Valerie Mahaffey (born June , ) is an American actress and producer.
She won an Emmy Award for her work on Northern Exposure. She later won
fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately
insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives and
Devious Maids.Mahaffey was born in Sumatra, Indonesia, to a Canadian
mother and a Texan father who met in New Brunswick, Canada. When
Mahaffey was , the family moved to Houston, Texas, where she graduated
from Austin High School. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
University of Texas at Austin in and later made her Broadway debut in
musical Rex.Mahaffey was regular cast member in the soap opera The
Doctors from to , which earned her a nomination for Daytime Emmy
Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in . She
starred in the film Women of Valor in and while the characters are
fictitious, it portrayed women's roles in the Philippines during World
War II.As of the late s, Mahaffey began acting in television comedies,
like Newhart, Cheers, and Seinfeld. From to , she starred in the
short-lived NBC sitcom The Powers That Be and in the CBS sitcom Women
of the House alongside Delta Burke in . She played Tracy Milford in
the film National Lampoon's Senior Trip and Jan Kempster in the film
Jungle Jungle. In , she had a recurring role on ER. In , she starred
in the film Seabiscuit. In , she appeared in seven episodes of United
States of Tara. Her stage credits include Eastern Standard, Talking
Heads, Top Girls, and Rex.
She won an Emmy Award for her work on Northern Exposure. She later won
fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately
insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives and
Devious Maids.Mahaffey was born in Sumatra, Indonesia, to a Canadian
mother and a Texan father who met in New Brunswick, Canada. When
Mahaffey was , the family moved to Houston, Texas, where she graduated
from Austin High School. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
University of Texas at Austin in and later made her Broadway debut in
musical Rex.Mahaffey was regular cast member in the soap opera The
Doctors from to , which earned her a nomination for Daytime Emmy
Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in . She
starred in the film Women of Valor in and while the characters are
fictitious, it portrayed women's roles in the Philippines during World
War II.As of the late s, Mahaffey began acting in television comedies,
like Newhart, Cheers, and Seinfeld. From to , she starred in the
short-lived NBC sitcom The Powers That Be and in the CBS sitcom Women
of the House alongside Delta Burke in . She played Tracy Milford in
the film National Lampoon's Senior Trip and Jan Kempster in the film
Jungle Jungle. In , she had a recurring role on ER. In , she starred
in the film Seabiscuit. In , she appeared in seven episodes of United
States of Tara. Her stage credits include Eastern Standard, Talking
Heads, Top Girls, and Rex.
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