Felicity Huffman
Milestones
- Birthplace: Bedford, New York, USA
- Birthday: December 9, 1962
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2009
Played the title character's mother in "Phoebe in Wonderland"
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2008
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2007
Played Lindsay Lohan's mother in the Garry Marshall directed, "Georgia Rule"
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2005
Portrayed a transsexual woman who discovers that she fathered a child in her former life as a man in the indie drama, "Transamerica"; earned Oscar and SAG nominations for Best Actress
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2004
Appeared with husband William H. Macy in the CBS miniseries, "Reversible Errors"
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2004 to 0000
Cast as Lynette Scavo, the ex-career woman and mother of four unmanageable kids in the ABC drama, "Desperate Housewives"; earned Golden Globe (2005, 2006, 2007), SAG (2007) and Emmy (2007) nominations for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
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2003
Co-starred with Eric Stoltz, as a married couple and screenwriting partners, in the Showtime series, "Out of Order"
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2003
Guest starred as Frasier's Love interest on the NBC comedy, "Frasier"
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2002
Portrayed Lady Bird Johnson in HBO movie, "Path to War"
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2001
Played a photographer who is charged with child pornography in the Lifetime movie, "Snap Decision"
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1999
Appeared with husband William H. Macy (who also co-wrote the teleplay) in the TNT original, "A Slight Case of Murder"
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1999
Played small role in "Magnolia" as a TV game show coordinator; husband had more substantial role in the film
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1998
Co-starred in Mamet's "The Spanish Prisoner"
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1998 to 2000
Played TV producer Dana Whitaker on the ABC series, "Sports Night"; earned a Golden Globe (2000) nomination for Best Actress
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1997
Directed by future husband William H. Macy in "The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite" at the Atlantic Theater Company
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1996
Was featured in the Showtime series "Bedtime"
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1995
Acted onstage in Mamet's "The Cryptogram"
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1995
Directed by Mamet in the Atlantic Theater Company production of J.B. Priestley's "Dangerous Corner"
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1994
Appeared as Ed Asner's daughter in the pilot episodes of ABC's "Thunder Alley"; replaced by Diane Venora when the series began
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1992
First TV movie, "Quicksand: No Escape" (USA network)
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1991
Made TV debut in the Stephen King miniseries, "Golden Years" (CBS)
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1990
Featured as one of Dershowitz's Student Staff in "Reversal of Fortune"
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1988
Made feature acting debut in David Mamet's "Things Changes"
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1988
Understudied and eventually replaced Madonna in Mamet's Broadway play, "Speed-the-Plow"
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Became a member of the Atlantic Theater Company, co-founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy