Felicity Huffman

Infobox actor
caption = Huffman at the 2006 Malibu Triathlon


imagesize = 200px
birthname = Felicity Huffman
birthdate = birth date and age|1962|12|9
birthplace = Bedford, New York, USA
spouse = William H. Macy (1997-present)
yearsactive = 1978-present
goldenglobeawards = Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2006 "Transamerica"
emmyawards = Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series
2005 "Desperate Housewives"
sagawards = Outstanding Ensemble - Comedy Series
2005 "Desperate Housewives"
2006 "Desperate Housewives"
Outstanding Actress - Comedy Series
2006 "Desperate Housewives"
awards = NBR Award for Best Actress
2005 "Transamerica"

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

Biography

Early life

Felicity Kendall Huffman was born in Bedford, New York, the daughter of Grace Valle (née Ewing), an actress, and Moore Peters Huffman, a banker. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/92/Felicity-Huffman.html Felicity Huffman Biography (1962-) ] ] 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 attended The Putney School, a boarding high school in Putney, Vermont and 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 known for her roles in "Desperate Housewives" and "Transamerica". 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" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip".In 2001 she appeared in the made for TV movie "Snap Decision" with Mare Winningham. 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. [ [http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.07.01a.html Academy Invites 120 to Membership ] ]

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").

On June 23, 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Huffman and her husband William H. Macy will each receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the upcoming year.cite web|title = 25 chosen for Hollywood's "star" treatment|url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/20/hollywood.walk.ap/index.html|publisher = CNN.com/entertainment|accessdate = 2008-06-20] cite web|title = Felicity Huffman is Getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star!!|url = http://www.desperateblog.com/felicity-huffman-is-getting-a-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star/|publisher = Desperate Blog|accessdate = 2008-06-23]

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. 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."

In 2005, Huffman revealed that she had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia in her late teens and twenties. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-11-21-huffman_x.htm USATODAY.com - Felicity Huffman is sitting pretty ] ] 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.

Filmography

*1988: "Things Change" as The Wheel of Fortune Girl
*1990: "Reversal of Fortune" as Minnie, Dershowitz's Student Staff
*1991: "Golden Years" as Terry Spann
*1993: "The X-Files" - "Ice" as Dr. Nancy Da Silva
*1995: "Hackers" as Prosecuting Attorney
*1997: "Law & Order as The Suburban Hooker
*1997: "The Spanish Prisoner" as Pat McCune
*1998 - 2000: "Sports Night" (TV) as Dana Whitaker
*1999: "A Slight Case of Murder" as Kit Wannamaker
*1999: "Magnolia" as Cynthia
*2001: "The Heart Department" as Dr. Liza Peck
*2001: "The West Wing" - "The Leadership Breakfast" as Ann Stark
*2001: "Snap Decision" as Carrie Dixon
*2002: "Path to War" as Lady Bird Johnson
*2003: "Out of Order" as Lorna Colm
*2003: "Frasier" as Julia Wilcox
*2003: "House Hunting" as Sheila
*2004: "The D.A." as Charlotte Ellis
*2004 - Present: "Desperate Housewives" (TV) as Lynette Scavo
*2004: "Raising Helen" as Lindsay Davis
*2004: "Reversible Errors" as Judge Gillian Sullivan
*2004: "Christmas with the Kranks" as Merry
*2005: "Transamerica" as Sabrina 'Bree' Osbourne - Academy Award nomination - Best Actress
*2006: "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" as Herself
*2007: "Georgia Rule" as Lilly
*2008: "Phoebe in Wonderland" as Hillary Lichten
*2009: "Le Caméléon"

Awards & nominations

Academy Awards
* 2006: Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role --"Transamerica"

Golden Globe Awards
* 2000: Nominated for -- "Sports Night"
* 2005: Nominated for -- "Desperate Housewives"
* 2006: Nominated for -- "Desperate Housewives"
* 2006: Won for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama -- "Transamerica"
* 2007: Nominated for -- "Desperate Housewives"

Emmy Awards
* 2007: Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series -- "Desperate Housewives"
* 2005: Won for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series -- "Desperate Housewives"

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"

References

External links

*imdb|0005031
* [http://www.felicity.fan-sites.org Felicity Huffman Web (fansite)]
*tvtome person|id=8192|name=Felicity Huffman
* [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/people/13300783.htm Huffman interview, 2005, Miami Herald]
* [http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/interview.html?sernum=1138&navpath=/entertainment/ Huffman interview, 2005, PlanetOut]
* [http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051129/ENT/511290335/1031/NEWS02 Huffman interview, 2005, Asbury Park Press]
* [http://content.living.aol.com/coaches/ceo/felicityhuffman_aiminterview Huffman interview, 2006, AOL Living]

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DATE OF BIRTH= December 9, 1962
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