Camryn Manheim has given fans a fresh look at her body transformation after leaving NBC’s Law & Order in 2024.
The 65-year-old recently posted a set of photos on Instagram while spending time in New York last week for the opening night of Rosie O’Donnell’s one-woman show Common Knowledge.
For the occasion, Manheim wore a patterned blouse with jeans and beaded accessories. While her outfit caught attention, many online were especially focused on her noticeable weight loss.
“You look amazing!” one fan penned in the comments of the social media post, while a second added: “You look fabulous!!!”
A third stated Manheim looks ‘full of life’, as they penned: “You look as young as when I first saw you in the early 2000’s acting. You just look beautiful and full of life!”
Among Manheim’s most recognized performances is Ellenor Frutt in The Practice, a role that earned her the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama series in 1998.
She followed that up by winning a Golden Globe in 1999.
Manheim appeared on Law & Order for three seasons beginning in 2022, playing Lieutenant Kate Dixon after the show’s NBC revival. Her departure was confirmed in May 2024, and a source told In Touch Weekly in August 2024 that Manheim left the series due to issues with her pay and a lack of significant storylines for her character.
Her Emmy acceptance speech for The Practice later became widely remembered because of what she said about refusing to let her size define her.
“This is for all the fat girls!” Manheim shouted at the time as she fist pumped the air.
More than two decades later, in 2019, Manheim reflected on that moment during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I’ve made my mark by being vocal,” she told the outlet. “I just play roles that have nothing to do with my size, but with my power and spirit. It’s who I am at the core of my being. “That’s what’s happening in the second tier of my career.”
She also spoke about wanting to reclaim the word ‘fat’, saying it had increasingly been used in a hurtful way.
“I tried to normalize it,” the Law & Order star added. “It makes people uncomfortable. Anytime you said it, there would be a whole discussion. It was rather exhausting. ‘You’re not fat….’ Yes, I am!
“It felt like a constant battle of teaching people and making them comfortable with it. I wanted to demystify the word so it wouldn’t carry negative connotations anymore.”
Manheim has addressed body confidence before, including in a 1999 interview with the New York Times.
“My platform is not fat acceptance, it’s self-acceptance,” the actor told the outlet. “My weight is being celebrated.”
Throughout her career, Manheim has been celebrated as an advocate for body positivity and self-acceptance. Her one-woman show Wake Up, I’m Fat, which debuted off-Broadway in 1994, became a breakthrough moment in her career and helped establish her as an outspoken voice for self-acceptance regardless of body type.