Spencer Grammer Biography

Spencer Karen Grammer (born October 9, 1983) is an American actress best known for her roles as Summer Smith on the Adult Swim animated science fiction series Rick and Morty and as Casey Cartwright on the ABC Family college comedy-drama Greek.

Early life

Grammer, born in Los Angeles, California, is the child of comedian and actor Kelsey Grammer and Doreen Alderman, and was named after her paternal aunt, who was murdered in 1975. She has six paternal half-siblings - three half-sisters: the actress Greer Grammer, Mason, and Faith; and three half-brothers: Jude, Gabriel, and James. She also has a maternal half-sister named Madison. She attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.

Career

Grammer's first role was as a child, appearing uncredited on the show Cheers.

Grammer played the female lead, Casey Cartwright, in the ABC Family series Greek. The show followed the life of a sister (Grammer) and her geeky brother, Rusty Cartwright, played by Jacob Zachar, as they navigate college and life within the world of the Greek system sororities and fraternities in a midwestern Ohio college town.

In late 2012, she was cast in an independent thriller originally titled 2br/1ba. Directed by Rob Margolies, it was scheduled to be released in May 2015 as Roommate Wanted.

In 2013, Grammer starred opposite Blair Underwood in Ironside, the remake of the popular 1960s television series of the same name. On the show, she plays the female lead, Holly, part of detective Robert Ironside's (Underwood) hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases in the city after he is left paralyzed following a shooting. The show was canceled after three episodes aired. In 2013 Spencer also lent her voice to the character of Summer Smith on the Adult Swim animated show Rick and Morty.

Personal life

Grammer married James Hesketh, a firefighter, on February 11, 2011. On October 10, 2011, she gave birth to their son, Emmett Emmanual Hesketh. In November 2017, Hesketh filed for divorce from Grammer.

In the fall of 2017, Grammer began her graduate studies at Columbia University, studying film screenwriting and directing.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	'	Prudence	Short film
2006	Beautiful Ohio	Carlene
2007	Descent	Stephanie (uncredited)
2011	Missing William	Jill
2013	In Lieu of Flowers	Rachel
2015	Roommate Wanted	Dee
2016	Beyond Paradise	Rachel

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Cheers	Little Girl	Episode: "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't"
2004	Clubhouse	Sheila	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Chin Music"
2005	Clubhouse	Sheila	Episode: "Road Trip"
2005	Jonny Zero	Dora	Episode: "Pilot"
2005	Third Watch	Kimmie Haynes	Episode: "Kingpin Rising"
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Katie	Episode: "Infected"
2006	'	Lee's Classmate	Episode: "Love and the Tenth Planet"
2006	Six Degrees	Nanny	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	As the World Turns	Dr. Lucy Montgomery	TV series
2007-2011	Greek	Casey Cartwright	74 episodes, Lead role
2009	Robot Chicken	Atlantis / Mother (voice)	Episode: "Please Do Not Notify Our Contractors"
2012	CSI: NY	Kim Barnett	Episode: "Flash Pop"
2013	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ella St James	Episode: "Dead Air"
2013	Ironside	Holly	Main cast
2013-present	Rick and Morty	Summer (voice)	Main cast
2014	Royal Pains	Ashley	Episode: "Everybody Loves Ray, Man"
2014	Chicago PD	Jenn Cassidy	Episode: "Called in Dead"
2015	Mr. Robinson	Ashleigh Willows	Series regular
2016	Scorpion	Airman Woodrow	Episode: "Civil War"
2017	Grey's Anatomy	Candace	Episode: "In the Air Tonight"
2017	Graves	Katie Farrell