Camryn Manheim
- Highest Rated: The Laramie Project (2002)
- Lowest Rated: Twisted (2004)
- Birthday: Mar 8, 1961
- Birthplace: Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
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After toiling in minor film roles for years, Camryn Manheim finally attained the fame and respect denied to many overweight women who attempt to make it as actresses in Hollywood. In 1998, Manheim came to the attention of television audiences when she won a Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her role as lawyer Ellenor Frutt on David E. Kelley's acclaimed law drama The Practice. Hoisting her award in the air and exuberantly declaring, "This is for all the fat girls!", the actress won over millions of viewers, many of whom may not have been aware of her existence before the awards ceremony.Born in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 8, 1961, Manheim was raised in Peoria, Illinois and Long Beach California, the daughter of a math professor father and school teacher mother. She developed an interest in acting after attending a Renaissance fair at the age of sixteen, and she went on to get a Masters in Fine Arts from New York University in 1987. After graduating, Manheim made her (credited) screen debut with a miniscule role in Bonfire of the Vanities in 1990. A long series of similarly minor roles in films ranging from Jeffrey (1995) to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) followed before she was cast in The Practice in 1997. After winning fame and an Emmy for her work on the show, Manheim gained additional exposure and respect with her role as a denizen of Todd Solondz's dysfunctional New Jersey suburbia in the acclaimed Happiness (1998). The following year, in addition to winning a Golden Globe and another Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Ellenor Frutt, Manheim continued to act in films, appearing in Fools Gold and Joe the King, both of which were shown at the 1999 Sundance Festival.In the decades to come, Manheim would appear in several films, like An Unfinished Life and Slipstream, as well as on several successful TVseries, like The L Word, Ghost Whisperer, and Harry's Law.In addition to acting, Manheim also authored Wake Up, I'm Fat, a memoir that began life as a one-woman show at New York's Public Theatre. By turns funny and excruciating, it details the actress's transformation from wholesome middle American to tattooed, dozen-earringed California biker, her struggles with those who told her she'd have to lose weight to fit in, and the trials and tribulations of making it in the entertainment industry.
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Highest Rated Movies
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Happiness
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Cop Car
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The Tic Code
75%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
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An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life | Actor | — | 2017 | |
14% | Return to Sender | Nancy | — | 2015 |
80% | Cop Car | Bev | $0.2M | 2015 |
50% | Fort McCoy | Florie | $78.7K | 2014 |
18% | Jewtopia | Eileen Daniels | $34.6K | 2013 |
36% | The Hot Flashes | Roxie Rosales | — | 2013 |
The Makeover | Actor | — | 2013 | |
Without Men | Boss | — | 2011 | |
Faire: An American Renaissance | Actor | — | 2010 | |
Pregnancy Pact | School Nurse | — | 2010 | |
29% | Love Hurts | Actor | — | 2009 |
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Elizabeth Blue | — | 2009 | |
Just Peck | Ms. Wood | — | 2009 | |
25% | Slipstream | Barbara | — | 2007 |
The Land Before Time XII: Great Day of the Flyers | Tria | — | 2007 | |
22% | Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Lisa Gobar | $0.2M | 2006 |
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses | Tria | — | 2005 | |
Snow Wonder | Bev | — | 2005 | |
52% | An Unfinished Life | Nina | $8.6M | 2005 |
47% | Dark Water | Teacher | $25.5M | 2005 |
1% | Twisted | Lisa | $25.1M | 2004 |
35% | Scary Movie 3 | Trooper Champlin | — | 2003 |
92% | The Laramie Project | Rebecca Hilliker | — | 2002 |
A Girl Thing | Suzanne Nabor | — | 2001 | |
Jenifer (The Jenifer Estess Story) | Nurse Vandemal | — | 2001 | |
Kiss My Act | Executive Producer Sam Berger | — | 2001 | |
42% | What Planet Are You From? | Alison | — | 2000 |
East of A | Agatha | — | 2000 | |
The Loretta Claiborne Story | Janet McFarland | — | 2000 | |
Jackie's Back | Actor | — | 1999 | |
67% | Joe the King | Mrs. Basil | — | 1999 |
Cracking Up | Actor | — | 1998 | |
81% | Happiness | Kristina | — | 1998 |
75% | The Tic Code | Mrs. Swensrut | — | 1998 |
17% | Mercury Rising | Dr. London | — | 1998 |
40% | Wide Awake | Sister Sophia | — | 1998 |
72% | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Toby | — | 1997 |
David Searching | Gwen | — | 1997 | |
35% | Eraser | Nurse | — | 1996 |
68% | Jeffrey | Single Woman | — | 1995 |
Deadly Whispers | Betty | — | 1995 | |
41% | The Road to Wellville | Virginia Cranehill | — | 1994 |
16% | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Poe Picketer | — | 1990 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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Celebrity Family Feud
2015
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Appearing |
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60% |
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
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Mrs. Grover |
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94% |
Stumptown
2019
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Lieutenant Cosgrove |
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89% |
The Magicians
2016
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Guest |
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92% |
Person Of Interest
2011
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Control Diane Claypool |
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Great Performances
2000
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Appearing |
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18% |
Living Biblically
2018
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Ms. Meadows |
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Major Crimes
2012-2018
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Chief Winnie Davis Winnie Davis |
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Code Black
2015-2018
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Alice Williams |
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77% |
Extant
2014-2015
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Sam Barton |
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Vigilados: Person of Interest
2011-2016
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Control |
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The Talk
2010
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Host Guest |
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Criminal Minds
2005
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Carla Hines |
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43% |
Harry's Law
2011-2012
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Kim Mendelsohn |
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The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-2010
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Guest |
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Ghost Whisperer
2005-2010
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Delia Banks |
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Hannah Montana
2006-2011
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Manager |
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83% |
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
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Ellen Pierce |
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Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005-2011
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Ellen Pierce |
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54% |
The L Word
2004-2009
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Veronica Bloom |
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Strong Medicine
2000-2006
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June |
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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Guest |
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63% |
Two and a Half Men
2003-2015
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Daisy |
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The Practice
1997-2004
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Ellenor Frutt |
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Boston Public
2000-2005
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Ellenor Frutt |
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50% |
Gideon's Crossing
2000-2001
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Ellenor Frutt |
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The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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Guest |
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The 10th Kingdom
2000
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Snow White |
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Will & Grace
1998
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Psychic Sue |
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61% |
Ally McBeal
1997-2002
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Ellenor Frutt |
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Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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Anita |
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New York Undercover
1994-1998
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Susan Granger |
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Law & Order
1990-2010
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Beatrice Hines Leila Martha Rollins |
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How I Met Your Mother
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Ellen Pierce |
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QUOTES FROM Camryn Manheim CHARACTERS
- Nurse
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Oh my God! Terrorists!
- Johnny C
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Terror? I'll show you some freakin' terror! Get your ass up here, I'll jump-start it!