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 Born May 12, 1972, Deborah Rhea Seehorn is an American actress and director, celebrated for her captivating performances. You know her best as Kim Wexler in AMC's gripping legal crime drama, *Better Call Saul*, a role that earned her two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also snagged the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama and a second Emmy nod for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her work in the AMC web series, *Cooper's Bar*. Add to that two Satellite Awards for Best Supporting Actress and multiple nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and Critics' Choice Television Awards, and you have an artist truly at the top of her game. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Rhea's early life was shaped by a family that moved frequently, living everywhere from Washington D.C. to Japan. Following a path influenced by her father and grandmother, she initially pursued visual arts, studying painting, drawing, and architecture. But a burgeoning passion for acting led her to contemporary theater while attending George Mason University. While in college, encouraged by her acting teacher, Rhea dove headfirst into the D.C. theater scene. She juggled various jobs in the industry, even taking on roles in industrial short films, all while landing significant parts in local theater. Her early television work often featured "very wry, sarcastic, knowing women," a style reminiscent of her idol, Bea Arthur. Though many of these early series were short-lived, they honed her craft. In 2009, she even starred in a pilot for an American adaptation of the Argentine telenovela *Lalola*, titled *Eva Adams*, alongside James Van Der Beek, a dramedy envisioned in the spirit of *Ugly Betty*, though it wasn't picked up for a full series. Then came May 2014, and a life-changing role. Rhea was cast as Kim Wexler in the *Breaking Bad* spin-off prequel, *Better Call Saul*. As the sharp, complex lawyer and love interest to Jimmy McGill, played by Bob Odenkirk, Rhea earned widespread critical acclaim. Her performance garnered multiple awards, including two Satellite Awards, a Saturn Award, and a Television Critics Association Award. TVLine even named her "Performer of the Year" in 2022 for her indelible work on the series. In 2022, Rhea also stepped behind the camera, making her television directorial debut with an episode of *Better Call Saul*'s final season. That same year, she began appearing in the AMC web series *Cooper's Bar*, which led to yet another Emmy nomination. Looking ahead, Rhea stars in *Pluribus*, Vince Gilligan's next series for Apple TV+, slated for a November 6, 2025 premiere. Her film credits include independent features like *Riders* and *Floating*, and the shorts *The Pitch*, *The Gentlemen*, and *The Case Against Karen*. In 2021, she shared the screen with Amanda Seyfried in the horror thriller *Things Heard & Seen*. On stage, her credits range from the Broadway production of *45 Seconds from Broadway* to notable roles in *The World Over*, *All My Sons*, *Stop Kiss*, *How I Learned to Drive*, *Freedomland*, and *Marat/Sade*. In her personal life, Rhea became engaged to film producer and real estate agent Graham Larson in 2018, becoming a stepmother to his two sons. She's gone by her middle name, Rhea, since childhood, feeling a disconnect from the name Debbie, which she associated with a persona far removed from her own experiences.
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 Deborah Rhea Seehorn ( RAY SEE-horn; born May 12, 1972) is an American actress and director. She is best known for playing Kim Wexler in AMC's legal crime drama series Better Call Saul (2015–2022), for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 74th and 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, along with winning the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama. She also received another Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her performance in the AMC web series Cooper's Bar which premiered in 2022. She is also a two-time winner of the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her role as Wexler, in addition to receiving three Screen Actors Guild Award and three Critics' Choice Television Award nominations. == Early life == Deborah Rhea Seehorn was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 12, 1972. Her mother was an executive assistant for the United States Navy, while her father was an agent in the Naval Investigative Service. She also has a sister. Her family moved frequently during her childhood, living in Washington, D.C., and Arizona, as well as in Japan. Following in the footsteps of her father and grandmother, she studied painting, drawing, and architecture from a young age. She continued pursuing the visual arts, but had a growing passion for acting and was introduced to contemporary theater while attending George Mason University. == Career == While in college, Seehorn was looking to get into theater after the encouragement of her acting teacher. She worked many ancillary positions in the theater industry in D.C. to try to get noticed. She ended up getting some major roles in local theater productions, but still needed to take odd jobs to help make ends meet; she took roles in various industrial short instructional films. She soon started getting parts in more television productions, often playing roles that she considered as "very wry, sarcastic, knowing women," similar to her idol Bea Arthur. However, most of these roles were short-run series cancelled after one or two seasons. Among her early roles was the lead in a pilot for an American version of the Argentine telenovela Lalola, about a womanizing executive who gets turned female through witchcraft as revenge for his treatment of women, entitled Eva Adams, and was filmed for the Fox network co-starring James Van Der Beek in 2009. It was envisioned as a dramedy, in the vein of how Yo soy Betty, la fea, which was adapted for American audiences as Ugly Betty, but it was not picked up for a regular series. In May 2014, Seehorn was cast in the Breaking Bad spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul (2015–2022), created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Seehorn portrays Kim Wexler, a lawyer and the love interest of the titular Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). The series premiered on February 8, 2015. For her role, she has received widespread critical acclaim, winning two Satellite Awards for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, one Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television out of two nominations, and one Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama out of three nominations, also receiving two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. TVLine named Seehorn "Performer of the Year" in 2022 for her work on Better Call Saul. In 2022, Seehorn made her television directorial debut with the fourth episode of Better Call Saul's final season ("Hit and Run"). That same year she began appearing in the AMC web series Cooper's Bar which earned her an additional Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. Seehorn stars in Pluribus, Gilligan's next series after Better Call Saul, which was picked up by Apple TV+ for a two-season order in September 2022. The show premiered on November 6, 2025. Seehorn's film credits include roles in the independent features Riders and Floating, and the independent shorts The Pitch, The Gentlemen, and The Case Against Karen. In 2021, she starred alongside Amanda Seyfried in the horror thriller film Things Heard & Seen. Her theater credits include the Broadway production of 45 Seconds from Broadway as well as roles in The World Over, All My Sons, Stop Kiss, How I Learned to Drive, Freedomland, and Marat/Sade. == Personal life == Seehorn got engaged to film producer and real estate agent Graham Larson in 2018. Upon their marriage, she became a stepmother to his two sons from an earlier marriage. She has gone by her middle name Rhea since childhood due to feeling a "disassociation" with the name Debbie from an early age; "the Deborahs and Debbies that I knew or saw on TV always seemed to be really attractive cheerleaders, and it was not my lane at all in school." == Filmography == === Film === === Television === === Other media === == Awards and nominations == == Notes == == References == == External links == Rhea Seehorn on Twitter Rhea Seehorn on Instagram Rhea Seehorn at IMDb Rhea Seehorn at the Internet Broadway Database Rhea Seehorn at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived) Home Languages