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Sarah Jessica Parker Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1965-03-25

Birthplace:
Nelsonville, Ohio, USA

Credits:
133 Total Roles

Sarah Jessica Parker

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 The New Yorker at 100 MOVIE Self
2024 Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field MOVIE Self
2024 In Vogue: The 90s TV Self
2023 Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles MOVIE Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream MOVIE Narrator
2022 Hocus Pocus 2 MOVIE Sarah Sanderson
2022 And Just Like That... The Documentary MOVIE Self
2021 And Just Like That… TV Carrie Bradshaw
2020 In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover MOVIE Sarah Sanderson
2020 One World: Together at Home MOVIE Self

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