Sarah Jessica Parker
Actress & producer
Sarah Jessica Parker is an American actress and producer best known for portraying Carrie Bradshaw in the television series Sex and the City and its continuations. A performer who began on stage as a child, she became one of the defining television stars of her era and has won Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her work.
Early life
Parker was born on March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, and grew up in a large family. She showed early talent in performance and trained in singing and dance, leading to work on stage as a child. She appeared on Broadway at a young age, including taking the title role in the musical 'Annie,' and her early career was rooted in theater before she moved into film and television.
Career
Parker built a film career through the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in movies such as 'Footloose,' 'L.A. Story,' 'Honeymoon in Vegas,' and the Halloween-themed comedy 'Hocus Pocus,' in which she played one of the Sanderson sisters. Her most influential role came in 1998 when she began starring as Carrie Bradshaw, a New York writer, in the HBO series Sex and the City. The show became a cultural phenomenon, examining the lives and relationships of four women in the city, and ran for six seasons.
For her performance Parker won a Primetime Emmy Award and multiple Golden Globe Awards, and she served as a producer on the series, contributing to its development behind the scenes. The character of Carrie Bradshaw, a columnist navigating relationships and fashion in New York, became closely identified with Parker and influenced popular culture and fashion well beyond the show itself. The success of the series led to two feature films continuing the story, both of which performed strongly at the box office.
Recent work
Parker reprised the role of Carrie Bradshaw in the revival series 'And Just Like That,' which continued the story of the characters into a later stage of their lives and was produced for streaming. She has continued to work as both an actress and a producer, taking on a variety of television and film projects, and has pursued business ventures outside acting, including a footwear line, a fragrance business, and a publishing imprint dedicated to fiction. Parker remains closely associated with the character that defined her career and is widely regarded as a significant and influential figure in television of the past several decades.