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Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning film and television actress.

Early life

Huffman was born in Bedford, New York. Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised mostly by her mother. Living many of her early years in Aspen, Colorado, she established herself early on as a talent on stage. She attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan for high school.

Career

Huffman's work has included roles in the television dramedy Sports Night as well as guest starring roles on Frasier and The West Wing. She is best known for her work on the television series Desperate Housewives, where she stars as Lynette Scavo. The role won her an Emmy for 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. Many insiders and predictors considered her a darkhorse for the Emmy since she submitted the pilot episode which showcased a much more comedic Huffman than the balance of drama and comedy that the show contained.

On the big screen, Huffman has appeared in films like Magnolia opposite Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and her husband William H. Macy, Raising Helen
opposite Kate Hudson and John Corbett and Christmas with the Kranks
opposite Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis.

In 2005, she starred as a male-to-female transsexual in the film Transamerica
. Her performance was praised by critics, garnering her a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and a win for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama.

Private life

Huffman is married to actor William H. Macy, with whom she has two daughters, Sofia Grace and Georgia Grace. Their portmanteau couple nickname according to The Colbert Report is Filliam H. Muffman.

In 2005, she revealed that she had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia in her teenage years, but was able to overcome those conditions.

She is a huge fan of Tina Turner and her dream was to be a back-up singer for her. 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

(2005) Transamerica
as Bree Osbourne
(2004) Christmas with the Kranks
as Merry
(2004) Raising Helen
as Lindsay Davis
(2003) House Hunting as Sheila
(1999) Magnolia
as Cynthia
(1997) The Spanish Prisoner
as Pat McCune
(1995) Hackers (film)
as Prosecuting Attorney

(1991) Golden Years
as Terry Spann
(1990) Reversal of Fortune
as Minnie, Dershowitz's Student Staff
(1988) Things Change as The Wheel of Fortune Girl

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