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.
Acting (68 movies)
Mars Attacks!
1996
Ed Wood
1994
L.A. Story
1991
Footloose
1984
If Lucy Fell
1996
Flight of the Navigator
1986
Hocus Pocus
1993
The First Wives Club
1996
Sex and the City
2008
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
1998
Striking Distance
1993
State and Main
2000
Extreme Measures
1996
Sex and the Matrix
2000
Life Without Dick
2002
Failure to Launch
2006
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
The Family Stone
2005
Spinning Into Butter
2007
Smart People
2008
'Til There Was You
1997
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
Strangers with Candy
2006
New Year's Eve
2011
Sex and the City 2
2010
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
Miami Rhapsody
1995
Dudley Do-Right
1999
Escape from Planet Earth
2013
Somewhere, Tomorrow
1983
I Don't Know How She Does It
2011
And Just Like That... The Documentary
2022
Firstborn
1984
The Ryan White Story
1989
The Sunshine Boys
1996
The Substance of Fire
1996
The Room Upstairs
1987
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
The Almost Royal Family
1984
All Roads Lead to Rome
2016
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
2023
In the Best Interest of the Children
1992
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
Dadah Is Death
1988
My Body, My Child
1982
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
Life Under Water
1989
$ellebrity
2013
Owen
1995
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
Here and Now
2018
Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together
2007
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
2010
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995
The Times of Bill Cunningham
2018
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
2004
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
2015
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
Life After Tomorrow
2006
Mademoiselle C
2013
Hocus Pocus 2
2022
One World: Together at Home
2020
VH1: Divas Live
1998
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Sex and the City | 2008 | Producer |
| Washingtonienne | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| Sex and the City 2 | 2010 | Producer |
| Here and Now | 2018 | Producer |
| And Just Like That... The Documentary | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| The Estate | 2022 | Producer |
| The Librarians | 2025 | Executive Producer |