Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio
Deborah Rhea
Seehorn (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress from the United States. She
is best known for her role as the attorney Kim Wexler on AMC's Better Call Saul
(2015-2018), for which she has been recognized with the Satellite Award for
Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, Miniseries, or Television Film.
She has also starred in the NBC miniseries Whitney (2011-2013) and 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
worked as an executive assistant in the United States Navy, and her father was
an agent in the Naval Investigative Service. She was raised in a household that
moved often, including in Washington, D.C., Arizona, and Japan. Following in
the footsteps of her grandfather and father who were artists, she began
studying painting, drawing, and architecture from the age of a child. In her
pursuit of the art of the visual, she found a passion for acting. She was also
introduced to modern theater in the course of her college. She graduated with a
BA in Studio Art from George Mason University in 1994. While in college,
Seehorn was looking to enter the theater industry, thanks to the encouragement
from her acting teacher. To make her stand out she took on various ancillary
roles within D.C.'s theater industry. The result was some important
performances in local theater however, she had to work odd jobs to pay the
bills and she was cast in various short instructional industrial films. Then,
she began to land roles on television productions. She was often seen in roles
that were "very wry and sarcastic" like her idol Bea Arthur. These
roles are usually ended after only one to two seasons. In May 2014, Seehorn was
cast in the Breaking Bad spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul. Seehorn
portrays Kim Wexler (a lawyer) and is the love-interest for Saul Goodman, the
aforementioned Jimmy McGill.
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