17 January 2006 :: …Best dramatic acting honors went to the Huffman/Hoffman juggernaut, as Felicity Huffman was named best dramatic actress for embodying a man in the process of becoming a woman in “Transamerica” and Philip Seymour Hoffman was named best actor for playing Truman Capote in “Capote.”
Cheered on by her “Desperate Housewives” castmates, Huffman thanked “Transamerica’s” writer-director, Duncan Tucker, for creating the character of Bree, a transgendered person connecting with her past. “Duncan Tucker wrote a film about coming home to your family and your community and ultimately to yourself,” she said. She also offered, “I would like to salute the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are.” …
