Deborah Rhea Seehorn Bio

Deborah Rhea Seehorn (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress. Her most well-known role is the role of Kim Wexler, an attorney in AMC's Better Call Saul (2015-2018) and was a two-time recipient of the Satellite Award as Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She's also appeared on the NBC's Whitney (2011)-2013 and ABC's I'm with Her(2003)-2004 and TNT's Franklin & Bash (2011)-2014. Deborah Rhea Seehorn was conceived in Norfolk, Virginia on May 12 on the 12th of May, 1972. Her mother was an executive assistant in the United States Navy, and her father was an agent of the Naval Investigative Service. She was raised by a family that was constantly moving, including the cities of Washington, D.C., Arizona, and Japan. Following in the footsteps of her grandmother and father, she studied painting, drawing and building from an early age. While she was a lover of all of the arts in her life, she also developed an interest in acting. In college she was introduced the world of contemporary theatre. She earned her degree from George Mason University in 1994 with a degree in Studio Art. Seehorn, who was a student was interested in entering theater after being urged by her acting instructor. In order to be noticed she took on other roles in D.C.'s theater industry. She ended up getting some important performances in local theater However, she still had to work odd jobs to pay the bills and she was cast in a variety of short industrial instructional films. She soon 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. However, most of these roles were for short-run series that ended after just two or three seasons. Seehorn was cast as Kim Wexler in the Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul in May 2014. Seehorn is Kim Wexler (a lawyer) and is the love interest for the Jimmy McGill character.