Cady Huffman

Infobox actor
name = Cady Huffman
caption = Huffman with husband William Healy, December 2007


birthname = Catherine Elizabeth Huffman
birthdate = birthdate and age|1965|2|2
birthplace = Santa Barbara, California USA
spouse = WIlliam Healy (1994-present)
tonyawards = Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2001 "The Producers"

Catherine Elizabeth “Cady” Huffman (born February 2, 1965) is an American actress.

Biography

Early life

Huffman was born in Santa Barbara, California to Lorayne, a pre-school assistant director turned realtor, and Clifford Huffman, an attorney. [cite web | title=Cady Huffman Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/6/Cady-Huffman.html | work=filmreference | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-07-06] She is the sister of actor Linus Huffman and John Pearley Huffman who often writes for "Car and Driver" magazine. She graduated from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, California in June 1982. Huffman started performing in Santa Barbara's very active local theater community well before her teenage years. The Santa Barbara theater also produced such notable actors as Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards, Randolph Mantooth, and Kathleen Wilhoite. She also studied ballet at The Goleta School of Ballet and performed numerous classical ballets with the school's company.

Career

Huffman first came to Broadway as a replacement cast member in the hit musical "La Cage aux Folles" (1985), and was quickly cast in Bob Fosse's "Big Deal," to be followed by a Tony-Award nomination for her performance in "The Will Rogers Follies" (1991). She made her film debut in the 1992 film "Hero" which stars Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, and Andy Garcia. In 2001, she played the role of Ulla in the Broadway musical "The Producers", by Mel Brooks. Huffman received the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the role. She later appeared as herself in several guest spots on the television show "Curb Your Enthusiasm". The show's 4th season plot involved Larry David joining the cast of "The Producers".

Though she was portrayed as at least a notional Republican in "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in fact she comes from a strongly Democratic family and has never been a member of the GOP. During 2003 and 2004 she produced, starred in and acted as production designer for the independent film "Sunday On The Rocks" directed by Joe Morton. She was seen in the 2005 film Romance & Cigarettes starring James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Kate Winslet, and Mandy Moore. Beginning in August 2005, Huffman took over for Kimberlin Brown as Dr. Paige Miller on "One Life to Live". Her last episode aired on January 23, 2006.

During July and August 2007, Huffman starred in the off-Broadway play "Surface to Air" directed by James Naughton, a rare dramatic part for the actress who usually appears on stage in musicals. She is a regular food taster on Food Network's Iron Chef America.

She is currently in rehearsals in NYC for Wood, which is an official selection of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Wood is being performed in September at The Barrow Group Theatre.

Personal life

Huffman is married to attorney and basketball coach, WIlliam Healy. The couple was wed in 1994.

References

External links

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* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/interactive/video/index.html#h TonyAwards.com Interview with Cady Huffman]

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title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
years=2000-2001
for "The Producers"
before=Karen Ziemba
for "Contact"
after=Harriet Harris
for "Thoroughly Modern Millie"