Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio

Deborah Rhea Seehorn was born on the 12th of May 1972. Her most famous role is that of Kim Wexler, an attorney in AMC's Better Call Saul (2015-2018) in which she was twice awarded the Satellite Award as Best Supporting Actress (Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She also appeared on the NBC series Whitney (2011–2013), 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 with the Naval Investigative Service. She was raised in a family which moved frequently, including in Washington, D.C., Arizona as well as Japan. As a child she was encouraged by her grandparents and grandfather to study drawing, painting and architecture. She continued pursuing the visual arts, but had a growing passion for acting and was introduced to modern theater at the age of college. In 1994, she graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art. Seehorn, at the time of her college graduation she wanted to pursue a career in the theater after being encouraged by her teacher in acting. She attempted to be noticed by working various ancillary jobs in D.C. theater. She managed to land several important parts in local theatre productions. But she required odd jobs to pay the bills. In order to pay her bills she took on roles in short instructional films. In the next few years, she became involved in more TV productions. The most frequent comparisons she was made was to Bea Arthur, whom she described as "very humorous," "sarcastic, and knowledgeable" women. However, most of her roles were short-run series that ended after two or three seasons. Seehorn was cast in Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spinoff series. Seehorn plays Kim Wexler, who is a lawyer and the love of Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk).