Sarah Jessica Parker
Biography
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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

Sesame Street

Saturday Night Live

Glee

The View
All Movies (82)
- The New Yorker at 1002025 · as Self
- Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field2024 · as Self
- Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles2023 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream2022 · as Narrator
- Hocus Pocus 22022 · as Sarah Sanderson
- And Just Like That... The Documentary2022 · as Self
- In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover2020 · as Sarah Sanderson
- One World: Together at Home2020 · as Self
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019 · as Pauline's Voice Over
- Here and Now2018 · as Vivienne
- Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash2018 · as Self
- The Times of Bill Cunningham2018 · as Narrator (voice)
- All Roads Lead to Rome2016 · as Maggie
- Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder2015 · as Self
- Mademoiselle C2013 · as Self
- Escape from Planet Earth2013 · as Kira Supernova (voice)
- $ellebrity2013 · as Self
- New Year's Eve2011 · as Kim Doyle
- "Footloose": Remembering Willard2011 · as Self
- I Don't Know How She Does It2011 · as Kate Reddy
- From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker2011 · as Self
- Sex and the City 22010 · as Carrie Bradshaw
- One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard2010 · as Audience
- Did You Hear About the Morgans?2009 · as Meryl Morgan
- Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self (archive footage)
- Spinning Into Butter2009 · as Sarah Daniels
- Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King2008 · as Self
- Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was2008 · as Self
- Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot2008 · as Self
- The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'2008 · as Self
- Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City2008 · as Self
- Sex and the City2008 · as Carrie Bradshaw
- Smart People2008 · as Janet Hartigan
- ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway2007 · as Self
- Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together2007 · as Herself
- Life After Tomorrow2006 · as Self
- Strangers with Candy2006 · as Peggy Callas
- Failure to Launch2006 · as Paula
- The Family Stone2005 · as Meredith Morton
- Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood2004 · as Self (archive footage)
- Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%2004 · as Self
- Off the Record: The 9/11 Election2003 · as Self
- Life Without Dick2002 · as Colleen Gibson
- America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
- State and Main2000 · as Claire Wellesley
- Sex and the Matrix2000 · as Carrie Bradshaw
- Dudley Do-Right1999 · as Nell Fenwick
- A Life Apart: Hasidism in America1998 · as Narrator
- VH1: Divas Live1998 · as Self - Host
- 'Til There Was You1997 · as Francesca Lanfield
- Mars Attacks!1996 · as Nathalie Lake
- Extreme Measures1996 · as Jodie Trammel
- The First Wives Club1996 · as Shelly Stewart
- The Substance of Fire1996 · as Sarah Geldhart
- The Sunshine Boys1996 · as Nancy Clark
- If Lucy Fell1996 · as Lucy Ackerman
- R.E.M.: Rough Cut1995 · as Herself
- Miami Rhapsody1995 · as Gwyn
- Owen1995
- Ed Wood1994 · as Dolores Fuller
- Striking Distance1993 · as Jo Christman
- Hocus Pocus1993 · as Sarah Sanderson
- Honeymoon in Vegas1992 · as Betsy / Donna
- In the Best Interest of the Children1992 · as Callie Cain
- L.A. Story1991 · as SanDeE
- Life Under Water1989 · as Amy-Beth
- The Ryan White Story1989 · as Laura
- Dadah Is Death1988 · as Rachel Goldman
- The Room Upstairs1987 · as Mandy Janovic
- Flight of the Navigator1986 · as Carolyn McAdams
- Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story1985 · as Maggie
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun1985 · as Janey Glenn
- Firstborn1984 · as Lisa
- The Almost Royal Family1984 · as Suzanne Henderson
- Footloose1984 · as Rusty
- Somewhere, Tomorrow1983 · as Lori Anderson
- My Body, My Child1982 · as Katy
- Hocus Pocus 3— · as Sarah Sanderson
- Broadway: The Next Generation— · as Self
- Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis— · as Narrator
- Sex and the City: A Farewell— · as Carrie Bradshaw
- The Making of 'Sex and the City'— · as Self
All TV Shows (59)
- In Vogue: The 90s2024 · as Self
- And Just Like That…2021 · as Carrie Bradshaw
- The Alec Baldwin Show2018 · as Self
- The Great American Read2018 · as Self
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
- 2 Dope Queens2018
- Nightcap2016 · as Self
- Divorce2016 · as Frances DuFresne
- Chelsea2016 · as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee2012 · as Self
- Billy on the Street2011 · as Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
- Hamish and Andy's Gap Year2011 · as Herself
- Work of Art: The Next Great Artist2010
- Who Do You Think You Are?2010 · as Self
- Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- Glee2009 · as Isabelle Wright
- The Reichen Show2005 · as Self - Guest
- Project Runway2004 · as Self - Guest Judge
- TV Land Moguls2004
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
- The Early Show1999 · as Self
- Sex and the City1998 · as Carrie Bradshaw
- Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood1998 · as Narrator (voice)
- The View1997 · as Self
- Leute heute1997 · as Self
- The Daily Show1996 · as Self
- Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast1994 · as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- GMTV1993 · as Self
- The Ben Stiller Show1992
- The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Sarah Jessica Parker
- MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self / Host
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
- Equal Justice1990 · as Jo Ann Harris
- Twist of Fate1989 · as Miriam
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- A Year in the Life1987 · as Kay Erickson
- A Year in the Life1986 · as Kay Erickson
- Square Pegs1982 · as Patty Greene
- Hotel1982 · as Rachel Sutton
- American Playhouse1982 · as Amy-Beth
- This Week1981
- 3-2-1 Contact1980 · as Annie
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
- ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Suzanne Henderson
- Sesame Street1969
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Today1952 · as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Mandy
- Bambi1948 · as Self
- Shalom Sesame— · as Jerusalem Jones