Biography
Valerie Mahaffey (June 16, 1953 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress and producer. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), 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.
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TV credits
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Big Sky
2020
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Dead to Me
2019
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Young Sheldon
2017
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Impastor
2015
Rated 7.5 out of 10
The Man in the High Castle
2015
Rated 5.0 out of 10
Kirstie
2013
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Devious Maids
2013
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Monday Mornings
2013
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Mindy Project
2012
Rated 6.6 out of 10
The Exes
2011
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Hart of Dixie
2011
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Franklin & Bash
2011
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Workaholics
2011
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Better With You
2010
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Raising Hope
2010
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Glee
2009
Rated 7.1 out of 10
United States of Tara
2009
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Private Practice
2007
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Raines
2007
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Hannah Montana
2006
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Crumbs
2006
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Out of Practice
2005
Rated 8.2 out of 10
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Rated 7.9 out of 10
Desperate Housewives
2004