Sarah Jessica Parker

As Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City

Sarah Jessica Parker is an American actress.

She is best known for her portrayal of Manhattan sex-columnist Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO series Sex and the City, which completed its sixth and final season in 2004 and is now seen in reruns on TNT. The series focused on the lives and sexual escapades of four Manhattan career women. In the second season, Parker became an executive producer of the series. She received both Emmy and Golden Globe awards as Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance.

She was born on March 25, 1965 in Nelsonville, Ohio, the fourth of eight children. She was raised in Cincinnati and began to study and perform with the Cincinnati Ballet when she was eight, at which age she also appeared on television in a local broadcast of The Little Match Girl.

In 1977, her family moved to Englewood, New Jersey. She continued her ballet studies at the American Ballet Theatre, which gave her the opportunity to appear in works such as The Nutcracker and La Sylphide, the latter of which was a production starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland.

Early Roles

Parker was cast in a Broadway production of The Innocents, directed by Harold Pinter and starring Claire Bloom. In 1978, she was cast as an orphan in Annie, and within a year she took over the title role.

Rear left, in Square Pegs

She first came to national attention in the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs, garnering critical acclaim in a show which lasted a single season.

Film Roles

She followed that role with appearances in films such as Footloose, Girls Just Want to Have Fun and L.A. Story.

More substantial film roles soon followed, including a role opposite Nicolas Cage in Honeymoon in Vegas, in which she had an opportunity to display her comedic talent. She had roles in Hocus Pocus, Striking Distance (opposite Bruce Willis), and Ed Wood (1994), with Johnny Depp. A big Woody Allen fan, she starred opposite the renowned filmmaker in the TV movie The Sunshine Boys in 1995, and in that same year, she landed a starring role in the big screen Miami Rhapsody.

The year 1996 saw roles in The First Wives Club, If Lucy Fell, and Mars Attacks!. In 1999, she starred in Dudley-Do-Right, opposite Brendan Fraser, and in 2000, she had a role in David Mamet's State and Main.

Stage Roles

While performing in movies, Parker continued her career on stage, with a lead role as a dog in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Sylvia, and Broadway roles in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (with Matthew Broderick), and the Tony Award-nominated Once Upon a Mattress in the role originated by Carol Burnett.

Parker has been married to fellow actor Matthew Broderick since May 1997. The two have one son. Before the marriage, she dated Robert Downey Jr. and John F. Kennedy, Jr..

Parker is a National Ambassador for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

As Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, Parker was influential in starting a multitude of fashion trends. Her sense of style carries over into her private life as well, and she is often cited as one of the best dressed at red-carpet events. Not surprisingly, she is now featured in ad campaigns for the Gap.


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Not surprisingly, she is now featured in ad campaigns for the Gap. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6300 Hollywood Blvd. Her sense of style carries over into her private life as well, and she is often cited as one of the best dressed at red-carpet events. Later in life she took a role in The Gambler (1997). As Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, Parker was influential in starting a multitude of fashion trends. She stopped making films altogether after Hostages in 1943, although she did appear in a single episode of the World War II television series Combat, and even took a dual role in an episode of The Love Boat. Fund for UNICEF. Refusing to be stereotyped, or to knuckle under to the studio system, she married playwright Clifford Odets in 1937, but divorced him three years later after a stormy relationship.

Parker is a National Ambassador for the U.S. Two years later, she had won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actress, for her portrayal of actress Anna Held in The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 and as a Chinese peasant in The Good Earth in 1937. Kennedy, Jr.. Rainer appeared in several German language films before going to Hollywood in 1935. and John F. She became an American citizen in the 1940s, but has lived in the United Kingdom for many years now. Before the marriage, she dated Robert Downey Jr. Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a film actress.

The two have one son. Parker has been married to fellow actor Matthew Broderick since May 1997. While performing in movies, Parker continued her career on stage, with a lead role as a dog in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Sylvia, and Broadway roles in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (with Matthew Broderick), and the Tony Award-nominated Once Upon a Mattress in the role originated by Carol Burnett. In 1999, she starred in Dudley-Do-Right, opposite Brendan Fraser, and in 2000, she had a role in David Mamet's State and Main.

The year 1996 saw roles in The First Wives Club, If Lucy Fell, and Mars Attacks!. A big Woody Allen fan, she starred opposite the renowned filmmaker in the TV movie The Sunshine Boys in 1995, and in that same year, she landed a starring role in the big screen Miami Rhapsody. She had roles in Hocus Pocus, Striking Distance (opposite Bruce Willis), and Ed Wood (1994), with Johnny Depp. More substantial film roles soon followed, including a role opposite Nicolas Cage in Honeymoon in Vegas, in which she had an opportunity to display her comedic talent.

Story. She followed that role with appearances in films such as Footloose, Girls Just Want to Have Fun and L.A. She first came to national attention in the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs, garnering critical acclaim in a show which lasted a single season. In 1978, she was cast as an orphan in Annie, and within a year she took over the title role.

Parker was cast in a Broadway production of The Innocents, directed by Harold Pinter and starring Claire Bloom. She continued her ballet studies at the American Ballet Theatre, which gave her the opportunity to appear in works such as The Nutcracker and La Sylphide, the latter of which was a production starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland. In 1977, her family moved to Englewood, New Jersey. She was raised in Cincinnati and began to study and perform with the Cincinnati Ballet when she was eight, at which age she also appeared on television in a local broadcast of The Little Match Girl.

She was born on March 25, 1965 in Nelsonville, Ohio, the fourth of eight children. She received both Emmy and Golden Globe awards as Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance. In the second season, Parker became an executive producer of the series. The series focused on the lives and sexual escapades of four Manhattan career women.

She is best known for her portrayal of Manhattan sex-columnist Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO series Sex and the City, which completed its sixth and final season in 2004 and is now seen in reruns on TNT. Sarah Jessica Parker is an American actress.