Date of Birth

9 December 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Spencer Karen Grammer

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Trivia

• Daughter of Kelsey Grammer and Doreen Alderman.
• Ex-stepdaughter of Camille Grammer.
• Named after her ill-fated aunt who was raped and murdered eight years before she was born. Her middle name is the same as her late aunt's first name.
• Wanted to be a zoologist as a child.
• Attended college at Marymount Manhattan.
• One of her favorite movies is Annie Hall (1977).
• Studied art history at Marymount Manhattan before switching to theater.
• Once had an alpaca named Frasier; now has a cat named Cookie.
• Younger half-sister, Greer Grammer, was Miss Teen Malibu 2008.
• When she was 10 years old, she had a crush on Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
• Attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
• Mother, Doreen Alderman, was a back-up dancer (dressed in green) in Steve Martin's Saturday Night Live (1975) King Tut skit.
• Engaged to James Hesketh [January 25, 2011].
• Stepdaughter of Kayte Grammer.
• Has six younger half-siblings through her father Kelsey Grammer: Greer Grammer (b. February 15, 1992), Mason Olivia Grammer (b. October 24, 2001), Jude Gordon Grammer (b. August 28, 2004), Faith Evangeline Elise Grammer (b. July 13, 2013), Kelsey Gabriel Elias Grammer (b. July 22, 2014) and Auden James Ellis Grammer (b. November 14, 2016). Another younger half-brother, Faith's twin, died inter uterine.
• Has a son, Emmett Emmanual Hesketh (b. October 10, 2011 weighing in at 7 lbs. 7 oz), with her now ex-husband James Hesketh.
• (November 30, 2017) Her husband of 6 years James Hesketh has filed for divorce from her.

Quotes

• 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.
• I've been learning how to shoot a gun and properly handcuff people so that on the day I need to pull someone down to the ground, it looks and feels natural for me.
• I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly. On set I was like, 'Give me some stunts! Give me whatever you want. Throw it at me. I want to do it all.'
• I think Mariska Hargitay on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) is a really good example of a female lead I'd like to emulate.
• People are always going to assume I got my roles because of my father. There's not much I can do about that. He and I talk about the business sometimes, but he's my dad.
• I think Mariska Hargitay on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) is a really good example of a female lead I'd like to emulate. She's really been able to captivate men and women in a way that's appealing, which is a tough line to follow.
• Greek (2007) is basically a show about sororities and fraternities. It follows "Casey Cartwright", played by me, her younger brother, and all the people that are involved in their lives from the different fraternities.
• Everyone has their thing, and I was the weird, artsy kid.
• I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly.
• I once went to a fraternity house when I was in high school... you know, you would rent them during the summer for really cheap, and students are in there. So I met some people who rented a room. I just remember it being very dirty.
• I always thought that sororities were just made up of cheerleaders from high school. And I kind of picked on those cheerleaders!
• If you're not adventurous,, you're not really living, I think... especially in college.
• I loved The O.C. (2003) and I totally watch Gossip Girl (2007), too!
• Netflix has such a knack for giving a new life to those B-movies that you thought and hoped no one would ever see. Especially when you have a new project coming out and they're looking to mine some of your lesser-known films.
• 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.
• When I went to college, it didn't even occur to me that I should be in a sorority at all. I went to school in New York City, where you don't need to be in a sorority to go to a party!