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Felicity Huffman

Birth nameFelicity Kendall Huffman
BornNovember 9 1962 (1962--) (age 46)
Bedford, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)William H. Macy (1997-)
ChildrenSofia Grace Macy (b.2000)
Georgia Grace Macy (b.2002)


Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. She is well known for her role as Lynette Scavo, the hectic busy Super-Mom on the ABC hit show Desperate Housewives which debuted in 2004, and for which Huffman won an Emmy Award. A year later, her role as a transwoman in the independent film Transamerica was praised by many critics and earned her an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award.

Early life

Huffman was born in New York to Grace Huffman. Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised mostly by her mother. She has six sisters and a brother, Moore. She graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. After high school she went on to New York University where she graduated in 1988 from the Tisch School of the Arts, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama.

Career

Huffman is best known for her roles in Desperate Housewives and Transamerica. On television, she has also appeared in the dramedy Sports Night, and has had guest starring roles on Frasier, The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Huffman has appeared in films such as Raising Helen and 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 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Best Actress - Comedy Series and part of Best Ensemble - Comedy Series). Huffman's performance in the film Transamerica was 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.[1]

Huffman is also the co-author of the self-help book, A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend. She is the only actress to have appeared in all three television shows created by Aaron Sorkin (Sports Night, The West Wing, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip).

Personal life

Huffman is married to actor William H. Macy, with whom she has two daughters Sofia Grace (born August 1 2000), 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. 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" and "TomKat." The segment is a fan favorite, especially because Colbert often breaks character by bursting into laughter.

In 2005, Huffman revealed that she had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia in her late teens and twenties.[2] 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. However, 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, Winfrey surprised her with a visit from Tina Turner where the two got to sing together.

Selected filmography

Awards & nominations

Academy Awards Golden Globe Awards Emmy Awards Independent Spirit Awards
  • 2006: won for Best Female Lead -- Transamerica
National Board of Review
  • 2005: won for Best Actress -- Transamerica
OBIE Award
  • 1994-95: won for her performance as Donny in David Mamet's "Cryptogram"
Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 2000: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series -- Sports Night
  • 2005: won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series -- Desperate Housewives
  • 2006: nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role -- Transamerica
  • 2006: won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series -- Desperate Housewives
  • 2006: won for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series -- Desperate Housewives
  • 2007: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series -- Desperate Housewives
  • 2007: nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series -- Desperate Housewives
Awards
Preceded by
Sarah Jessica Parker
for Sex and the City		Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series
for Desperate Housewives
2005		Succeeded by
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
for The New Adventures of Old Christine
Preceded by
Teri Hatcher
for Desperate Housewives		Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Comedy Series
for Desperate Housewives
2005		Succeeded by
America Ferrera
for Ugly Betty
Preceded by
Hilary Swank
for Million Dollar Baby		Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
for Transamerica
2006		Succeeded by
Helen Mirren
for The Queen

References

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NAMEHuffman, Felicity
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