Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio
Deborah Rhea
Seehorn, born on 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 has twice been awarded the Satellite Award as Best Supporting Actress
in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She also appeared on the NBC
miniseries Whitney (2011-2013) as well as ABC's I'm with Her (2003-2004), and
TNT's Franklin & Bash (2011-2014). Deborah Rhea Seehorn was conceived
in Norfolk, Virginia on May 12 in 1972. Her mother worked as an executive
assistant to the United States Navy, while her father was an agent with the
Naval Investigative Service; her family was frequently moved during her early
years, including Washington, D.C. and Arizona, as well as in Japan. Following
in the footsteps of her father and grandmother She was interested in drawing,
painting, and architecture from an early age. She continued pursuing the visual
arts, but had an increasing interest in acting and was introduced to modern
theater at the age of college. She earned a bachelor's degree in Studio Art
from George Mason University in 1994. While at college, Seehorn was looking to
enter the theater industry, thanks to the encouragement from her acting
instructor. She took on a variety of assistant roles in the theater industry in
D.C. to try to get noticed. However, she never managed to land major roles in
local theater productions and had be able to find odd jobs to make ends meet
but she continued to work in the film industry as an instructional filmmaker.
In the following years, she was able to find roles in more television
productions, often playing roles that she thought were "very humorous,
sarcastic, and knowing women" which was similar to her idol Bea Arthur.
These roles were often cancelled after a couple of seasons. Seehorn was part of
Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spinoff series. Seehorn plays Kim Wexler, a
lawyer and love interest of the main Jimmy McGill/Saul Bestman (Bob Odenkirk).
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