Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo (née Lindquist) is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists on the series "Desperate Housewives". The character is played by actress Felicity Huffman, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role in 2005, and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for 2005 to 2007. While show creator Marc Cherry based Bree Van de Kamp's family on his teenage years, he based Lynette's on his childhood life. Other actresses who claim to have auditioned for the show include
Desperate Housewives two previous Spanish versions, it was titled "Amas de Casa Desesperadas", and the production began in July 2007. The Brazilian version, "" began being broadcast on RedeTV! in 2008. The Turkish version titled "Umutsuz Ev Kadınları" aired on Kanal D in Turkey from 2011 until 2013 and on FOX Turkey from 2013 until 2014. In fall 2013, the Disney Media Distribution and the Nigerian television network EbonyLife TV announced that they were producing an African version of "Desperate Housewives". The series, titled "Desperate Housewives Africa", was scheduled to premiere in summer 2014 on EbonyLife TV. However, it aired its only