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Felicity Huffman

Character Name: Lynette Scavo
Sometimes Credited As: Flicka Huffman
Birth Date: December 9, 1962
Birth Place: Bedford, New York, USA
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Marital Status: Married to actor William H. Macy (6 September 1997 - present) 2 children
Flimography: Click here! to read about her other roles
Schooling: Graduated high school in 1981 from the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan where she majored in theater.
BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1988)

Trivia: Has one older brother, Moore.
She is the youngest of seven daughters.
Her first child, Sofia Grace, was born August 1, 2000.
Daughter Georgia Grace born 14 March 2002 in Los Angeles.
While being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, confessed that she dreamed of wanting to be a "back-up singer".
One of her idols is Tina Turner.

About the character:
an ex-career woman who is now saddled with three rampaging children, a baby, and a husband who is always out of town

About the actor:
Felicity Huffman earned a 1999 Golden Globe nomination for her work on the acclaimed ABC Television comedy, “Sports Night.” Most recently on television she starred in the Showtime drama “Out of Order,” opposite Eric Stoltz.

Huffman’s film roles include the recently released hit comedy, “Raising Helen.” Other feature film credits include the upcoming releases “Christmas with the Kranks” and “Transamerica,” as well as “Magnolia,” “Arlington Road,” “The Spanish Prisoner” and “Reversal of Fortune.”

On stage she has appeared on Broadway in David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” and has worked alongside her husband, William H. Macy, in such plays as “The Three Sisters” and “Boy’s Life.” In 1997 Huffman won an Obie for Mamet’s off-Broadway production of “Cryptogram.” She is a founding member, with Macy and Mamet, of the Atlantic Theatre Company.

Additional television credits include regular roles on “Frasier,” “Law & Order,” “The X-Files,” “The West Wing” and “Chicago Hope.” She has also starred in a number of movies for television, including “Path to War,” “A Slight Case of Murder,” “Door to Door” and “Reversible Errors.”

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