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.
Known for
Credits
Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Sarah Sanderson
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Nathalie Lake
Sex and the City (2008)
as Carrie Bradshaw
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
as Sarah Sanderson
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
as Kira Supernova (voice)
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
as Carrie Bradshaw
Footloose (1984)
as Rusty
Failure to Launch (2006)
as Paula
Striking Distance (1993)
as Jo Christman
New Year's Eve (2011)
as Kim Doyle
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
as Carolyn McAdams
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Shelly Stewart
Ed Wood (1994)
as Dolores Fuller
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Jodie Trammel
The Family Stone (2005)
as Meredith Morton
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Meryl Morgan
All Roads Lead to Rome (2016)
as Maggie
I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
as Kate Reddy
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
as Janey Glenn
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Betsy / Donna
State and Main (2000)
as Claire Wellesley
L.A. Story (1991)
as SanDeE
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
as Gwyn
One World: Together at Home (2020)
as Self
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
as Nell Fenwick
Here and Now (2018)
as Vivienne
Smart People (2008)
as Janet Hartigan
Strangers with Candy (2006)
as Peggy Callas
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
as Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
as Self
Life Without Dick (2002)
as Colleen Gibson
Mademoiselle C (2013)
as Self
The New Yorker at 100 (2025)
as Self
Firstborn (1984)
as Lisa
'Til There Was You (1997)
as Francesca Lanfield
Life Under Water (1989)
as Amy-Beth
$ellebrity (2013)
as Self
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
If Lucy Fell (1996)
as Lucy Ackerman
And Just Like That... The Documentary (2022)
as Self
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was (2008)
as Self
The Sunshine Boys (1996)
as Nancy Clark
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (2024)
as Self
My Body, My Child (1982)
as Katy
Spinning Into Butter (2009)
as Sarah Daniels
The Making of 'Sex and the City' (—)
as Self
The Room Upstairs (1987)
as Mandy Janovic
The Substance of Fire (1996)
as Sarah Geldhart
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City (2008)
as Self
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
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
as Pauline's Voice Over
Dadah Is Death (1988)
as Rachel Goldman
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City' (2008)
as Self
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)
as Self
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985)
as Maggie
VH1: Divas Live (1998)
as Self - Host
The Almost Royal Family (1984)
as Suzanne Henderson
Sex and the Matrix (2000)
as Carrie Bradshaw
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Sarah Sanderson
The Ryan White Story (1989)
as Laura
Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983)
as Lori Anderson
Owen (1995)
Actor
Sex and the City: A Farewell (—)
as Carrie Bradshaw
Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King (2008)
as Self
"Footloose": Remembering Willard (2011)
as Self
R.E.M.: Rough Cut (1995)
as Herself
Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot (2008)
as Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% (2004)
as Self
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker (2011)
as Self
Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream (2022)
as Narrator
Life After Tomorrow (2006)
as Self
Hocus Pocus 3 (—)
as Sarah Sanderson
Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis (—)
as Narrator
Off the Record: The 9/11 Election (2003)
as Self
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1998)
as Narrator
Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together (2007)
as Herself
The Times of Bill Cunningham (2018)
as Narrator (voice)