Born on Dec. 9, 1962, in Bedford, N.Y., Felicity Huffman graduated from New York University, then joined the Atlantic Theater Company, co-founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy. Her first film role came in 1988 with a bit part in Mamet's Things Change. For the next decade, she alternated between television and stage roles.Huffman gained greater recognition in 1998 with her portrayal of a top-notch producer on the television series "Sports Night," then became a household name when she landed the role of Lynette Scavo on "Desperate Housewives," for which she won Golden Globe and Emmy awards. Notable films include The Spanish Prisoner, Magnolia and Raising Helen.
In 2005, her critically acclaimed turn in Transamerica as a preoperative transsexual who learns she fathered a son earned her an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe and Independent Spirit awards.
AddPhoebe in WonderlandWhether at home or at school, 9-year-old Phoebe (Elle Fanning) always seems to get in trouble for breaking the rules. When her drama teacher (Patricia Clarkson) casts her in a production of "Alice in Wonderland," Phoebe begins to receive personal advice from the play's characters. Felicity Huffman,... Read More
AddTransamericaBree (Felicity Huffman) gets the shock of her life a week before her final sex change surgery when she discovers a son she didn't know she had. After bailing him out of jail, the two set out on a cross-country journey riddled with road bumps. Huffman won numerous awards (and an Oscar nomination) for... Read More
Add AllDesperate Housewives: Season 1Why would perfect wife and mother Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) suddenly decide to commit suicide? That's the mystery at the heart of ABC's darkly funny Stepford-esque soap opera set in the wilds of Wisteria Lane. While Mary Alice's friends Susan (Teri Hatcher), Lynette (Felicity Huffman, in an... Read More
Add AllDesperate Housewives: Season 3In the third season of this prime-time soap, Josh Henderson brings some sizzle to Wisteria Lane as real estate maven Edie Britt's (Nicollette Sheridan) bad-boy nephew, who comes to visit and decides to stay. Meanwhile, the other ladies of the lane -- Susan (Teri Hatcher), Lynette (Felicity Huffman),... Read More
Add AllDesperate Housewives: Season 2The well-off residents of Wisteria Lane are back for a second season of this award-winning series that follows the exploits of four modern housewives with plenty of secrets. There's Susan (Teri Hatcher), the sexually adventurous single mom; Lynette (Felicity Huffman), the frazzled, full-time mother;... Read More
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