
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 |