Sarah Jessica Parker

Biography

Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress and television producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City (1998–2004), for which she won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters in American television. She later reprised the role in films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the television show And Just Like That... (2021–present). Parker made her Broadway debut at the age of 11 in the 1976 revival of The Innocents, before going on to star in the title role of the Broadway musical Annie in 1979. She made her first major film appearances in the 1984 dramas Footloose and Firstborn. Her other film roles include L.A. Story (1991), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Ed Wood (1994), The First Wives Club (1996), The Family Stone (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), and New Year's Eve (2011). In 2012, Parker returned to television for the first time since Sex and the City, portraying Isabelle Wright in three episodes of the FOX series Glee. She starred as Frances Dufresne in the HBO series Divorce (2016–2019), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Since 2005, she has run her own production company, Pretty Matches, which has been creating content for HBO and other channels.

Known For

Nathalie Lake

Mars Attacks!

Dolores Fuller

Ed Wood

SanDeE

L.A. Story

Rusty

Footloose

Lucy Ackerman

If Lucy Fell

Carolyn McAdams

Flight of the Navigator

Sarah Sanderson

Hocus Pocus

Shelly Stewart

The First Wives Club

Carrie Bradshaw

Sex and the City

Narrator

A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

Jo Christman

Striking Distance

Claire Wellesley

State and Main

Jodie Trammel

Extreme Measures

Carrie Bradshaw

Sex and the Matrix

Colleen Gibson

Life Without Dick

Paula

Failure to Launch

Meryl Morgan

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Meredith Morton

The Family Stone

Sarah Daniels

Spinning Into Butter

Janet Hartigan

Smart People

Francesca Lanfield

'Til There Was You

Betsy / Donna

Honeymoon in Vegas

Peggy Callas

Strangers with Candy

Kim Doyle

New Year's Eve

Carrie Bradshaw

Sex and the City 2

Janey Glenn

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Gwyn

Miami Rhapsody

Nell Fenwick

Dudley Do-Right

Kira Supernova (voice)

Escape from Planet Earth

Lori Anderson

Somewhere, Tomorrow

Kate Reddy

I Don't Know How She Does It

Self

And Just Like That... The Documentary

Lisa

Firstborn

Laura

The Ryan White Story

Nancy Clark

The Sunshine Boys

Self

Off the Record: The 9/11 Election

Sarah Geldhart

The Substance of Fire

Mandy Janovic

The Room Upstairs

Maggie

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

Self (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Suzanne Henderson

The Almost Royal Family

Sarah Sanderson

Hocus Pocus 3

Maggie

All Roads Lead to Rome

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Callie Cain

In the Best Interest of the Children

Self

Broadway: The Next Generation

Narrator

Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream

Rachel Goldman

Dadah Is Death

Katy

My Body, My Child

Self

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Amy-Beth

Life Under Water

Self (archive footage)

Propaganda

Self

$ellebrity

Narrator

Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis

Owen

Self

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

Vivienne

Here and Now

Herself

Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together

Audience

One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard

Self

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

Pauline's Voice Over

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Herself

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

Narrator (voice)

The Times of Bill Cunningham

Self

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

Self (archive footage)

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

Self

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Self

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder

Sarah Sanderson

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

Self

Life After Tomorrow

Self

Mademoiselle C

Sarah Sanderson

Hocus Pocus 2

Self

One World: Together at Home

Carrie Bradshaw

Sex and the City: A Farewell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

73

Gender

Female

Birthday

1965-03-25

Place of Birth

Nelsonville, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Sarah J. Parker