{"id":368252,"date":"2026-03-05T00:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/368252\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:37:11","slug":"felicity-huffman-and-william-h-macys-daughter-sophia-25-makes-rare-red-carpet-appearance-at-rooster-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/368252\/","title":{"rendered":"Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy&#8217;s Daughter Sophia, 25, Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance at \u201cRooster\u201d Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy&#8217;s daughter Sophia made a rare red carpet appearance in New York City<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress, who stars as Ronni in the new HBO series Rooster, dazzled on the carpet, wearing a two-piece leather outfit<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Huffman and Macy are also parents to daughter Georgia<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/felicity-huffman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Felicity Huffman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Felicity Huffman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/william-h-macy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:William H. Macy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">William H. Macy<\/a>&#8216;s daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/william-h-macy-and-daughter-sophia-make-rare-red-carpet-appearance-tiff-11808224\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sophia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sophia<\/a> stepped out for a red carpet appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 25-year-old actress walked the red carpet for the New York City premiere of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/steve-carell-trailer-hbo-rooster-11900415\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:HBO series Rooster;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">HBO series Rooster<\/a>, which she stars in as Ronni alongside lead actor <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/steve-carell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steve Carell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steve Carell<\/a>, on Tuesday, March 3. Sophia, who tends to keep a low profile, dazzled in an all-black leather ensemble and accessorized with black heels. Her hair was slicked back behind her ears, and she paired the look with a dark lip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to Sophia, Huffman, 63, and Macy, 75, are the share daughter Georgia, 23. Prior to Huffman&#8217;s involvement in the 2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/college-admissions-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:college admissions scandal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">college admissions scandal<\/a>, the family stayed mostly out of the public eye.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Sophia MacyCredit: Stephanie Augello\/Variety via Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"293\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/06e0d25b014196ad24599f867ab3b6f7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sophia Macy<br \/>Credit: Stephanie Augello\/Variety via Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/william-h-macy-raved-about-felicity-huffman-before-bribery-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:They didn&#039;t even watch television;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">They didn&#8217;t even watch television<\/a>\u00a0until Sophia broke her collarbone trying to do a handstand,&#8221; Macy told PEOPLE in 2017. &#8220;So we put her in front of the TV and she started watching movies for the first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Sophia was 18 years old, Huffman was arrested and charged with paying a proctor to change her older daughter&#8217;s SAT exam scores. The\u00a0Desperate Housewives\u00a0actress later pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/felicity-huffman-completed-full-sentence-college-admissions-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:served 11 days in prison;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">served 11 days in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Macy was not charged in relation to the event, he stood by his wife&#8217;s side during the headline-making scandal, writing, &#8220;every good thing in my life is because of Felicity Huffman&#8221; in a letter of support to a judge ahead of Huffman&#8217;s September 2019 sentencing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Huffman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/felicity-huffman-breaks-silence-college-admissions-scandal-8409533\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:spoke about her role in the college admissions scandal for the first time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">spoke about her role in the college admissions scandal for the first time<\/a>\u00a0in November 2023. During an interview with\u00a0ABC-7 Eyewitness News, the Oscar-nominated actress explained she thought the &#8220;criminal scheme&#8221; was the &#8220;only option to give my daughter a future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;People assume that I went into this looking for a way to cheat the system and making proverbial criminal deals in back alleys, but that was not the case,&#8221; she said, adding later, &#8220;It felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future. And so it was sort of like my daughter&#8217;s future, which meant I had to break the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"William H. Macy, Felicity Hoffman and their daughtersCredit: Jon Kopaloff\/FilmMagic\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"363\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/617a978001c1faff6197756281205dcc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>William H. Macy, Felicity Hoffman and their daughters<br \/>Credit: Jon Kopaloff\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sophia&#8217;s college acceptance was rescinded in 2019 after news broke of the cheating scandal. However, she still went on to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/felicity-huffman-william-macy-attend-daughter-graduation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:graduate from high school;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">graduate from high school<\/a>\u00a0in June 2019 and continued to pursue both college and acting. In the fall of 2020, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/felicity-huffman-proud-daughter-sophia-macy-gets-into-university-after-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University<\/a>\u00a0as a student in their prestigious theater program. She also made her acting debut in season 2 of Jordan Peele&#8217;s CBS show\u00a0The Twilight Zone\u00a0earlier that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m so so grateful,&#8221; Sophia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7PWrpkFOSo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote on Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0about her role in\u00a0The Twilight Zone. She also called the experience &#8220;an absolute pleasure&#8221; in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CB3aCtCFGPs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a separate post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a separate post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In February 2024, Macy told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1395902\/william-h-macy-shares-rare-update-on-life-with-felicity-huffman-and-their-daughters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:E! News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">E! News<\/a>\u00a0that he&#8217;s excited that Sophia was getting into acting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I love this business. I figured if I can do it, anyone can do it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/felicity-huffman-william-macy-daughter-sophia-makes-rare-appearance-11919463\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Felicity Huffman and William H. 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