Spencer Grammer
Spencer Karen Grammer (born October 9, 1983)[3] 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.
Spencer Grammer
Actress
1992–present
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- Kelsey Grammer (father)
- Doreen Alderman[2] (mother)
Greer Grammer (half-sister)
Early life[edit]
Spencer Grammer was born in Los Angeles, California.[4] She is the daughter of actor Kelsey Grammer and Doreen Alderman, and was named after her paternal aunt, Karen, who was murdered in 1975.[3] She has six paternal half-siblings: three half-sisters (the actress Greer Grammer, Mason, and Faith) and three half-brothers (Jude, Gabriel, and James).[3] She also has a maternal half-sister named Madison.[5] She attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.[3] Grammer graduated from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2023 with an MFA in Directing.
Career[edit]
Grammer's first role was as a child, appearing uncredited on the show Cheers, in which her father Kelsey Grammer starred.[3]
Grammer played the female lead, Casey Cartwright, in the ABC Family series Greek.[6] The show followed the life of a sister (Grammer) and her brother, Rusty Cartwright, played by Jacob Zachar, as they navigate college and life within the world of the Greek system fraternities and sororities in a midwestern Ohio college town.[7][8]
In 2013, Grammer starred opposite Blair Underwood in Ironside, the remake of the popular 1960s television series of the same name.[9] The show was canceled after three episodes aired.[10] Since 2013, Spencer has lent her voice to the character of Summer Smith on the Adult Swim animated science fiction series Rick and Morty.