Spencer Karen Grammer (born October 9, 1983) 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 Spencer Grammer was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actor Kelsey Grammer and Doreen Alderman, and was named after her paternal aunt, Karen, 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 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 2013, Grammer starred opposite Blair Underwood in Ironside, the remake of the popular 1960s television series of the same name. The show was canceled after three episodes aired. Since 2013, Spencer has lent her voice to the character of Summer Smith on the award-winning 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. Filmography References External links 1983 births Living people American television actresses American soap opera actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Marymount Manhattan College alumni American child actresses Los Angeles County High School for the Arts alumni Columbia University alumni American people of British descent American people of United States Virgin Islands descent