Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy’s 2 Daughters: Meet Sophia and Georgia
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- UPDATED AUGUST 08, 2025
by Kristine Bowman
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Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy’s family was thrown into the spotlight in 2019 due to Huffman’s involvement in the college admissions scandal—but before that, the couple worked hard to keep their two daughters, Sophia and Georgia, out of the public eye.
“We didn’t even let them watch TV,” Macy once shared in 2017. “That changed when Sophia broke her collarbone trying to do a handstand. We sat her in front of the TV, and that’s when she started watching movies for the first time.”
Huffman and Macy first met in the early 1980s and dated on and off for 15 years before marrying in 1997. They welcomed their first daughter, Sophia, in 2000, followed by Georgia in 2002.
In 2019, when Sophia was 18, Huffman was arrested for paying a proctor to alter Sophia’s SAT scores. She later pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, ultimately serving 11 days in prison. Macy was not charged but publicly stood by her side. In a letter to the judge before sentencing, he wrote, “Every good thing in my life is because of Felicity Huffman.
Sophia Grace Macy, 25
Sophia Grace Macy was born on August 1, 2000. Huffman has been candid about her early struggles with motherhood, telling the Los Angeles Times she felt overwhelmed and unprepared. “I did not enter motherhood with any sense of equanimity or grace,” she shared. “I felt like I was moving from mistake to mistake, sleep-deprived forever.”
Despite her fears, Macy praised Huffman’s commitment as a mother from the beginning. “Felicity threw herself into parenting,” he wrote in his 2019 support letter. “She read books, asked questions, and learned from people she admired.”
The couple agreed early on to keep their daughters out of the Hollywood spotlight. “We decided to keep them as far away from our business as possible,” Macy explained. Still, that didn’t stop Sophia from discovering her own passion for acting.
Georgia Grace Macy, 23
Georgia Grace Macy was born on March 14, 2002, in Los Angeles. Juggling two young children left Huffman overwhelmed—but it also helped her land her breakout role as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives. She once told PEOPLE that she had just left “two screaming toddlers in the bathtub” before heading to her audition. When asked how she felt about motherhood, she answered honestly: “It’s really hard and I’m losing my mind.” That raw response—and her “frazzled” energy—helped her win the part.
Macy described Georgia as strong and smart, just like her mother. “Georgia is like Felicity—fierce and so intelligent,” he told Parade in 2007. But unlike the rest of her family, Georgia had no interest in the entertainment world.
“She’s interested in politics, political science, and pursuing that,” Macy said in 2019. “She’s in a very academic school and killing it.
