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FELICITY HUFFMAN
as Lorraine in “Lorraine’s Story”
Felicity Huffman has proven herself as an exceptional actress in both dramatic and comedic roles. Huffman earned an Academy Award nomination for her stunning performance in Transamerica as well as a Golden Globe Award and Independent Spirit Award for the same role. Huffman has also been honored with an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Desperate Housewives. Huffman received an Emmy nomination for her role as ‘Janette Hesby’ in the third season of Academy Award Winner John Ridley’s ABC Drama Miniseries American Crime. Additionally, she received two Emmy nominations for the show, one for her role as ‘Barb Hanlon’ in the first season and the other for her role as ‘Leslie Graham’ in the second season.
Most recently, Huffman can be seen in Season 17 of Criminal Minds: Evolution alongside Joe Mantegna and Paget Brewster. Huffman also made her UK stage debut starring in the 2024 Park Theatre production of Hir alongside Taylor Mac. Huffman as the radical matriarch Paige in the family comedy drama, earning rave reviews from critics calling her a “force of nature.”
In 2019, Huffman was seen in the Netflix comedy Otherhood opposite Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette. The film is produced by Cathy Shulman and Jason Michael Berman and follows three mothers who leave their suburban life to reconnect with their estranged sons in NYC. She was also seen in the Netflix limited series When They See Us adapted by Ava DuVernay. The five-part miniseries follows the notorious case of five young black men wrongly convicted of a brutal rape that took place in Manhattan’s famous park in 1989. Huffman plays a member of the prosecution opposite Vera Farmiga. Her character and the real-life woman were well-known advocates of women’s and minority’s rights who took an interesting turn in the case.
Huffman co-starred in William H. Macy’s directorial debut Rudderless. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and stars Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Jamie Chung, Selena Gomez and Laurence Fishburne. Paramount Home Media Distribution and Samuel Goldwyn Films teamed up to acquire U.S. rights to the film, which tells the story of a grieving father in a downward spiral who stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Huffman was seen in Trust Me directed by Clark Gregg who also stars in the film alongside Allison Janney and Amanda Peet.
Huffman is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo on the ABC hit Desperate Housewives on ABC. The cast won the 2004 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and won a Golden Globe for Best Television Series-Comedy or Musical.
In March 2012, Huffman launched her website for moms and women, WhatTheFlicka.com. What The Flicka is a “virtual kitchen counter” for women to laugh and share their honest stories about motherhood to take down the icon and myth of the “perfect” mother. Boasting over 100 contributors, Huffman’s website has received recognition from Forbes, Time magazine, Mashable, Yahoo News and CNN.
In 2008, Huffman was seen in THINKFilm’s Phoebe in Wonderland, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2007, Huffman appeared in Universal Pictures’ Georgia Rule, which co-starred Jane Fonda and Linsday Lohan.
In 2006, Huffman starred in the critically acclaimed Weinstein Company film Transamerica. The film, which was written and directed by Duncan Tucker, was the first ever acquisition for the company and starred Huffman as “Bree” a transgendered woman who embarks on a journey across country with her newly discovered son. In addition to an Oscar nomination, Huffman won a Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award for the role. She was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and was awarded Best Actress by the National Board of Review and received a nomination for Best Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Awards. Multiple film festivals screened the film including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Huffman received Best Actress awards from the Tribeca Film Festival, the San Diego Film Festival, the Aspen Film Festival, the Florida International Film Festival and the Palm Springs Film Festival.
In 2004, Huffman appeared in the feature film Christmas with the Cranks, which starred Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. She also appeared in Raising Helen which starred Kate Hudson and John Corbett.
On the small screen, Huffman was seen in 2004 in the television movie Reversible Errors with William H. Macy, Tom Selleck and Monica Potter. Among her television movie credits are Out of Order, the critically acclaimed Door to Door, starring William H. Macy, Path to War starring Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland, The Heart Department, Harrison, Cry of the City, Quicksand, Heart of Justice, The Water Engine, and Underworld. Other television credits include Chicago Hope, X-Files, Law and Order, Bedtime Stories and appearances as a series regular on The Human Factor, the ABC series Sports Night, Thunder Alley, Early Edition, Jules, and The Golden Years.
Huffman is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company, an off-Broadway theater company where she has been featured in numerous plays including Dangerous Corner, Shaker Heights, and The Joy of Definitely Going Somewhere. Among her other stage credits are Oh Hell, directed by Greg Mosher ad the Lincoln center Theatre, Boy’s Life, directed by William H. Macy, The Loop and Grotesque Love Songs. Huffman also appeared in David Mamet’s Speed the Plow. She received an OBIE Award for her portrayal of Donnie in Mamet’s Cryptogram.
