Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio

Deborah Rhea Seehorn, born on May 12, 1972, is an American actress. Her most well-known part is that 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 for a series, Miniseries or Television Film. She was also on the NBC series 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 born in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 12 1972. Her mother was the executive assistant for the United States Navy, while her father was an agent with the Naval Investigative Service; her family moved often during her early years, including Washington, D.C. and Arizona in addition to in Japan. At a very young age she was influenced by her grandparents and grandfather to learn about drawing, painting and architecture. In her pursuit of the art of the visual, she found an interest in acting. She was also introduced to modern theatre at the time of her college. In 1994 she graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art. Seehorn started her college career as an actor and was supported by her acting instructor. In order to be noticed she was employed in the ancillary positions in D.C.'s theater industry. While she was eventually able to land major roles in local theatre productions, and was forced to take on odd jobs in order to make ends meet but she continued to work in the film industry as an educational filmmaker. In the next few years, she became involved in more TV productions. She was often compared to Bea Arthur, whom she described as "very funny," "sarcastic, and very intelligent" women. But, the majority of these roles were for short-run series that ended after one or two seasons. Seehorn was cast in Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spinoff series. Seehorn plays Kim Wexler, who is an attorney and the lover of Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk).