Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio

Deborah Rhea Seehorn (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress from the United States. Most well-known is her role as the attorney Kim Wexler on AMC's Better Call Saul (2015-2018), for which she has been presented with the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries, or Television Film. Also, she was in the NBC's Whitney (2011)-2013 and ABC's I'm with Her(2003)-2004 and TNT's Franklin & Bash (2011)-2014. Deborah Rhea Seehorn, a Norfolk native was born on May 12, 1972. Her mother worked as an executive assistant in the United States Navy, and her father was an agent of the Naval Investigative Service. She was raised in a family which moved frequently, including the cities of Washington, D.C., Arizona as well as Japan. Following the footsteps of her mother and father, she studied painting, drawing and architectural design from the age of a child. She continued pursuing the visual arts, but she also had an increased interest in acting and was exposed to contemporary theatre in the college. She received a BA degree in Studio Art from George Mason University in 1994. While in college, Seehorn was looking to get into theater, after being encouraged by her acting instructor. She attempted to make her mark by working in various ancillary jobs in D.C. theater. She eventually got important roles in local theatre productions However, she still had to work odd jobs to make ends meet and she was cast in a variety of short industrial instructional films. Then she started to get roles in more television shows, frequently playing roles that she described as "very funny, sarcastic and knowledgeable women" which was similar to her idol Bea Arthur. But, the majority of these roles were for short-run series that ended after just one or two seasons. Seehorn was part of Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spinoff series. Seehorn is Kim Wexler (a lawyer) and is the love-interest for the Jimmy McGill character.