Felicity Huffman is heading again to the courtroom.
The actress is set to appear in ABC’s “The Great Law firm,” a spinoff of “The Very good Health practitioner,” according to Deadline, which marks Felicity’s initially acting role since serving 11 days in jail in 2019 for her job in the infamous college or university admissions scandal.
“The Good Lawyer” will star Kennedy McMann of “Nancy Drew” as Joni DeGroot, a promising younger attorney with obsessive compulsive dysfunction, who is sought by Dr. Shaun Murphy of “The Very good Physician” (Freddie Highmore) for legal illustration.
Huffman will play Janet Stewart, Deadline reports, “a very regarded lawyer and lover at the law company with a intense intellect and dry wit,” who also has a link to “The Superior Medical professional.”
“Janet has represented Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) in many authorized issues above the years,” in accordance to the outlet, “so he turns to her to symbolize his beloved protégé. But when Shaun declares that he wishes Joni to represent him, Janet is forced to let Joni just take lead on the case.”
Huffman and McMann will debut during an episode of “The Excellent Medical professional” titled “The Great Lawyer” (bewildering, we know), airing on March 6, with long run plans for the collection however up in the air.
It is been above two-and-a-fifty percent a long time because Huffman has appeared on-screen. She final co-starred in the Netflix’s constrained series “When They See Us,” about the Central Park 5, which in fact premiered on the streamer just about 3 months soon after her March 12 arrest in relation to the admissions scandal.
As portion of the investigation, the “Determined Housewives” alum eventually admitted to having to pay a college admissions advisor $15,000 to have a proctor modify her daughter Sophia Macy’s answers immediately after she took the SAT.
Huffman plead guilty to charges of mail fraud and trustworthy expert services mail fraud in May possibly 2019 and completed 11 times of her 14-working day sentence in Oct of that yr.
“I would like to apologize once again to my daughter, my partner, my family members and the educational group for my steps,” the actress stated at her Sept. 2019 sentencing hearing. “And I especially want to apologize to the college students who function challenging each individual working day to get into college, and to their moms and dads who make huge sacrifices supporting their young children. I have figured out a lot around the very last six months about my flaws as a individual.”
“The Great Doctor” episode titled “The Very good Lawyer” airs March 6 at 10 p.m. on ABC.
