Cast & creator
Camryn Manheim
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Κάμριν Μάνχαϊμ, Debra Frances Manheim, Debra Frances "Camryn" Manheim, کامرین منهایم, کَمرین منهایم
55
film credits
65
television credits
119
1944–2025 · acting roles
6.4
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (120)
Showing 120 of 120 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kate Dixon
1999
Law & Order
Leila
1990Law & Order
Kate Dixon
1990Law & Order
Martha Rollins
1990Law & Order
Beatrice Hines
1990
Family Guy
Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
1999
Criminal Minds
Carla Hines
2005
The View
Self
1997
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Two and a Half Men
Daisy
2003
How I Met Your Mother
Ellen Pierce
2005
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Audience Member
2005
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
This Is Us
Debbie
2016
Chicago Hope
Marge Stewart
1994
Person of Interest
Diane Claypool
2011Person of Interest
Control
2011
Ghost Whisperer
Delia Banks
2005
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Practice
Ellenor Frutt
1997
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Will & Grace
Psychic Sue
1998
The Talk
Self
2010
Touched by an Angel
Anita
1994
Strong Medicine
June
2000
25 Words or Less
Self
2018
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Kate Dixon
2021
Younger
Dr. Jane Wray
2015
Boston Public
Ellenor Frutt
2000The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Murder in a Small Town
Jocelyn Tait
2024
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2015
The Magicians
Sheila
2015
Hannah Montana
Margo
2006
Masters of Sex
Group Leader
2013
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
2020Stars in the House
Self
2020
The L Word
Veronica Bloom
2004
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Ally McBeal
Ellenor Frutt
1997
Harry's Law
Kim Mendelsohn
2011
Extant
Sam Barton
2014
Stumptown
Lieutenant Cosgrove
2019
Scary Movie 3
Trooper Champlin
2003
Big Shot
Joyce McCarthy
2021Big Shot
Principal McCarthy
2021
Higglytown Heroes
Plumber Hero (voice)
2004
Oh Baby
1998Oh Baby
R.N. Dale Harris
1998
Dilbert
Juliet (voice)
1999
Mercury Rising
Dr. London
1998
The Early Show
Self
1999
Waco
Balenda Thibodeau
2018
Utopia
Artemis
2020
An Unfinished Life
Nina
2005
Eraser
Nurse
1996
The 10th Kingdom
Snow White
2000
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Mrs. Grover
2019
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Toby Walters
1997
Return to Sender
Nancy
2015
The F**k-It List
Principal Baird
2020
Elvis
Gladys Presley
2005
Dark Water
Teacher
2005
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
Tria (voice)
2005
Twisted
Lisa
2004
MADtv
Self
1995
The Road to Wellville
Virginia Cranehill
1994
Living Biblically
Ms. Meadows
2018
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Poe Picketer
1990
A Girl Thing
Suzanne Nabor
2001
Happiness
Kristina
1998
The Doc Files
Rescue Ronda (voice)
2013
All About Nina
Debora
2018
Cop Car
Bev
2015
The Laramie Project
Rebecca Hilliker
2002
What Planet Are You From?
Alison
2000
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
Tria (voice)
2006
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Elizabeth Blue
2009
Wide Awake
Sister Sophia
1998My Crazy Life
2005
Slipstream
Barbara
2007
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Lisa Gobar
2006
Cruel Instruction
Miss Connie
2022
Romy and Michele 2
Toby Walters
Joe the King
Mrs. Basil
1999
Jeffrey
Single Woman
1995
The Hot Flashes
Roxie Rosales
2013
The Makeover
Colleen
2013
Jackie's Back!
Camryn Manheim
1999
Rescuing Desire
Pappa
1996
Without Men
la patronne
2011
The Tic Code
Mrs. Swensrut
1998
Deadly Whispers
Betty
1995
Love Hurts
Gloria
2009
Snow Wonder
Bev
2005
Endangered
Educational Video Spokesperson
2020
Just Peck
Ms. Wood
2011
The Pregnancy Pact
Nurse Kim Daly
2010
Behind the Smile
Vicki Matters
2006
Camilla Dickinson
Pamela Stephanowski
2012
Killing Eleanor
Anne-Marie
2020
Sign the Show
Self
2023
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
Self
2008
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Janet McFarland
2000
Jenifer
Nurse Vandemal
2001Notes for My Daughter
Risa
1995
Kiss My Act
Samantha 'Sam' Berger
2001Kiss My Act
Co-Executive Producer
2001Deluxe Ocean View
Vera
East of A
Agatha
2000
David Searching
Gwen
1997
Fort McCoy
Florie
2014You Are Here
Singles Registry Woman
1997Fool's Gold
Patricia
1998