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Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award, five times for a Golden Globe Award (winning one), and has also won an Emmy Award, Obie and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Huffman began her acting career in theatre and in 1990s also had many supporting roles in film and television. She starred as executive producer Dana Whitaker in the critically acclaimed ABC comedy-drama ''Sports Night'' from 1998 to 2000, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo in the long-running ABC comedy-drama ''Desperate Housewives'' (2004–2012), which has earned her an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Huffman drew critical praise for her performance as a transgender woman in the independent film ''Transamerica'' (2005). The role earned her a Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Award, National Board of Review, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Huffman has also starred in such films as ''Reversal of Fortune'' (1990), ''The Spanish Prisoner'' (1997), ''Magnolia'' (1999), ''Path to War'' (2002), ''Georgia Rule'' (2007), ''Phoebe in Wonderland'' (2008), ''Rudderless'' (2014) and ''Cake'' (2014). She currently stars in the 2015 ABC crime drama, ''American Crime'', for which she has received critical acclaim and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie nomination. Huffman is married to actor William H. Macy. ==Early life and education== Huffman was born in Bedford, New York into a wealthy family, the daughter of Grace Valle (née Ewing), and Moore Peters Huffman (1910–1987), a banker and partner at Morgan Stanley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/08/obituaries/moore-p-huffman.html )〕 Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised mostly by her mother.〔Derschowitz, Jessica. "(Felicity Huffman on Family: It's a Community )." CBS News: The Early Show. November 12, 2010.〕 She has six sisters (Mariah, Betsy, Grace, Isabel, Jessie, (Jane 1949-2013〔(Jane Huffman Obituary ) retrieved 2/20/15〕) and a brother, Moore Jr. In the 1970s her mother left New York and bought property in Snowmass, Colorado, where Felicity and her siblings spent their youth.〔(Grace Ewing Public Record ) retrieved 2/21/2015〕〔(Felicity Huffman's favorite pastime ) retrieved 2/20/2015〕 Her great-grandfather was Gershom Moore Peters (1843-1919), founder of the Peters Cartridge Company and prominent Baptist minister, author of the ''The Master''.〔(The Master at Amazon ) retrieved 2/20/2015〕 Another great-grandfather, Frederick Berthold Ewing, graduated from Yale University and became a prominent St. Louis businessman. Her great-great grandfather was Joseph Warren King (1814-1885), founder of the King Mills Powder Company.〔(King Mills History ) retrieved 2/20/2015〕 She has German, English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and French-Canadian ancestry. Huffman attended The Putney School, a private boarding high school in Putney, Vermont and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan in 1981. She attended New York University, Circle in the Square and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felicity Huffman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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