Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy have been married for almost 25 years. Here's a complete timeline of their relationship.

Huffman and Macy first met while she was a student at NYU. After her second summer vacation, he interviewed her to join what was then the Practical Aesthetics Workshop and has since become the Atlantic Theater Company school, Huffman told the Television Academy Foundation.

"There was this guy who I didn't know named Bill Macy, with the Lacoste shirt, and the collar turned up, and sort of blonde hair," Huffman told the Television Academy Foundation. "I was ready with all of my acting questions, and why I liked acting, and I had just gotten back from traveling around Europe with a boyfriend. And all he wanted to do was talk about Europe… so I talked about that, and he let me in."

Huffman's class studied with playwright David Mamet and Macy, and later went on to form the Atlantic Theater Company. Within the company's first several years, both Huffman and Macy directed productions within the company, according to its archive.

The Chicago Tribune reported in 2015 that Huffman and Macy dated on and off for 15 years before they were finally married. During that time, they broke up for several years.

In the late 1990s, leading up to their wedding, Huffman and Macy were seen together at public events like the "Ghosts of Mississippi" New York premiere in December 1996, the 11th annual American Comedy Awards in Los Angeles in February 1997, the 3rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in February 1997, and the 69th annual Academy Awards in March 1997, per images available on Getty Images.

On September 6, 1997, Macy and Huffman were married. Both have celebrated their anniversary on social media in years since.

According to Huffman, though, it wasn't a quick decision. She told the Chicago Tribune that Macy asked her to marry him "several times over several years." After they had been broken up for "four or five years," he asked her again, and she "couldn't say no."

Architectural Digest reported that the pair were married at Huffman's childhood home in Colorado, which they later bought.

Macy and Huffman welcomed their first daughter, Sophia Grace Macy, on August 1, 2000, according to a 2019 post from Sophia's younger sister Georgia.

Macy and Huffman had their second daughter, Georgia Grace, in 2002. According to celebrity and influencer indexing site Famous Birthdays, she was born on March 14.

Entertainment Weekly reported in 2012 that Macy and Huffman received a rare double star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, making them the second pair to take part in the double ceremony — the first were producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Richard Donner in 2008.

David Mamet and Aaron Sorkin were guest speakers at the ceremony, EW reported.

In 2014, Macy and Huffman appeared alongside each other in the film "Cake," which stars Jennifer Aniston and premiered on September 8 that year at the Toronto International Film Festival.

In the film, Huffman plays Annette, a support group leader, and Macy plays a character named Leonard.

At the 2016 Emmy Awards, Huffman was nominated for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie for her work in "American Crime." Macy was also nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, for his role in "Shameless."

People reported that Huffman told ABC on the red carpet at the event that they told each other that they weren't going to win their respective awards. They were correct, and neither took home an Emmy that year.

In 2017, the couple celebrated 20 years of marriage.

"Twenty years ago today I did the best thing I've ever done in my life. I married Felicity Huffman," Macy wrote in a tweet.

In a since-deleted Instagram post, according to E! News, Huffman wrote, "You took me home in 1985. You married me in 1997. You give me a thrill every time you walk through the door. Thank you for marrying me 20 years ago today."

The couple told E! News on the 2016 Emmys red carpet that the secret to their marriage was the fact that they had married each other.

"I married Bill Macy," Huffman said.

"I married Felicity Huffman," Macy said.

"Krystal," a film directed by Macy and written by Will Aldis, premiered in April 2018. In the film, Macy and Huffman play Wyatt and Poppy Ogburn, the parents of Nick Robinson's character Taylor Ogburn.

Rosario Dawson, Grant Gustin, Kathy Bates, and William Fichtner also star in the film.

As Insider reported in March 2019, Huffman was released on a $250,000 bond and ordered to surrender her passport after she was arrested in connection with the FBI's college admissions investigation.

She was one of nearly 50 people charged in the investigation, which pertained to a bribery, money laundering, and document fabrication operation geared towards college admissions.

Huffman was specifically accused of paying $15,000 as part of a "college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter," according to court documents. She was also accused of arranging to participate on behalf of her younger daughter as well before making the decision not to.

Macy was mentioned in court documents, but was not charged.

In a statement, Huffman announced that she was pleading guilty to the charge leveled against her by the United States Attorney's Office, Insider previously reported.

"I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community," Huffman said in the statement. "I want to apologize to them and, especially, I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly."

Huffman said in the statement that her daughter was unaware of her actions, and that she felt that she had "betrayed" her daughter.

On May 13, 2019, Huffman officially entered a guilty plea, and prosecutors recommended that she receive a four-month prison sentence, Insider previously reported.

On September 13, 2019, Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison in connection with the scandal, Insider previously reported. She was also fined $30,000, ordered to do 250 hours of community service, and placed on supervised release for a year.

According to a US Attorney's Office filing viewed by Insider, federal prosecutors asked for a one-month sentence for Huffman. She was the first parent to be sentenced in relation to the scandal.

In a statement, Huffman said that the accepted the sentence "without reservation," apologizing again to her daughter, family, the "students who work hard every day to get into college," and "parents who make tremendous sacrifices supporting their children."

As Insider previously reported, Huffman reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California for her two-week prison sentence.

"Ms. Huffman is prepared to serve the term of imprisonment Judge Talwani ordered as one part of the punishment she imposed for Ms. Huffman's actions. She will begin serving the remainder of the sentence Judge Talwani imposed — one year of supervised release, with conditions including 250 hours of community service — when she is released," a representative for Huffman told People at the time.

On October 25, 2019, Huffman was released from prison two days early, Insider previously reported.

Macy and Huffman have rarely been seen in public, either separately or together, in the years since Huffman's prison sentence. Most recently, Macy attended the 73rd Emmys in September 2021. He was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for the last season of "Shameless," but didn't win the award.

The actor is currently starring in Hulu's "The Dropout," about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, alongside Amanda Seyfried as Holmes. Deadline reported in November 2020 that Huffman is set to make her TV return starring as the lead in an untitled ABC comedy about minor league baseball.