Felicity Huffman

On March 12, 2019, Huffman was among dozens of people charged by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in connection with a nationwide college admissions cheating scandal. Prosecutors alleged that a $15,000 donation Huffman made to the Key Worldwide Foundation, ostensibly a charitable contribution, was in fact payment to a person who posed as Huffman's daughter, took the SAT in her place and obtained a score substantially improved over her daughter's PSAT result. Huffman was arrested on March 12, charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, and released on $250,000 bail. When she appeared in court in Boston on April 3, she acknowledged her rights, the charges and the maximum possible penalties; she waived a preliminary hearing, signed the conditions of release and was allowed to leave. On April 8, she agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Huffman formally pleaded guilty to honest services fraud on May 13, 2019, and on September 13 was sentenced to 14 days in prison. Upon release she will serve one year of supervised release. She was also fined $30,000 and ordered to perform 250 hours of community service. On October 15, 2019, Huffman reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, to begin her sentence. She was due to be released from prison on October 27, 2019, but was released two days early because October 27 fell on a weekend.

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On September 6, 1997, she married her boyfriend of 15 years, William H. Macy. They met while she was teaching drama at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York.

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She has six older sisters named Mariah, Betsy, Jane, Grace, Jessie and Isabel, and an older brother named Moore Jr.

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Jessica Alba was one of her students at the Atlantic Theatre Company.

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In one of the "Wildest Dreams" episodes of Oprah Winfrey's show, Huffman's dream came true when she got the chance to sing backup for her idol Tina Turner, who performed live for Oprah.

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She graduated from the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where she studied theater (1981).

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One of her idols is Tina Turner.

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In 2006, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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She is the mother of Sofia Macy (Sofia Grace Macy) (b. August 1, 2000) and Georgia Macy (Georgia Grace Macy) (b. March 14, 2002), her children with her husband William H. Macy.

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Diane Venora replaced her in the sitcom Thunder Alley (1994).

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She had to turn down her role in Jean-Paul Salomé's film The Chameleon (2010) because of a scheduling conflict with Desperate Housewives (2004).

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She is friends with Sarah Paulson. They appeared together in Path to War (2002), The D.A. (2004) and Desperate Housewives (2004), where they played sisters. Both appeared in Law & Order (1990), but in different episodes. They shared a 2017 Golden Globe nomination, and Paulson won.

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She shares the same birthday as Desperate Housewives (2004) co-star Jesse Metcalfe.

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She was among the guests at Marcia Cross's wedding to Tom Mahoney.

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She is the daughter of Moore Peters Huffman and his then-wife Grace Valle (née Ewing). She and her siblings were raised by both of their parents.

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On March 7, 2012, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Three months after giving birth to her daughter Sofia, she returned to work to begin a guest role on The West Wing (1999). She also returned to work five months after giving birth to her daughter Georgia to begin a guest role on Girls Club (2002).

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On March 1, 2012, she founded What The Flicka, a website for women and mothers, and she contributes to it regularly.

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She is one of Patricia Wolff's best friends.

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