14 Facts About Rhea Seehorn

Deborah Rhea Seehorn is an American actress and director.

Rhea Seehorn is best known for playing Kim Wexler in AMC legal crime drama series Better Call Saul, for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 74th and 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, along with winning the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.

Rhea Seehorn received another Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her performance in Cooper's Bar.

Deborah Rhea Seehorn was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 12,1972.

Rhea Seehorn's mother was an executive assistant for the United States Navy, while her father was an agent in the Naval Investigative Service.

Rhea Seehorn's family moved frequently during her childhood, living in Washington, DC, and Arizona, as well as in Japan.

Rhea Seehorn continued pursuing the visual arts, but had a growing passion for acting and was introduced to contemporary theater in college.

Rhea Seehorn worked many ancillary positions in the theater industry in DC to try to get noticed.

Rhea Seehorn ended up getting some major roles in local theater productions, but still needed to take odd jobs to help make ends meet; she took roles in various industrial short instructional films.

Rhea Seehorn soon started getting parts in more television productions, often playing roles that she considered as "very wry, sarcastic, knowing women," similar to her idol Bea Arthur.

In May 2014, Rhea Seehorn was cast in the Breaking Bad spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul, created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.

In 2022, Rhea Seehorn made her television directorial debut with the fourth episode of Better Call Saul's final season.

Rhea Seehorn got engaged to film producer and real estate agent Graham Larson in 2018.

Rhea Seehorn has gone by her middle name Rhea since childhood due to feeling a "disassociation" with the name Debbie from an early age.