Spencer Grammer

Biography

Spencer Grammer is an American actress and producer known for her appearances in Rick and Morty as Summer Smith, in Tell Me a Story as Beth Miller, in Greek as Casey Cartwright, in As the World Turns as Lucy Montgomery, for voicing Brendar in The Barbarian and the Troll.

Her recent projects are "Rick and Morty", "The Barbarian and the Troll", "Project Blue Book", I'd Like to Be Alone Now(2019).

Spencer Karen Grammer was born on 9th October 1983 in Los Angeles, California to Kelsey Grammer(father) an actor, and Doreen Alderman(Mother). 

Family

Her parents divorced in 1990. She is their only child. She has half-siblings.

Mother

Mother Doreen Alderman was a background dancer; She worked as a backup dancer in Steve Martin's Saturday Night Live (1975), and she has appeared in the movies Death Flash(1986) (as Fiona Duncan) and Body Chemistry(1990) (as Kim). She now works as a dance instructor. [2]

Father

Spencer's father Allen "Kelsey" Grammer was born in 1955 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He is a multiple Emmy Award-winning Actor and producer. Spencer has appeared in the TV series Cheers (1982) with him in the episode "Cheers: One Hugs, the Other Doesn't (1992)". He is known for his appearances in the TV series "Cheers", and in movies like Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) among others.

She is close to her father, speaking of her father, she has said "My dad has an incredible passion for living life, and he's really, really funny, so he definitely encourages me to enjoy all aspects of life. He's very proud of me and definitely encourages my career path, and we have a good time talking about work." [4]

[Spencer Grammer Childhood: with mother Doreen Alderman]

[Spencer Grammer With father Kelsey Grammer]

She was named after her paternal aunt Karen Grammer, thus the middle name Karen.

Her stepmother Kayte Walsh is 2 years older than Spencer, and Spencer's half-sister Faith is of the same age as Spencer's son Emmett.

Education

• Los Angeles County High School: She studied Arts at the High School.
• Marymount Manhattan College: She studied art history at Marymount Manhattan, a private college in New York City, and later switched to theater.
• Columbia University

Relationships

James Hesketh Mariage

Spencer met James, a firefighter by profession through a common friend at a party, he is originally from Ireland & was living in Los Angeles at the time, they quickly became friends and stayed close for two years until they became romantically interested. The two got engaged on January 25th, 2011, and married on 11th February 2011. [4]

'He is my rock' said Spencer about her husband, 'Also, he is super hot and handsome.'

[Spencer Grammer Family: Husband James Hesketh, son Emmett Emmanual Hesketh during vacation.]

The two have a son named Emmett Emmanual Hesketh born on 10th October 2011.

[Spencer Grammer with son Emmett Emmanual Hesketh when he was a baby]

The two divorced in November 2017, her husband James filed force divorce on November 30th 2017 [4]

Filmography

Movies

TV Series

Short Movie

Video Game

Music Video

Interesting Facts

• She has appeared in Learn to Hip Hop: Volume 2 a music show on MTV.
• She was interested in becoming a zoologist. [4]
• Likes Animals: she had 'Frasier' an alpaca, 'Cookie' a cat, 'Sophie' another cat, and a dog among other animals in the household.
• Love for Stunts: She likes to perform stunts herself on sets, she loves physical adventures.
• James proposed to Spencer in Iceland. He had to take her father Kelsey Grammer's approval too.
• She has been a critic of Donald Trump and supported the Democratic party.
• She is pro-LGBTQ movement.
• Her younger, paternal half-sister Greer Grammer, was crowned Miss Teen Malibu in 2008. [4]
• She is an animal rights activist, she can be found supporting PETA online.
• She was not even 8 when she first made her acting appearance.
• She is of English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.

Quotes

• If you're not adventurous, you're not really living. [4]
• It's tough being a mom & going back to work.
• I want to pay my mortgage and go on vacation, so I love working. I want to be able to do independent projects as well, and being on a successful TV show allows you to do some other things. [4]
• I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly. [4]

Sources

1. Spencer Grammer on Wikipedia
2. Doreen Alderman on IMDB
3. Kelsey Grammer on IMDB
4. Spencer Grammer bio on IMDB
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