Still Together After All These Years! Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy’s Relationship Timeline

First Meeting

The couple met in New York City in the early 1980s.

Together

“We’ve been working together since I was 21 or 22,” Felicity exclusively told Closer in April 2018. “We have a great working relationship.”

Dating

Through the 1980s and 90s, William and Felicity dated on and off.

Split

At one point in the 1990s, the couple actually split up for several years.

Proposal

Fortunately, they eventually got back together. In the late 90s, William proposed and the actress said yes.

Marriage

The duo tied the knot on September 6, 1997. William once told OK! on the red carpet of his wife, “She’s always been sort of a dreamgirl for me from the first time I ever saw her. I love everything about her.”

Kids

Felicity gave birth to their two daughters in the early 200s. She and William welcomed Sophia on August 1, 2000, and Georgia on March 14, 2002.

Fame!

The actors became only the second married couple to receive stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on the same day in March 2012, Us Weekly reported.

Allies

William told Closer of his wife’s work ethic when they collaborated on a movie, “She’s a great actor. On this film, I could exhale a bit because she had a big part, and I knew she was going to do a great job. I feel like I have an ally on set — it’s a piece of cake.”

Anniversary

The pair celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in 2017.

Best Thing

On September 6, 2017, the Fargo actor wrote in a Twitter post, “Twenty years ago today I did the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. I married Felicity Huffman.”

Trouble

The trouble began for Felicity and her family when she was indicted on March 12 on charges related to a nationwide college admissions cheating scandal.

Guilty

She entered a guilty plea for her role in the scandal in May. Court documents noted the actress used “a purported charitable contribution of $15,000 … to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter.”

Released

She was released from prison on October 25 after checking in on October 15, serving less than two weeks of her sentenced 14 days in prison.

Regret

Felicity released a statement in April about the scandal that read, “I am pleading guilty to the charge brought against me by the United States Attorney’s Office. I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions.”

Back to Life

William was not charged in the scandal, and now the two can focus on getting back to their lives — and their relationship — with Felicity’s sentence behind her. They celebrated another anniversary in September and there seems to be no end in sight for these lovebirds.

Making a Comeback

Felicity mostly stayed out of the spotlight since the 2019 college admissions scandal, and she and William are seemingly just as in love. In 2024, Felicity was ready to return to acting, but a source exclusively told In Touch that it wasn’t as easy as she expected.

“Felicity wasn’t good at making friends before the admissions scandal made her a villain and a pariah in Hollywood,” the insider shared in May 2024. “It’s gotten a lot worse in the aftermath, where her inner circle has been whittled down to family members and her paid employees.”

The source continued, “Sure, she still knows her old Desperate Housewives ​castmates better than almost anybody because of the years they spent together on that show, but she never socialized with them and they’re not part of her attempted comeback story in any way, shape or form. She’s got all the talent in the world but she just doesn’t have the meaningful relationships that you normally get from being a team player on a classic television series, and now she’s really paying the price for years of only looking out for her own best interests.”