Camryn Manheim Joins ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ In Season 2

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Camryn Manheim (The Practice) has been tapped for a key recurring role in Season 2 of ABC‘s 9-1-1: Nashville. Its second season premiered on October 15.

Manheim will play Dr. Marcia Zellner, a brilliant, emotionally complex clinical therapist and crisis manager who joins the call center to support the dispatchers as they deal with the mysterious Pharaoh killer terrorizing Nashville with his Biblical Plagues. However, as we’ll soon discover, Dr. Zellner harbors a dark grudge and is far more twisted and conniving than anyone can possibly imagine.

9-1-1: Nashville is billed as a high-octane procedural about our heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour set in one of America’s most diverse and dynamic cities.

The series stars Chris O’Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Michael Provost, Juani Feliz, Hailey Kilgore, Hunter McVey and Ryan Phillippe.

9-1-1: Nashville is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television. Ryan Murphy, Tim Minear and showrunner Rashad Raisani serve as executive producers, along with Chris O’Donnell, Brad Buecker, Brad Falchuk and Angela Bassett.

Manheim is best known for her Emmy and Golden Globe-winning role as defense attorney Ellenor Frutt on legal drama series, The Practice. Her many other credits include Law & Order, Ghost Whisperer, Stumptown, The L Word, Ally McBeal, Criminal Minds, Person of Interest, Two and a Half Men and Will & Grace, among others. She’s currently filming the sequel to Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Manheim is repped by Framework Entertainment, Innovative Artists, and PMK Entertainment.