Sarah Jessica Parker
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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.
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Flight of the Navigator (1986)
as Carolyn McAdams
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Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Sarah Sanderson
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
as Sarah Sanderson
New Year's Eve (2011)
as Kim
Sex and the City (2008)
as Carrie Bradshaw
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Nathalie Lake
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Shelly Stewart
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
as Carrie Bradshaw
The Family Stone (2005)
as Meredith Morton
Failure to Launch (2006)
as Paula
Ed Wood (1994)
as Dolores Fuller
Footloose (1984)
as Rusty
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
as Kira Supernova (voice)
Smart People (2008)
as Janet Hartigan
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Jodie Trammel
Striking Distance (1993)
as Jo Christman
Owen (1995)
Actor
I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
as Kate Reddy
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
as Janey Glenn
$ellebrity (2013)
as Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Meryl Morgan
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was (2008)
as Self
One World: Together at Home (2020)
as Self
L.A. Story (1991)
as SanDeE
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City (2008)
as Self
Strangers with Candy (2006)
as Peggy Callas
State and Main (2000)
as Claire Wellesley
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker (2011)
as Self
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City' (2008)
as Self
Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot (2008)
as Self
All Roads Lead to Rome (2016)
as Maggie
Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King (2008)
as Self
9/11 Untold Stories (—)
as Self
Life Without Dick (2002)
as Colleen Gibson
The Making of 'Sex and the City' (—)
as Self
VH1: Divas Live (1998)
as Self - Host
Sex and the Matrix (2000)
as Carrie Bradshaw
"Footloose": Remembering Willard (2011)
as Self
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)
as Self
My Body, My Child (1982)
as Katy
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
The Room Upstairs (1987)
as Mandy Janovic
The Almost Royal Family (1984)
as Suzanne Henderson
Life Under Water (1989)
as Amy-Beth
Firstborn (1984)
as Lisa
The Gift of Song: Music for UNICEF (1997)
as Self
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
as Nell Fenwick
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
as Self
Sex and the City: A Farewell (—)
as Carrie Bradshaw
R.E.M.: Rough Cut (1995)
as Herself
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Betsy / Donna
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
as Gwyn
And Just Like That... The Documentary (2022)
as Self
The Families Stone (—)
as Meredith Morton
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The New Yorker at 100 (2025)
as Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self
Here and Now (2018)
as Vivienne
The Substance of Fire (1996)
as Sarah Geldhart
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
as Self
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
'Til There Was You (1997)
as Francesca Lanfield
If Lucy Fell (1996)
as Lucy Ackerman
Mademoiselle C (2013)
as Self
Dadah Is Death (1988)
as Rachel Goldman
The Sunshine Boys (1996)
as Nancy Clark
Hocus Pocus 3 (—)
as Sarah Sanderson
Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983)
as Lori Anderson
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (2024)
as Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
as Pauline's Voice Over
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1998)
as Narrator
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985)
as Maggie
In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)
as Callie Cain
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard (2010)
as Audience
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% (2004)
as Self
The Ryan White Story (1989)
as Laura
Spinning Into Butter (2009)
as Sarah Daniels
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Off the Record: The 9/11 Election (2003)
as Self
The Times of Bill Cunningham (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together (2007)
as Herself
Life After Tomorrow (2006)
as Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Sarah Sanderson
Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis (—)
as Narrator
Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream (2022)
as Narrator