Valerie Mahaffey Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) is an American actress and producer, who won an Emmy Award for her work on Northern Exposure. She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings and Desperate Housewives. Valerie Mahaffey born in Indonesia and moved to Austin, Texas at the age of 16. From 1979-81, she starred in the soap opera The Doctors, which earned her a nomination for Daytime Emmy Awards in 1980. From 1992-93 she played in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Powers That Be. She played Tracy Milford in the 1995... MORE

Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) is an American actress and producer, who won an Emmy Award for her work on Northern Exposure. She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings and Desperate Housewives. Valerie Mahaffey born in Indonesia and moved to Austin, Texas at the age of 16. From 1979-81, she starred in the soap opera The Doctors, which earned her a nomination for Daytime Emmy Awards in 1980. From 1992-93 she played in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Powers That Be. She played Tracy Milford in the 1995 film National Lampoon's Senior Trip and Jan Kempster in the 1997 film Jungle 2 Jungle. In 1999 she had a recurring role in the ER. In 2003 she starred in the film Seabiscuit. In 2009, she appeared in seven episodes United States of Tara. Mahaffey won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series for her performance in the Northern Exposure in 1992.Mahaffey as his chronically hypochondriacal wife Eve; Mahaffey was the only actor from the series to win an Emmy Award. Her stage credits include Eastern Standard, Talking Heads, Top Girls, and Rex. She co-starred in the feature LESS