Spencer Grammer


Spencer Karen Grammer is an American actress best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science fiction series Rick and Morty and as Casey Cartwright in the ABC Family college comedy-drama series 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 and three half-brothers. 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 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 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. Since 2013 Spencer also lent her voice to the character of Summer Smith on the well-reviewed Adult Swim animated science fiction series 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.
On July 27th 2020, she got slashed outside of a diner with another man while trying to break up an argument. Spencer Grammer received non-life threatening wounds, and they were soon treated once she visited a hospital.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992CheersLittle GirlEpisode: "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't"
2004ClubhouseSheilaEpisode: "Pilot"
Episode: "Chin Music"
2005ClubhouseSheilaEpisode: "Road Trip"
2005Jonny ZeroDoraEpisode: "Pilot"
2005Third WatchKimmie HaynesEpisode: "Kingpin Rising"
2006'KatieEpisode: "Infected"
2006'Lee's ClassmateEpisode: "Love and the Tenth Planet"
2006Six DegreesNannyEpisode: "Pilot"
2006As the World TurnsDr. Lucy MontgomeryTV series
2007–2011GreekCasey Cartwright74 episodes, Lead role
2009Robot ChickenAtlantis / Mother Episode: "Please Do Not Notify Our Contractors"
2012'Kim BarnettEpisode: "Flash Pop"
2013'Ella St JamesEpisode: "Dead Air"
2013IronsideHollyMain cast
2013–presentRick and MortySummer Main cast
2014Royal PainsAshleyEpisode: "Everybody Loves Ray, Man"
2014Chicago PDJenn Cassidy2 episodes
2015Mr. RobinsonAshleigh WillowsSeries regular
2016ScorpionAirman WoodrowEpisode: "Civil War"
2017Grey's AnatomyCandaceEpisode: "In the Air Tonight"
2017GravesKatie Farrell
2018Tell Me a StoryBeth Miller6 episodes