
Mary-Louise Parker
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Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and writer. She is the recipient of two Tony Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. THEATRE includes The Sound Inside at Studio 54 (Tony Award); How I Learned to Drive (Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards and an Outer Critics Circle nomination), Heisenberg and The Snow Geese at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre; Proof at the Booth Theatre (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Obie, and New York Magazine Awards), Prelude to a Kiss at the Helen Hayes Theatre (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Theatre World and The Clarence Derwent Award); Four Dogs and a Bone at the New York City Centre; Babylon Gardens at the Circle Repertory Theatre; The Art of Success at the Manhattan Theatre Club; Communicating Doors at the Variety Arts Theatre, Reckless at the Biltmore Theatre (Tony nomination); Hedda Gabler at the American Airlines Theatre; Bus Stop at the Circle in the Square theatre; The Importance of Being Earnest at Hartford Stage; Up in Saratoga at the Old Globe Theatre; and Hay Fever at the Studio Arena Theatre. TELEVISION includes The Institute, Weeds (Golden Globe award, four additional nominations, three Emmy nominations, six SAG nominations), Angels in America (Emmy, Golden Globe, and Satellite Awards), The West Wing (Emmy nomination), The Robber Bride (Emmy nomination), Mr. Mercedes, When We Rise, Billions, Sugar Time, Saint Maybe, and A Place for Annie. FILM includes Omni Loop, Red Sparrow, Golden Exits, R.I.P.D, Red and Red 2, Behaving Badly, Pipe Dream, Chronically Metropolitan, Longtime Companion, Grand Canyon, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, Naked in New York, The Client, Bullets over Broadway, Boys on the Side, Reckless, The Five Senses, Saved!, Romance & Cigarettes, Red Dragon, Solitary Man, and Howl.
Known for
Credits

Red Sparrow (2018)
as Stephanie Boucher

RED (2010)
as Sarah Ross

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
as Helen Grace

R.I.P.D. (2013)
as Proctor

Young Washington (2026)
as Mary Washington

RED 2 (2013)
as Sarah Ross

Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024)
as Angie

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
as Zee James

Romance & Cigarettes (2006)
as Constance

The Client (1994)
as Dianne Sway

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
as Ruth Jamison

Bonnie (2022)
as Self

The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
as Henrietta Stackpole

Boys on the Side (1995)
as Robin

The Oresteia (2026)
as Montie Middleton

Happy Hours (2026)
Actor

Jamesy Boy (2014)
as Tracy

Saved! (2004)
as Lillian

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
as Ellen

Solitary Man (2009)
as Jordon Karsch

Omni Loop (2024)
as Zoya Lowe
Face (—)
as Tanya

Behaving Badly (2014)
as Lucy Stevens / Saint Lola

Naked in New York (1993)
as Joanne White

This Changes Everything (2019)
as Self

Red Dragon (2002)
as Molly Graham

Goodbye Lover (1999)
as Peggy Blane

Howl (2010)
as Gail Potter

Seneca (2023)
as Agrippina

A Place for Annie (1994)
as Linda

Mr. Wonderful (1993)
as Rita

Rachel Carson (2017)
as Rachel Carson (voice)

Grand Canyon (1991)
as Dee

Sugartime (1995)
as Phyllis McGuire

Christmas in Conway (2013)
as Suzy

Too Young The Hero (1988)
as Pearl Spencer

Miracle Run (2004)
as Corrine Morgan-Thomas

Golden Exits (2018)
as Gwendolyn

The Five Senses (1999)
as Rona

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
as Dr. Valerie Crane

Longtime Companion (1989)
as Lisa

Cupid & Cate (2000)
as Cate DeAngelo

Murder in Mind (1997)
as Caroline Walker

Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025)
as Self

Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
as Julia Hirsch

The Same Storm (2022)
as Roxy

The Maker (1997)
as Officer Emily Peck

Chronically Metropolitan (2016)
as Annabel

The Best Thief in the World (2004)
as Sue Zaidman

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes (1998)
as Self

Reckless (1995)
as Pooty

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts (2011)
as Self

The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw (2008)
as Self
The Best Is Yet to Come (—)
Actor
The Auction (2027)
as Paula Kletter

Signs of Life (1989)
as Charlotte

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
as Bonnie Hanssen

Vinegar Hill (2005)
as Ellen Grier

The Robber Bride (2007)
as Zenia Arden

Saint Maybe (1998)
as Lucy Dean Bedloe

Pipe Dream (2002)
as Toni Edelman

The Baltimore Waltz (2021)
as Anna

Legalese (1998)
as Rica Martin

El Dorado (2025)
as Phillipa Rios
The Quality Of Mercy (2002)
as Sarah Richardson
Kissinger Takes Paris (—)
Actor

Adieu Aurora (2022)
as Wilma Munro





