Cady Huffman
Huffman with then-husband William Healy, December 2007
Born	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	William Healy (1994–2011)

Cady Huffman (born February 2, 1965)^[1] is an American actress.

Huffman was born inSanta Barbara, California, to Lorayne, a pre-school assistant director turned realtor, and Clifford Huffman, an attorney.^{[citation needed]} She is the younger sister of actor Linus Huffman and automotive writer John Pearley Huffman, whose work often appears inRoad & Track andCar and Driver magazines andThe New York Times. She attended public schools in Santa Barbara (skipping the fourth grade) and graduated from the localSan Marcos High School in June 1982. Huffman started performing in Santa Barbara's very active local theater community well before her teenage years. She also studied ballet at The Goleta School of Ballet and performed numerous classical ballets with the school's company.^{[citation needed]}

Huffman first came to Broadway as a replacement cast member in the hit musicalLa Cage aux Folles (1985), and was quickly cast inBob Fosse'sBig Deal, to be followed by a Tony-Award nomination for her performance inThe Will Rogers Follies (1991). In 2001, she played the role ofUlla in the original cast of theBroadwaymusicalThe Producers, byMel Brooks. Huffman received theTony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the role.

She made her film debut in the filmHero (1992). She has since appeared inSpace Marines (1996),^[2]Romance & Cigarettes andThe Nanny Diaries. She also appeared in the 2010 filmThe Company Men.^[3] During 2003 and 2004, she produced, starred in and acted as production designer for the independent filmSunday on the Rocks directed byJoe Morton.^[4]

On television, she has had guest starring roles on programs such asFrasier,Law & Order: Criminal Intent andMad About You. She appeared as herself in several guest spots on the television seriesCurb Your Enthusiasm during 2004. The series' fourth season plot involvedLarry David joining the cast ofThe Producers. Beginning in August 2005, Huffman took over forKimberlin Brown as Dr. Paige Miller onOne Life to Live. Her last episode aired on January 23, 2006. During 2011 and 2012, she has appeared in episodes ofThe Good Wife.

She was a regular food judge on Food Network'sIron Chef America,^[5] described by hostAlton Brown as "theKitty Carlisle" of the series.

During July and August 2007, Huffman starred in the Off-Broadway playSurface to Air written by David Epstein and directed byJames Naughton, in a rare dramatic part for the actress who usually appears on stage in musicals.^[6] In May 2009, she appeared in the new musicalPirates! in the Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, production.^[7] She appeared alongsideThe Producers co-starNathan Lane inThe Nance which opened on Broadway on April 15, 2013. She was nominated for a 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award for her work in that play. In 2014, she played a major role in the Off-Broadway rock musicalRevolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter.

In July 2017 she directedCity of Light, a musical by Gabrielle Wagner, Julie Weiner and Jan Roper at the SheNYC Summer Theater Festival.^[8]

In June 2023 she directedAnything Goes, a musical byCole Porter,Guy Bolton andP.G. Wodehouse at Black Rock Theater in Fairfield, CT.^[9]

She now lives inBrooklyn, New York City.^[10]

• Cady Huffman at theInternet Broadway Database
• Cady Huffman atIMDb
• Cady Huffman at theInternet Off-Broadway Database
• Interview with Cady Huffman at TonyAwards.com at theWayback Machine (archived April 23, 2007)

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