Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio
Deborah Rhea
Seehorn (born May 12 1972) is an American actress. Her most well-known role is
the role of Kim Wexler, an attorney in AMC's Better Call Saul (2015-2018),
where she received two times the Satellite Award as Best Supporting Actress for
a series, Miniseries or Television Film. She has also appeared on the NBC show
Whitney (2011-2013), ABC's I'm with Her (2003-2004) as well as TNT's Franklin
& Bash (2011-2014). Deborah Rhea Seehorn was born in Norfolk, Virginia,
on May 12 1972. Her mother was executive secretary for the United States Navy,
her father was an agent of the Naval Investigative Service. The family was
based in Washington, D.C., Arizona, Japan, and was frequently moved throughout
her early years. Following in the footsteps of her grandmother and father who
were artists, she began studying painting, drawing and architecture at the age
of a child. Though she pursued all of the arts in her life, she also developed
a passion for acting. In college she was exposed to contemporary theater. In
1994, she graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts in
Studio Art. Seehorn started her college career as an actor and was encouraged
by her acting teacher. She attempted to make her mark by working various
ancillary roles in D.C. theater. The result was some significant roles in local
theater productions However, she still had to find odd jobs to pay the bills
She was also cast in various industrial short instructional films. In the next
few years, she was able to be cast in TV productions. Her roles were often that
were "very humorous and sarcastic" like her idol Bea Arthur. However,
most of her roles were short-run shows that were cancelled after just two or
three seasons. Seehorn was chosen to play Kim Wexler in the Breaking Bad
prequel series Better Call Saul in May 2014. Seehorn portrays Kim Wexler, a
lawyer as well as the love interest of the main Jimmy McGill/Saul G. Goodman
(Bob Odenkirk).
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