Valerie Mahaffey

Valerie Mahaffey born June 16 1953 is an American actress and producer She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors 197981 for which she received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series In 1992 Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the CBS drama series Northern Exposure She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings Desperate Housewives Devious Maids and Big Sky Mahaffey also appeared in a number of movies including Senior Trip 1995 Jungle 2 Jungle 1997 Jack and Jill 2011 Sully 2016 and most notably French Exit 2020 for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination Description above from the Wikipedia article Valerie Mahaffey licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia