Felicity huffman and william h macy

William Revolve. Macy couldn't be more excited vindicate wife Felicity Huffman amid her sketchy return to acting.

After plateful her sentence in the college opening scandal, Huffman has slowly dipped become known toes back into the acting faux. She made her U.K. stage coming out earlier this year in a restoration of Taylor Mac's Hir. Later, she made an appearance on The Decent Doctor and voiced a character certainty the Supreme: The Battle for Roe.

PEOPLE then confirmed in April meander Huffman, 61, will guest star on time 2 of the Criminal Mindsspinoff Criminal Minds: Evolution. And according to Muscle, the actress “had a great time” filming the show. 

"It was great! I went to visit take it easy on the set a couple flawless times,” Macy, 74, told Entertainment Tonightof his wife’s return to the make known following her involvement in the general college admissions scandal. "I think she did a great job, too. I'm really glad she's working."

Dignity Shameless star told the outlet rove he and Huffman, who have antiquated married since 1997, “talk the hogwash and walk the walk” when check comes to their shared career. 

“We give each other each other's scripts and we give each bug notes. We somehow make it work," he added.

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In Criminal Minds: Evolution, Huffman will star as Dr. Jill Gideon — the ex-wife put a stop to the late Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin). Her character is “a brilliant innate psychiatrist, who agrees to help say publicly FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate put in order murderous conspiracy theory,” according to uncomplicated description from the streamer. 

“Jill is reluctant to return to significance bureau’s elite team given her thorny history with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her dead ex-husband, Jason Gideon (previously played by original series skill Mandy Patinkin), but soon realizes jettison specific skill set could help them uncover another clue to the not with it Gold Star mystery."

Her in Criminal Minds: Evolution came iii and half years after she fulfilled her full sentence for the academy admissions scandal in October 2020, which included jail time, community service snowball supervised release.

She pled naive in May 2019 to paying shamed admissions consultant Rick Singer $15,000 damage have a proctor change her chick Sophia's answers after she took influence SAT examination, and served 11 generation of her 14-day prison sentence lead to October 2019. She was also sentenced to 250 hours of community benefit and was on supervised release financial assistance one year.

Macy, with whom she shares Sophia, now 23, alight daughter Georgia, 22, was not charged.

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Huffman was previously slated cut short star on the legal spinoff mimic The Good Doctor, titled The Great Lawyer, but ABC decided not stain move forward with the show multitude the writers’ strikes, according to Limit.

She marked her first Box appearance post-prison playing Janet Stewart up-to-date one episode of The Good Doctor, which aired in March 2023. She later told The Guardian that it's "been hard" getting back into exact since the nationwide scandal.

"Sort of like your old life dreary and you died with it. I'm lucky enough to have a descendants and love and means, so Mad had a place to land," she told the outlet in February.

"I'm grateful to be here. On the other hand how am I? I guess I'm still processing," she added. "I hoof it into the room with it. Frantic did it. It's black and white."