Felicity Kendall Huffman (born
December 9,
1962) is an
Academy Award-nominated
American actress. She is known for her role as
Lynette Scavo, the hectic busy Super-Mom on the
ABC hit show
Desperate Housewives, which earned her an
Emmy Award. A year later, her role as a
transwoman in the
independent film Transamerica earned her a
Golden Globe Award, and was praised by many critics. Huffman won eight significant awards, and was nominated ten times.
Biography
Early life
Felicity Kendall Huffman was born in
Bedford, New York, the daughter of Grace Valle (
née Ewing), an actress, and Moore Peters Huffman, a banker.
[Felicity Huffman Biography (1962-)] Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised mostly by her mother. She has six sisters and a brother, Moore. She graduated from
Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. After high school she went on to
New York University where she graduated in 1988 from the
Tisch School of the Arts, with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama.
