Camryn Manheim

Personal context

Summary

Camryn Manheim is an American actor known for The Practice, Ghost Whisperer, and Law & Order. Her public advocacy has focused on fat acceptance and access for deaf and disabled people: she dedicated her 1998 Emmy to “all the fat girls,” wrote Wake Up, I’m Fat, worked as a job trainer for deaf people, and supported efforts to make Broadway more accessible. She has also described interpreting at political campaigns and gay-rights rallies, and said she joined deaf activism to support the community.