One of the stars of the former TV show 'Desperate Housewives' has been jailed for 14 days for paying to have her daughter's exam answers corrected.
Felicity Huffman was also given a US$30,000 (€27,089) fine, 250 hours of community service and a year of supervised release.
Huffman is the first parent to be sentenced among 34 charged in a sweeping college admissions scandal in the US.
The Oscar-nominated actress was sentenced in Boston's federal court on Friday, after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy and fraud in May.
Huffman admitted to paying an admissions consultant US$15,000 (€13,544) to have an invigilator correct her daughter Sofia's SAT exam answers in 2017.
Prosecutors had recommended a month in prison and a $20,000 (€18,059) fine for the actress.
Felicity Huffman is seen at the Academy Awards in 2006, where she was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role category for her part in 'Transamerica' | Image: Ian West/PA Archive/PA ImagesHuffman's lawyers said she should get a year of probation, 250 hours of community service and a fine.
The American actress said before sentencing: "I am deeply ashamed of what I have done.
"I have inflicted more damage than I could ever imagine."
The star said her daughter was unaware of the arrangement.
Huffman was pictured holding hands with her actor husband William H Macy as the couple entered the courthouse.
Macy, who appeared in films including 'Fargo' and 'Boogie Nights', has not been charged as part of the college admissions scandal.
Huffman and the 'Full House' actress Lori Loughlin are among dozens of parents accused of bribing coaches and insiders at testing centres to help get their children into some of the elite universities in the country, including Stanford and Yale.
Fifteen parents have pleaded guilty while 19 are fighting the charges.
Authorities have called it the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the US Justice Department, with the parents accused of paying an estimated $25m (€22.5m) in bribes.
