1. Debra Frances "Camryn" Manheim was born on March 8,1961 and is an American actress who first came to attention with her off-Broadway one-woman show, "Wake Up, I'm Fat", in 1994.
13 Facts About Camryn Manheim
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Camryn Manheim is known for her portrayals of Ellenor Frutt on The Practice, Delia Banks on Ghost Whisperer, "Control" on Person of Interest, Lieutenant Cosgrove on Stumptown, and Gladys Presley in the 2005 miniseries Elvis.
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Camryn Manheim is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, in addition to three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
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Camryn Manheim was born in West Caldwell, New Jersey, into a Jewish family, the daughter of Sylvia, a teacher, and Jerome Camryn Manheim, a mathematics professor and the Dean of Letters and Science at California State University Long Beach.
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Camryn Manheim's family relocated several times in her early childhood due to her father taking new teaching positions, and she spent her early years in Michigan and Peoria, Illinois.
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Camryn Manheim became interested in acting after working at a Renaissance faire during high school.
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Camryn 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 MFA degree in 1987.
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Camryn Manheim's brother, Karl Manheim, is a law professor at Loyola Law School.
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Camryn Manheim worked for a while as a sign language interpreter at hospitals.
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Camryn Manheim's breakthrough was her one-woman show "Wake Up, I'm Fat", which played off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company in 1994.
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Camryn Manheim adapted the show into a book of the same name, which was published by Broadway Books in 1999.
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In 1999, Camryn Manheim won an Emmy for her work on The Practice.
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Camryn Manheim's son Milo, conceived via sperm donation from her close friend Jeffrey Brezovar, was born on March 6,2001.