Felicity Huffman Felicity Huffman Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo on the ABC TV series "Desperate Housewives". Huffman began her acting career in theatre and in the 1990s also had many supporting roles in film and television. She starred as Dana Whitaker in the 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 ABC comedy-drama "Desperate Housewives" (2004–2012), for which she earned the Primetime
The Chase (Desperate Housewives) with open arms. I'm so thrilled that there is such a buzz about my character's relationship with Dana's." "The Chase" continued an ongoing storyline of Katherine Mayfair exploring her sexuality. The pairing of Katherine and Robin marks the first lesbian relationship in "Desperate Housewives". Actress Dana Delany praised the subplot. She said she did not know if the character would become a lesbian permanently, because the story lines change so often in "Desperate Housewives", but that series creator Marc Cherry "is interested in playing the complexity of that". Delany compared Katherine's new realizations to that of actress Meredith Baxter, who