Name: Sarah Jessica Parker
Birth Name: Sarah Jessica Parker
Birthdate: March 25, 1965
Birthplace: Nelsonville, Ohio
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SARAH JESSICA PARKER
Sarah Jessica Parker will forever be associated with Carrie Bradshaw and
Sex and the City.
The HBO comedy enjoyed an incredible run, and turned Parker into a
household name. Not that she was doing badly before the cable sitcom.
From her beginnings as a kid actor, Parker quickly transitioned into
scene-stealing character actress, with memorable parts in
Footloose and
L.A. Story, which proved to be her big break. In 1992, she landed her first co-starring role in the rom-com
Honeymoon in Vegas, opposite Nicholas Cage. That was also the year she met her future husband, Matthew Broderick. During
Sex's run, Parker didn't do much on the big screen, but she returned in 2005 with
The Family Stone,
an ensemble comedy with Diane Keaton and Luke Wilson. Her film resume
continues to fill out, with projects booked through 2007, including a
planned prison musical in which she'll play a publicist … and a
big-screen version of
Sex, with all the cast members on board.
5 Things:
1. Was the only Sex and the City actress who wouldn't do a nude scene
2. Studied ballet and violin
3. Her big-screen breakthrough was in L.A. Story, opposite Steve Martin
4. Debuted on TV at age 8 in The Little Match Girl
5. Is a huge fan of the New York Yankees
Quote:
On the legacy of her
Sex and the City
character: "I would say I'm not burdened by this legacy of … Carrie
Bradshaw. I'm happy to have to work hard as an actor to remind people
that I was a working actor before that show."
—
Dark Horizons, Dec. 8, 2005
Family:
Husband: Matthew Broderick, actor; born 1962; met on set of her
brother's play, which Broderick was directing, in 1992; married May 19,
1997
Son: James Wilke Broderick ; born Oct. 28, 2002
FILMS
Sex and the City: The Movie - (2008) - Actor
Strangers With Candy - (2006) - Actor
Failure to Launch - (2006) - Actor
The Family Stone - (2005) - Actor
Sex and the City: The Sixth Season - Part 1 - (2003) - Actor
Sex and the City: The Complete Fifth Season - (2002) - Actor
Sex and the City: The Complete Fourth Season - (2001-2002) - Actor
Life Without Dick - (2001) - Actor
State and Main - (2000) - Actor
Gun Shy/Miami Rhapsody - (2000) - Actor
Isn't She Great - (2000) - Actor
Sex and the City: The Complete Third Season - (2000) - Actor
Sex and the City: The Complete Second Season - (1999) - Actor
Dudley Do-Right - (1999) - Actor
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie - (1998) - Voice
Sex and the City: The Complete First Season - (1998) - Actor
Sex and the City: The First Two Episodes - (1998) - Actor
'til There Was You - (1997) - Actor
If Lucy Fell - (1996) - Actor
The First Wives Club - (1996) - Actor
Extreme Measures - (1996) - Actor
Mars Attacks! - (1996) - Actor
Substance of Fire - (1996) - Actor
Miami Rhapsody - (1995) - Actor
The Sunshine Boys - (1995) - Actor
Ed Wood - (1994) - Actor
Striking Distance - (1993) - Actor
Hocus Pocus - (1993) - Actor
Honeymoon in Vegas - (1992) - Actor
L.A. Story - (1991) - Actor
Flight of the Navigator - (1986) - Actor
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - (1985) - Actor
Going for the Gold - The Bill Johnson Story - (1985) - Actor
Footloose - (1984) - Actor
Somewhere Tomorrow - (1984) - Actor
