Felicity Huffman has joined “Doc” Season 2 at Fox.
Huffman will appear in the series regular role of Dr. Joan Ridley, described as “Amy Larsen’s (Molly Parker) med school professor and early mentor – and the new Chief of Internal Medicine at Westside Hospital.”
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Along with Parker and Huffman, Season 2 of “Doc” stars Omar Metwally, Jon Ecker, Amirah Vann, Anya Banerjee, Patrick Walker, and Charlotte Fountain-Jardim.
The role marks a return to Fox for Huffman, who recently guest starred in the broadcast network’s anthology drama “Accused.” She is best known for her starring role in the ABC drama “Desperate Housewives,” for which she received two Emmy nominations. Huffman has also been nominated for three Emmys for her role in ABC’s “American Crime.” Her other recent TV credits include “The Good Doctor” and “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” In 2006, Huffman was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress for her work in “Transamerica.”
She is repped by Atlas Artists and Wolf Kasteler Public Relations.
The official description for Season 2 states that it “follows powerhouse physician Dr. Amy Larsen (Parker) as she continues to rebuild her life after a car crash erased eight years of her memory. No longer Chief of Internal Medicine at Westside Hospital, Amy must restart her medical journey as an Intern in the hopes of becoming the doctor she once was. She’ll confront hard truths about her missing years, work to repair fractured relationships, and seek to reconcile the person she used to be with the one everyone else has come to know.”
“Doc” is based on the Italian series “Nelle tue mani,” which was created and is produced by Lux Vide, a Fremantle Company. Barbie Kligman and Hank Steinberg serve as co-showrunners and executive producers on “Doc.” Erwin Stoff, Russell Fine, John Weber, Frank Siracusa, Carol Barbee, and David Foster also serve as executive producers. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios.
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