Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio

Deborah Rhea Seehorn was born May 12, 1972. She is most famous for her role as the attorney Kim Wexler on AMC's Better Call Saul (2015-2018), for which she has been given the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television 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, a Norfolk native, was born 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 frequently during her childhood, residing in Washington, D.C. and Arizona and also in Japan. As a child, she was inspired by her grandparent and grandmother to study painting, drawing and architecture. She continued pursuing the visual arts, but had a growing passion for acting and was introduced into contemporary theatre in the college. In 1994 she graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. Seehorn who was studying in college and was looking to enter theatre after being inspired by her acting teacher. She attempted to be noticed by working various ancillary roles in D.C. theater. She eventually got important roles in local theatre productions, but still needed to work odd jobs to make ends meet as she landed roles in various industrial short instructional films. Then she started to get roles in more television productions, often playing roles that she regarded as "very funny, sarcastic and intelligent women" that were similar to her favorite actress Bea Arthur. A majority of these parts were then removed after just one or 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 love interest of the title Jimmy McGill/Saul Bestman (Bob Odenkirk).