Felicity Huffman

The record

Compiled by the MrScandal desk from the documents below · Desk editor Gustavs Ērkšķis-Kreicbergs · Nov 9, 2026

Outside the college admissions case, Felicity Huffman's record is mostly an awards list. The Television Academy credits her with one Emmy win, for playing Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives in 2005, and four other nominations, three of them for American Crime between 2015 and 2017. The Golden Globes list one win, for Transamerica in 2006, and six nominations going back to Sports Night in 2000. The same film earned her a best actress nomination at the 78th Academy Awards.

Her court record is a single federal case in Boston, charged by information under No. 1:19-cr-10117 as part of what the U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts calls the college admissions and testing bribery scheme. She pleaded guilty on May 13, 2019 to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud over a $15,000 payment that prosecutors said went to correcting wrong answers on her daughter's SAT. She told the court she had done what the prosecutor described.

At sentencing the government asked for one month in prison, one year of supervised release and a $20,000 fine. On September 13, 2019 the court imposed 14 days in prison, one year of supervised release, 250 hours of community service and a $30,000 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. That was less prison time and a larger fine than prosecutors had recommended.

Roles and honours on the record

• 2005 Lynette Scavo, Desperate Housewives; Emmy winner for lead actress in a comedy series source
• 2006 Best actress nominee, 78th Academy Awards, for Transamerica source
• 2015-2017 Lead actress, American Crime, playing a different character in each of three seasons source
• 2019 Defendant, United States v. Huffman, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 1:19-cr-10117 source