Huffman resides in Los Angeles with her husband, actor/director William H. Macy.
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Felicity Huffman has proven herself as an exceptional actress in both dramatic and comedic roles. Huffman earned an Academy Award nomination for her stunning performance in Transamerica as well as a Golden Globe Award and Independent Spirit Award for the same role. Huffman has also been honored with an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Desperate Housewives. Huffman received an Emmy nomination for her role as ‘Janette Hesby’ in the third season of Academy Award Winner John Ridley’s ABC Drama Miniseries American Crime. Additionally, she received two Emmy nominations for the show, one for her role as ‘Barb Hanlon’ in the first season and the other for her role as ‘Leslie Graham’ in the second season.
Most recently, Huffman can be seen in Season 17 of Criminal Minds: Evolution alongside Joe Mantegna and Paget Brewster. Huffman also made her UK stage debut starring in the 2024 Park Theatre production of Hir alongside Taylor Mac. Huffman as the radical matriarch Paige in the family comedy drama, earning rave reviews from critics calling her a “force of nature.”
In 2019, Huffman was seen in the Netflix comedy Otherhood opposite Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette. The film is produced by Cathy Shulman and Jason Michael Berman and follows three mothers who leave their suburban life to reconnect with their estranged sons in NYC. She was also seen in the Netflix limited series When They See Us adapted by Ava DuVernay. The five-part miniseries follows the notorious case of five young black men wrongly convicted of a brutal rape that took place in Manhattan’s famous park in 1989. Huffman plays a member of the prosecution opposite Vera Farmiga. Her character and the real-life woman were well-known advocates of women’s and minority’s rights who took an interesting turn in the case.
Huffman co-starred in William H. Macy’s directorial debut Rudderless. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and stars Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Jamie Chung, Selena Gomez and Laurence Fishburne. Paramount Home Media Distribution and Samuel Goldwyn Films teamed up to acquire U.S. rights to the film, which tells the story of a grieving father in a downward spiral who stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Huffman was seen in Trust Me directed by Clark Gregg who also stars in the film alongside Allison Janney and Amanda Peet.
Huffman is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo on the ABC hit Desperate Housewives on ABC. The cast won the 2004 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and won a Golden Globe for Best Television Series-Comedy or Musical.
In March 2012, Huffman launched her website for moms and women, WhatTheFlicka.com. What The Flicka is a “virtual kitchen counter” for women to laugh and share their honest stories about motherhood to take down the icon and myth of the “perfect” mother. Boasting over 100 contributors, Huffman’s website has received recognition from Forbes, Time magazine, Mashable, Yahoo News and CNN.
In 2008, Huffman was seen in THINKFilm’s Phoebe in Wonderland, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2007, Huffman appeared in Universal Pictures’ Georgia Rule, which co-starred Jane Fonda and Linsday Lohan.
In 2006, Huffman starred in the critically acclaimed Weinstein Company film Transamerica. The film, which was written and directed by Duncan Tucker, was the first ever acquisition for the company and starred Huffman as “Bree” a transgendered woman who embarks on a journey across country with her newly discovered son. In addition to an Oscar nomination, Huffman won a Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award for the role. She was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and was awarded Best Actress by the National Board of Review and received a nomination for Best Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Awards. Multiple film festivals screened the film including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Huffman received Best Actress awards from the Tribeca Film Festival, the San Diego Film Festival, the Aspen Film Festival, the Florida International Film Festival and the Palm Springs Film Festival.
In 2004, Huffman appeared in the feature film Christmas with the Cranks, which starred Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. She also appeared in Raising Helen which starred Kate Hudson and John Corbett.
On the small screen, Huffman was seen in 2004 in the television movie Reversible Errors with William H. Macy, Tom Selleck and Monica Potter. Among her television movie credits are Out of Order, the critically acclaimed Door to Door, starring William H. Macy, Path to War starring Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland, The Heart Department, Harrison, Cry of the City, Quicksand, Heart of Justice, The Water Engine, and Underworld. Other television credits include Chicago Hope, X-Files, Law and Order, Bedtime Stories and appearances as a series regular on The Human Factor, the ABC series Sports Night, Thunder Alley, Early Edition, Jules, and The Golden Years.
Huffman is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company, an off-Broadway theater company where she has been featured in numerous plays including Dangerous Corner, Shaker Heights, and The Joy of Definitely Going Somewhere. Among her other stage credits are Oh Hell, directed by Greg Mosher ad the Lincoln center Theatre, Boy’s Life, directed by William H. Macy, The Loop and Grotesque Love Songs. Huffman also appeared in David Mamet’s Speed the Plow. She received an OBIE Award for her portrayal of Donnie in Mamet’s Cryptogram.
Huffman resides in Los Angeles with her husband, actor/director William H. Macy.