Felicity Huffman (HILLARY LICHTEN)
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 can currently be seen starring as “Lynette Scavo” on the ABC hit “Desperate Housewives.” The cast won the 2004 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and most recently won a Golden Globe for Best Television Series-Comedy or Musical. Huffman was also nominated for Best Actress in a Television Comedy for “Desperate Housewives.” Huffman has also been honored with an Emmy and a SAG Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on “Desperate Housewives.”
In film, Huffman was most recently seen in Universal Pictures’ GEORGIA RULE with Jane Fonda and Linsday Lohan, directed by Garry Marshall. 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 the previously mentioned honors, she was also was nominated for a SAG 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 have 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 was honored by the Palm Springs International Film Festival. She was also honored by Movieline’s Hollywood Life with their “Breakthrough Performance” award.
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,” “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.
