Birth Name: Felicity Kendall Huffman
Nickname: Flicka
Spouse: William H. Macy
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Biography and Career:
Felicity Huffman was born on December 9, 1962, in Bedford, New York, U.S. She is an American actress.
Huffman is the daughter of Grace Valle, an actress, and Moore Peters Huffman, who is a banker. She was raised by her mother, as her parents divorced a year after her birth. She attended middle school in Putney, Vermont and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Later on she graduated in 1984 from Circle in the Square, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama at the New York University. On television, she starred in the dramedy Sports Night as Dana Whitaker, and has guest roles on Frasier, The X-Files and so on.
Huffman appeared in film
s such as Christmas with the Kranks and Raising Helen. She also starred in 2003 Showtime’s dramedy Out of Order.
She won a well diserved Emmy for her work on Desperate Housewives, and two 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards. She earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress after her performance in the film Transamerica. She is now a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Huffman is the only actress who has appeared in all three television shows created by Aaron Sorkin. She is the writer, director and actress of the 2010 film Lesster.
As for her personal life, she is married to actor William H. Macy, with whom she has two daughters, she married Macy on September 6, 1997. Huffman revealed in 2005, that she had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia in her late teens and twenties.]
Why is Felicity Huffman Famous?
Felicity Huffman is Famous because of her performance as hectic supermom Lynette Scavo on the ABC show Desperate Housewives.
Why do we love Felicity Huffman?
We love Felicity for being an excellent actress who has won many awards in her career.