Felicity Huffman
This was the first time I had ever seen Felicity in anything (back when this first aired on network tv) and ever after that whenever I saw her I said "the chick from Golden Years!".
I watched Sports Night because I saw she was going to be in it (though after the pilot I watched just because it was good--even though I hate sports!).
And when Desperate Housewives came on I thought how far our little Felicity had come from Golden Years.
I think if I ever met her in person I would say "hey, Terry from Golden Years!"
"People are being particularly stupid today and I cannot talk to anymore of them."