1995	Deadly Whispers 	Betty 	
2000	Loretta Clairborne Story	Janet MacFarland 	
2001	Jennifer 	Nurse 	
2001	A Girl Thing 	Suzanne Nabor 	
2001	Kiss My Act 	Samantha Berger 	
2002	The Laramie Project 	Rebecca Hillicker	
2009	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice 	Elizabeth Blue 	
2010	The Pregnancy Pact 	Nurse Daly 	
2013	The Makeover 	Colleen 	
=== Television series ===
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"
1994 	New York Undercover 	Lawyer 	Episode: "Blondes Have More Fun"
1995 	ABC Afterschool Special	Risa 	Episode: "Notes for My Daughter"
1995 	One Life to Live 	Rabbi Heller 	2 episodes
1996 	Chicago Hope 	Marge Stewart 	Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope"
1997–2004	The Practice 	Ellenor Frutt 	164 episodes
1998 	Ally McBeal 	Ellenor Frutt 	Episode: "The Inmates"
2000 	The 10th Kingdom 	Snow White 	3 episodes
2000 	Family Guy 	N/A 	Episode: "Dammit Janet"
2000 	Will & Grace 	Sue 	Episode: "Gypsies, Tramps and Weed"
2001 	Boston Public 	Ellenor Frutt 	Episode: "Chapter Thirteen"
2003 	The System 	Peggy Barker 	9 episodes
2004 	Strong Medicine 	June 	Episode: "Cinderella in Scrubs"
2004 	Higglytown Heroes 	Plumber Hero 	Episode: "Twinkle Tooth"
2004 	The L Word 	Veronica Bloom 	4 episodes
2004 	Two and a Half Men 	Daisy Ray 	Episode: "A Kosher Slaughterhouse Out in Fontana"
2005 	How I Met Your Mother 	Ellen Pierce 	Episode: "Matchmaker"
2005 	Elvis 	Gladys Presley 	2 episodes
2006–2010	Ghost Whisperer 	Delia Banks 	Main role (season 2–5); 80 episodes
2007 	Hannah Montana 	Margo 	2 episodes
2007 	SeeMore's Playhouse 	Herself 	Episode: "Dental Visits"
2011–2012	Harry's Law 	Kim Mendelsohn 	5 episodes
2013 	Criminal Minds 	Carla Hines 	2 episodes
2013–2015	Person of Interest 	Control 	9 episodes
2014 	Extant 	Sam Barton 	10 episodes
2015 	Hand of God 	Dr. Langston 	2 episodes
2016 	Younger 	Dr. Jane Wray 	2 episodes
2016 	Code Black 	Alice Williams 	Episode: “Life and Limb”
2016 	Masters of Sex 	Group Lead 	Episode: "In to Me You See"
2017 	Major Crimes 	Winnie Davis 	3 episodes
2018 	Waco 	Balenda Thibodeau	4 episodes
2018 	Living Biblically 	Ms. Meadows 	8 episodes
2019 	Hell's Kitchen 	Herself 	Represented Waterkeeper Alliance at a private dinner service; Episode: "Poor Trev"
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Association 	Category 	Nominated work	Result
1998	National Board of Review 	Best Cast 	Happiness 	Won
1998	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 	The Practice 	Won
1998	Viewers for Quality Television 	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series 	The Practice 	Nominated
1999	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	The Practice 	Won
1999	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 	The Practice 	Nominated
1999	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	The Practice 	Nominated
1999	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama 	The Practice 	Nominated
1999	Viewers for Quality Television 	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series 	The Practice 	Won
2000	Satellite Awards 	Best Actress – Television Series Drama 	The Practice 	Won
2000	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	The Practice 	Nominated
2000	Viewers for Quality Television 	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series 	The Practice 	Nominated
2001	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	The Practice 	Nominated
2005	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 	Elvis 	Nominated
2005	Satellite Awards 	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Elvis 	Nominated
2006	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Elvis 	Nominated
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