Huffman started performing in Santa Barbara's very active local theater community well before her teenage years.

In 2001, she played the role of Ulla in the original cast of the Broadway musical The Producers, by Mel Brooks.

[3] During 2003 and 2004, she produced, starred in and acted as production designer for the independent film Sunday on the Rocks directed by Joe Morton.

[4] On television, she has had guest starring roles on programs such as Frasier, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Mad About You.

During July and August 2007, Huffman starred in the Off-Broadway play Surface to Air written by David Epstein and directed by James Naughton, in a rare dramatic part for the actress who usually appears on stage in musicals.

In 2014, she played a major role in the Off-Broadway rock musical Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter.