Sarah Jessica Parker
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
Credits
- 2023 · Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · And Just Like That... The Documentary as Self
- 2018 · Here and Now as Vivienne
- 2018 · Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash as Self
- 2018 · The Great American Read as Herself
- 2018 · GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- 2018 · 2 Dope Queens as
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2016 · Nightcap as Self
- 2016 · All Roads Lead to Rome as Maggie
- 2013 · $ellebrity as Self
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Meryl Morgan
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2008 · Smart People as Janet Hartigan
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2004 · TV Land Moguls as
- 2002 · Life Without Dick as Colleen Gibson
- 2000 · State and Main as Claire Wellesley
- 1999 · Dudley Do-Right as Nell Fenwick
- 1998 · Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Extreme Measures as Jodie Trammel
- 1996 · The Substance of Fire as Sarah Geldhart
- 1996 · If Lucy Fell as Lucy Ackerman
- 1995 · Miami Rhapsody as Gwyn
- 1993 · Striking Distance as Jo Christman
- 1992 · In the Best Interest of the Children as Callie Cain
- 1991 · L.A. Story as SanDeE
- 1989 · The Ryan White Story as Laura
- 1989 · Twist of Fate as Miriam
- 1986 · A Year in the Life as Kay Erickson
- 1985 · Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Janey Glenn
- 1984 · Firstborn as Lisa
- Future · Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis as Narrator
- 2024 · Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field as Self
- 2022 · Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream as Narrator
- 2022 · Hocus Pocus 2 as Sarah Sanderson
- 2021 · And Just Like That… as Carrie Bradshaw
- 2020 · In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Sarah Sanderson
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2019 · What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Pauline's Voice Over
- 2018 · The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
- 2018 · The Times of Bill Cunningham as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Divorce as Frances DuFresne
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Mademoiselle C as Self
- 2013 · Propaganda as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Escape from Planet Earth as Kira Supernova (voice)
- 2012 · Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as Self
- 2011 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2011 · New Year's Eve as Kim Doyle
- 2011 · I Don't Know How She Does It as Kate Reddy
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Hamish and Andy's Gap Year as Herself
- 2010 · Work of Art: The Next Great Artist as
- 2010 · Sex and the City 2 as Carrie Bradshaw
- 2010 · One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard as Audience
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Glee as Isabelle Wright
- 2008 · Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
- 2007 · Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together as Herself
- 2007 · Spinning Into Butter as Sarah Daniels
- 2006 · Life After Tomorrow as Self
- 2006 · Strangers with Candy as Peggy Callas
- 2006 · Failure to Launch as Paula
- 2005 · The Family Stone as Meredith Morton
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
- 2004 · Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% as Self
- 2004 · Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Off the Record: The 9/11 Election as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2001 · America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 2000 · Sex and the Matrix as Carrie Bradshaw
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1998 · A Life Apart: Hasidism in America as Narrator
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1997 · 'Til There Was You as Francesca Lanfield
- 1996 · Mars Attacks! as Nathalie Lake
- 1996 · The First Wives Club as Shelly Stewart
- 1995 · R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Herself
- 1992 · Honeymoon in Vegas as Betsy / Donna
- 1989 · Life Under Water as Amy-Beth
- 1988 · Dadah Is Death as Rachel Goldman
- 1987 · The Room Upstairs as Mandy Janovic
- Future · Hocus Pocus 3 as Sarah Sanderson
- 1996 · The Sunshine Boys as Nancy Clark
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Owen as
- 1994 · Ed Wood as Dolores Fuller
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Hocus Pocus as Sarah Sanderson
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · The Ben Stiller Show as
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Self
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Host
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1990 · Equal Justice as Jo Ann Harris
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1987 · A Year in the Life as Kay Erickson
- 1986 · Flight of the Navigator as Carolyn McAdams
- 1985 · Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story as Maggie
- 1984 · The Almost Royal Family as Suzanne Henderson
- 1984 · Footloose as Rusty
- 1983 · Somewhere, Tomorrow as Lori Anderson
- 1982 · Square Pegs as Patty Greene
- 1982 · Hotel as Rachel Sutton
- 1982 · My Body, My Child as Katy
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Amy-Beth
- 1981 · This Week as
- 1980 · 3-2-1 Contact as Annie
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Suzanne Henderson
- 1969 · Sesame Street as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mandy
- 1948 · BAMBI Awards as Self
- Future · Shalom Sesame as Jerusalem Jones
- Future · Sex and the City: A Farewell as Carrie Bradshaw