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Felicity Huffman’s husband William H. Macy is happy to having his wife back into acting following a lull in her career following her role and imprisonment in the college admissions scandal. Huffman scored a role as Dr. Jill Gideon in the upcoming Season 2 of “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” A premiere date has yet to be established.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight on Thursday, Macy said he “went to visit her on the set a couple of times … and she had a great time.” “It was great!” he gushed. “I think she did a great job, too.”
Macy added: “I’m really glad she’s working.”
William H. Macy praised wife Felicity Huffman for her return to acting.
The “Desperate Housewives” actress served 11 days in prison after pleading guilty in 2019 to paying $15,000 to have her her oldest daughter Sophia’s SAT answers corrected; she has hardly worked since then. Huffman and Macy share daughters Sophia, 23, and Georgia, 22.
Huffman also paid a $30,000 fine and was ordered to complete 250 hours of community service. She was one of several celebrities tied up in the nationwide cheating scandal, also known as Operation Varsity Blues, alongside “Full House” star Lori Loughlin, who was sentenced to two months in prison for paying to get her daughters into college as crew recruits even though they did not row.
Huffman made her return to acting in an episode of “The Good Doctor” in 2023 called “The Good Lawyer,” which was reportedly intended to set up a possible spin-off that Huffman would star in. According to Deadline, ABC ultimately decided not to move forward with the series.
Macy, who was not charged in connection with the scandal, told ET he and Huffman have always pushed each other to be better actors. “We talk the talk and walk the walk. We give each other each other’s scripts and we give each other notes,” he said. “We somehow make it work.”
Macy added: “My daughter, Sophia, is an actor also, and both my kids grew up around the breakfast table where we just talked theater and acting all the time.”
In February, the “Desperate Housewives” alum said her “old life died” as she struggles to find work.
“I did a pilot for ABC recently that didn’t get picked up,” she told The Guardian. “It’s been hard. Sort of like your old life died and you died with it. I’m lucky enough to have a family and love and means, so I had a place to land.”
In November 2020, ABC confirmed to America today that Huffman would co-star in a baseball comedy pilot, but the show never became a series. Felicity Huffman says old life ‘died’after college admissions scandal
Huffman admitted her case is “black and white,” stressing, “I did it.” She went on to say that while she is not in “any way whitewashing what I did,” some people “have been kind and compassionate” to her, while “others have not.”
William H. Macy praises wife Felicity Huffman’s ‘great’ performance in upcoming show.
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William H. Macy expressed his admiration for his wife and “Shameless” co-star, Felicity Huffman. The award-winning actor praised Huffman’s to-be-seen performance in John Ridley’s upcoming anthology series, “American Crime.” Speaking at the “Shameless” Season Five Premiere, Macy told us what he thinks about his wife’s performance as an accused woman caught at the center of a violent crime. “Felicity is great, and that part fits her like a glove. I was like, ‘You can’t be this good. Quit acting with your wife,'” Macy commented, “It’s got a new concept. I’ve never seen anything like it. We’ll see how it flies. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen.”