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
Desperate Housewives (season 3) portrayals of Danielle Van de Kamp and Kayla Huntington Scavo, respectively. In spite of numerous fan complaints regarding the previous season, the American Broadcasting Company decided to keep "Desperate Housewives" in its original Sunday night timeslot. However, after two years of airing as a lead-in to fellow ABC series "Grey's Anatomy", the series would be followed by "Brothers & Sisters", then in its first season, but would remain the lead-out to "". The show maintained its position as a top ten series and became the tenth most-watched program for the 2006-07 American television season, with an average of 17.5 million