Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio

Deborah Rhea Seehorn, born May 12, 1972 is an American actress. She is well-known for her role as attorney Kim Wexler in AMC's Better Call Saul (2015-present), in which she has been two times winner of the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress for Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She has also appeared on NBC's 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 on the 12th of May, 1972. Her mother was an executive assistant for the United States Navy, and her father was an agent for the Naval Investigative Service. She was raised by a family that was constantly moving, including the cities of Washington, D.C., Arizona as well as Japan. Following the footsteps of her father and grandmother who were artists, she began studying painting, drawing and architecture at an early age. Though she pursued all of the arts in her life, it was during this time that she discovered a passion for acting. In college she was introduced modern theater. She earned her degree from George Mason University in 1994 with a BA in Studio Art. Seehorn began her college career as an actor, and was encouraged by her acting teacher. She tried to gain attention by working at various ancillary jobs in D.C. theater. The result was some prominent roles in local theater productions but had to find odd jobs to pay the bills; she took roles in several short instructional films. In the next few years, she was able to be cast in TV productions. The roles she played were usually that were "very wry and sarcastic" like her role model Bea Arthur. But, the majority of the roles she played were part-time series that ended after just two or three seasons. In May 2014, Seehorn was cast in the Breaking Bad spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul. Seehorn portrays Kim Wexler, a lawyer as well as the love interest of the main Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk).