Felicity Huffman finally lands a TV job after spending 11 days in jail over college admissions scandal
nypost.comScandal-scarred Felicity Huffman has finally landed an acting job.Huffman, 61, who served 11 days in jail for her involvement in the nationwide 2019 Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, will play a “brilliant biological scientist” on a Season 2 episode of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” on Paramount+.The news comes two months after the former “Desperate Housewives” star said it was hard for her to find acting roles since getting out of the hoosegow in October 2020.
She appeared in one episode of ABC’s “The Good Doctor” last year.“I walk into the room with it. I did it. It’s black and white,” the former “Desperate Housewives” star told the Guardian in February. “How I am is kind of a loaded question.”“As long as my kids are well and my husband is well, I feel like I’m well.
I’m grateful to be here,” she went on. “But how am I? I guess I’m still processing. “It’s been hard,” she said. “Sort of like your old life died, and you died with it.”On the “Criminal Minds: Evolution” episode, Huffman will play Dr.
Jill Gideon, the ex-wife of Jason Gideon, who was played by Mandy Patinkin on “Criminal Minds,” according to Deadline.[Patinkin left the series after 47 episodes when his character was murdered offscreen.]The spinoff series stars Joe Mantegna, A.J.
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