Early life

Manheim was born Debra Frances Manheim in Caldwell, New Jersey and grew up in Peoria, Illinois. She is the daughter of Sylvia, a teacher, and Jerome Manheim, a mathematics professor. Her family is Jewish. Manheim became interested in acting after working at a Renaissance fair in high school. 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.

Career

Manheim 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 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. In 1998, Manheim collected an Emmy for her work on The Practice. In 1999, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award.

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.

Personal life

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. Her brother, Karl Manheim, is a law professor at Loyola Law School. Her only child, son Milo, was born March 6, 2001, two days before her 40th birthday.

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	Deadly Whispers	Betty	Television movie
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	Loretta Clairborne Story	Janet MacFarland	Television movie
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Alison
2001	Jennifer	Nurse	Television movie
2001	A Girl Thing	Suzanne Nabor	Television movie
2001	Kiss My Act	Samantha Berger	Television movie
2002	The Laramie Project	Rebecca Hillicker	Television movie
2003	Scary Movie 3	Trooper
2004	The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses	Tria
2005	Dark Water	Teacher
2005	Elvis	Gladys Presley	Television movie
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	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice	Elizabeth Blue	Television movie
2009	Just Peck	Ms. Wood
2010	The Pregnancy Pact	Nurse Daly	Television movie
2012	Jewtopia	Eileen Daniels
2013	The Makeover	Colleen	Television movie
2013	The Hot Flashes	Roxie Rosales
2014	Fort McCoy	Florie
2015	Cop Car	Bev

Television

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	2 episodes
2000	Family Guy	Voice	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 Slaughter House Out in Fontana"
2005	How I Met Your Mother	Ellen Pierce	Episode: "Matchmaker"
2006-2010	Ghost Whisperer	Delia Banks	80 episodes
2007	Hannah Montana	Margo	2 episodes
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	Episode: "Beyond Therapy"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1998	National Board of Review	Best Cast	Happiness	Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	The Practice	Won
	Viewers for Quality Television	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series		Nominated
1999	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama		Nominated
	Viewers for Quality Television	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series		Won
2000	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - Television Series Drama		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Viewers for Quality Television	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series		Nominated
2001	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2005	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Elvis	Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Nominated
2006	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Nominated

Charities

Camryn Manheim supports the following charitable causes: AIDS, Domestic Violence, Rape/Sexual Abuse.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]