Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison following the US college admissions scam.
The 56-year-old was also slammed with a $30,000 fine and 250 hours of community service.
The Emmy Award winning actress pleased guilty back in May for conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Before she was sentenced she tearfully addressed the judge.
“I was frightened. I was stupid, and I was wrong,” she said.
“I am deeply ashamed of what I have done.
“I have inflicted more damage than I could ever imagine.
“At the end of the day I had a choice to make. I could have said ‘no’.”
She also admitted that she had thought twice about doing it and that she “thought to myself turn around… Just turnaround”.
“And to my eternal shame, I didn’t,” she added welling up.
Standing alongside her was her husband and actor William H Macy.
The judge explained that because the actress knew what she was doing was wrong, this was factored into her sentencing.
“She knew it was a fraud it was not an impulsive act,” said judge Indira Talwani.
Felicity paid $15,000 to boost her daughter’s SAT scores.
“In my desperation to be a good mother, I talked myself into believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot,” she wrote.
“I see the irony in that statement now because what I have done is the opposite of fair. I have broken the law, deceived the educational community, betrayed my daughter, and failed my family.”
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