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Acting

Felicity Huffman

Career: Active from 1988 to 2025, busiest in 2003 and 2004 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Path to War
85/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2006 · Won
Desperate Housewives
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
2006 · Won
Transamerica
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2005 · Won
Desperate Housewives
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
2005 · Won · 57th Primetime Emmy Awards
Desperate Housewives
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
2006 · Nominated · 78th Academy Awards
Transamerica
Source: Wikidata

Characters

5

The characters Felicity Huffman played, best-known titles first.

Felicity Huffman as Linda Fairstein

Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo

Felicity Huffman as Leslie Graham

Felicity Huffman as Dana Whitaker

Felicity Huffman as Joan Riddley

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Felicity Huffman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.8, average 2.5
Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8
Scare
1.5, average 2.6
Violence
3.2, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Character-Driven Narrative 3
Social Commentary 3
Redemption 2
Melancholy 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Small Town Setting 2
Psychological Suspense 2
Coming-of-Age Drama 2
Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 62

The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy

TV show · as Present Day Rena

Doc

64

TV show · as Dr. Joan Ridley

Accused

61

TV show · as Lorraine Howell

2010s

13 titles · average score 62

Otherhood

46

as Helen Halston

Tammy's Always Dying

58

as Tammy MacDonald

When They See Us

84

TV show · as Linda Fairstein

Krystal

38

as Poppy

The Good Doctor

65

TV show · as Janet Stewart

Get Shorty

75

TV show · as Agent Clara Dillard

Stealing Cars

38

as Kimberly Wyatt

American Crime

84

TV show · as Barb Hanlon / Jeanette Hesby

Rudderless

68

as Emily

Cake

54

as Annette

BoJack Horseman

84

TV show · as Felicity Huffman (voice)

Trust Me

58

as Agnes

2000s

18 titles · average score 61

Phoebe in Wonderland

65

as Hillary Lichten

Georgia Rule

39

as Lilly

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman

as Pilot Nima (voice)

Transamerica

72

as Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne / Stanley Schupak

Criminal Minds

62

TV show · as Jill Gideon

Desperate Housewives

75

TV show · as Lynette Scavo

The D.A.

TV show · as Charlotte Ellis

Out of Order

60

TV show · as Lorna Colm

Path to War

85

as Lady Bird Johnson

House Hunting

58

as Sheila

Kim Possible

77

TV show · as Dr. Betty Director (voice)

Snap Decision

58

as Carrie Dixon

1990s

22 titles · average score 66

A Slight Case of Murder

67

as Kit Wannamaker

The West Wing

81

TV show · as Ann Stark

Sports Night

81

TV show · as Dana Whitaker

The Spanish Prisoner

76

as Pat McCune

Chicago Hope

73

TV show · as Ellie Stockton

The X-Files

74

TV show · as Dr. Nancy Da Silva

Frasier

80

TV show · as Julia Wilcox

Raven

59

TV show · as Sharon Prior

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

47

TV show

Golden Years

52

TV show · as Terry Spann

Golden Years

55

as Terry Spann

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Diane Perkins / Hillary Colson

1980s

2 titles · average score 75

Lip Service

as Woman P.A.

Things Change

75

as Wheel of Fortune Girl