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Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American film, stage, and televisionactress. She is known for her role executive producer Dana Whitaker on the ABC television show Sports Night (1998—2000), which earned her an Golden Globe Award nomination, as hectic supermom Lynette Scavo on the ABC show Desperate Housewives (2004—present), which earned her an Emmy Award.
A year later, her critically-acclaimed role as a trans woman in the independent film Transamericaearned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. She also has starred in films such as Reversal of Fortune, The Spanish Prisoner, Magnolia, Path to War, Georgia Ruleand Phoebe in Wonderland.
Early life
Huffman was born in Bedford, New York, the daughter of Grace Valle (née Ewing), an actress, and Moore Peters Huffman, a banker. Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised mostly by her mother. She has six sisters (Mariah, Betsy, Jane, Grace, Isabel, Jessie) and a brother, (Moore Jr.). She attended The Putney School, a boarding middle school inPutney, Vermont and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. After high school she went on to New York University where she graduated in 1984 from Circle In The Square, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama.
Career
Career
Felicity Huffman started her career in theater in the early eighties, she has performed in many productions, and eventually became popular on the scene.In 1988, she debuted on Broadway in the title role in the formulation Speed the Plow. In the same year she began her career in film, she starred in the roles of the second plan in the movies Things Change and Lip service.
In 1991 she played her first leading role on the television mini-series based on the novel by Stephen King's Golden Years.
Between 1995 and 1998 she starred in the films Hackers and The Spanish Prisoner. From 1998 to 2000 she played role in the highly regarded by critics series Sports Night, she received several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe.
On television, she starred as Dana Whitaker in the dramedy Sports Night, and has had guest starring roles on Frasier, The X-Files, The West Wing, Early Edition, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
After completion of the show she gave birth to her first child and returned to work. She starred in a controversial statement about the proximity of women in the Boston Marriage and other theatrical productions. In 2001 she made a pilot TV series Heart Department for the CBS. In 2002 she played Lady Bird Johnson HBO movie Path to War.
In 2001 she appeared in the made for TV movie Snap Decision with Mare Winningham. Huffman has appeared in films such as Raising Helenand Christmas with the Kranks. In 2003, she starred in Showtime's dramedy Out of Order.
Huffman won an Emmy for her work on Desperate Housewives (Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series), as well as two 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Best Actress - Comedy Series and part of Best Ensemble - Comedy Series). Huffman's performance in the film Transamericawas praised by many critics and garnered her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress as well as nominations for the Best Actress (Screen Actors Guild) and Best Actress (Academy Awards). Huffman is now a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Huffman is also the co-author of the self-help book, A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend.
She played in dramedy Georgia Rule in 2007 and the independent drama Phoebe in Wonderland in 2008.
She is the only actress (other than actor Timothy Davis-Reed) who has appeared in all three television shows created by Aaron Sorkin(Sports Night, The West Wing, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip).
On June 23, 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Huffman and her husband William H. Macy would each receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the upcoming year.
Felicity Huffman is planning to return to New York City and to Broadway again.
She made a film, Lesster, as a writer, director and actress in 2010.
Felicity Huffman plays in the film Come Back to Sorrento director by David Mamet, and drama Keep Coming Back with William H. Macy in 2011.
A report in November 2010 suggested that Huffman, along with co-star Teri Hatcher, would be quitting Desperate Housewives,but ABCdenied the claim.
Personal life
Personal life
Huffman is married to actor William H. Macy, with whom she has two daughters, Sofia Grace (born August 1, 2000) and Georgia Grace (born March 14, 2002). They married on September 6, 1997. She has appeared on television, in movies, and on stage many times with her husband, such as on the TV show Sports Night and in the movie Magnolia. The couple have become the subject of a running gag on the satirical news show The Colbert Report, in which the couple (who live a quiet life outside the media spotlight) are regularly referenced as representing the greatest of today's celebrity couples in a culture obsessed with celebs. Stephen Colbert refers to the couple as "Filliam H. Muffman", a play on the current trend by media types to combine the names of major celebrity couples, in the mold of "Bennifer", "Brangelina", "Speidi", and "TomKat."
In 2005, Huffman revealed that she had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia in her late teens and twenties.At the height of her bulimia she would purge up to six times a day. Her weight dropped to 98 lbs, her periods stopped, and she was too weak to go jogging. With therapy and upon meeting Macy she managed to overcome those conditions. She is still known for her self-deprecating humor and her belief that she is "not pretty."
She is a huge fan of Tina Turner and her dream was to be a back-up singer, so when Huffman was on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah surprised her with a visit from Tina Turner where the two got to sing together. Huffman also sang back-up vocals for her friend Rebecca Pidgeon's cover version of Auld Lang Syne/Bring It On Home To Me in 1995.
Filmography
Filmography
Theatre
Theatre
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | A Taste of Honey as Joe | Stage Theatre, New York City |
| 1986 | Been Taken as Jill | 18th Street Playhouse, New York City |
| 1988 | Speed the Plow as Karen | Royale Theatre |
| 1988 | Boys' Life as Maggie | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City |
| 1989 | Bobby Gould in Hell | Lincoln Center Theater |
| 1990 | Grotesque Love Songs | New York City |
| 1994 | Shaker Heights | New York City |
| 1995 | Dangerous Corner | off-Broadway production |
| 1995–1996 | The Cryptogram as Donny | American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts off-Broadway production |
| 1997 | The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite as Marie | Atlantic Theater Company, New York City |
| 1999 | Boston Marriage as Anna | American Repertory Theatre, Hasty Pudding Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Oh, Hell! as Glenna | Lincoln Center, New York City | |
| The Loop | New York City | |
| Jake’s Women | Old Globe Theatre | |
| Three Sisters | Philadelphia Festival Theatre |
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