

She has German, English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, and Irish ancestry. Huffman's great-great-grandfather was Joseph Warren King, founder of the King Mills Powder Company. Her other great-grandfather, Frederick Berthold Ewing, graduated from Yale University and became a prominent St. Her great-grandfather was Gershom Moore Peters, founder of the Peters Cartridge Company and prominent Baptist minister, author of The Master. In the 1970s, Huffman's mother left New York and bought property in Snowmass, Colorado, where Felicity and her siblings spent their youth.

When Huffman was a young teenager, she discovered that her biological father was Roger Tallman Maher, who was a family friend. Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised by both of them. Huffman was born in Bedford, New York, into a wealthy family, the daughter of Grace Valle ( née Ewing) and Moore Peters Huffman, a banker and partner at Morgan Stanley. 3.1 Involvement in 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.2.4 2013–present: Subsequent career and American Crime.

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She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the debut season of the series, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three consecutive Golden Globe nominations. She starred as Dana Whitaker in the comedy-drama Sports Night from 1998 to 2000, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Huffman began her acting career in theatre, and in the 1990s also had many supporting roles in film and television. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American actress.
