Valerie Mahaffey
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| Valerie Mahaffey | |
 Valerie Mahaffey in Desperate Housewives |
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| Birth name | Valerie Mahaffey |
| Born | June 16, 1953 (age 53) Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Kell |
| Notable roles | Eve in Northern Exposure, 1991-1994, Alma Hodge in Desperate Housewives, 2006-2007 |
| Emmy Awards | |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Northern Exposure, 1992 | |
Valerie Mahaffey, (born on June 16, 1953 in Sumatra, Indonesia, but raised in Austin, Texas, United States) is an Emmy Award winning American actress. She won her Emmy 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.
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Valerie Mahaffey has also starred in films including Jungle 2 Jungle.
She had a role in a 1991 episode of Seinfeld entitled "The Truth", where she played George Costanza's girlfriend.
Mahaffey has won fame in the early 2000s playing the role of Alma Hodge in Desperate Housewives, a psychotic woman who is so desperate to have a baby that she is prepared to rape a man to get pregnant.
She is married to Joseph Kell, by whom she has one child.
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