Sarah Jessica Parker was born on March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio. The fourth of eight children, Parker grew up in relative poverty. After her parents divorced, she was raised by her mother, a school teacher, and her often out-of-work stepfather. She helped support the family at a young age, bringing home paychecks from early dancing and singing gigs. In 1976, after winning her first Broadway role in The Innocents, her family moved to New Jersey to encourage her career. She made her film debut in 1979 with Rich Kids. In 1982, Parker became known to TV audiences as the endearing geek in her starring role in the sitcom Square Pegs. Shortly after, she received further celebrity with her supporting role in the 1984 hit Footloose.
In the early 1990s, Parker made the challenging segue from teen to adult roles, appearing alongside Steve Martin in L.A. Story (1991), then earning both critical and cult credibility as Nicholas Cage’s fiancée in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). In 1998, Parker landed the starring role of New York sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO series Sex and the City. The series was made into an original film by the same name in 2008, and its success led to a sequel in 2010. On the small screen, Parker made several guest appearances on the hit musical series Glee. She soon went to work Divorce, a new HBO comedy.
Body Stats:
Height: 5 ft 3 in / 160 cm
Weight: 56 kg / 123.5 pounds
Shoe size: 8
Dress size: 6
Bra size: 32E
Measurements: 37-24-34 in /94-61-87 cm
Ethnicity: White
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Bio:
Name: Sarah Jessica Parker
Nickname: SJP
Date of Birth: March 25, 1965
Place of Birth: Nelsonville, Ohio, United States
Place of Residence: New York City
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Education: Hollywood High School
Social Networks:
- Twitter: SJP
- Facebook: –
- Instagram: sarahjessicaparker
Fun Facts:
Relationships:
- Michael J. Fox (1984)
- Robert Downey Jr. (1984-1991)
- Joshua Kadison (1991)
- John Kennedy Jr. (1991)
- Nicolas Cage (1991) .
- Matthew Broderick (1992-Present)
Children: 3
Awards and Honors:
- 2012 Nominated EDA Special Mention Award, Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
- 2011 Won EDA Special Mention Award, Hall of Shame
- 2005 Nominated Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
- 2005 Won WFCC Award, Best Comedic Performance
- 2004 Won Gracie, Individual Achievement for Best Female Lead – Comedy
- 2004 Won Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- 2004 Won Actor, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- 2004 Won Golden Globe. Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
- 2002 Won Golden Nymph, Outstanding Actress – Comedy Series
- 2002 Won Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
- 2001 Won FFCC Award, Best Ensemble Cast
- 2001 Won Golden Globe. Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
- 2001 Won Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Comedy Series
- 2000 Won OFTA Television Award, Best Actress in a Comedy Series
- 2000 Won Golden Globe. Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Hobbies and Interests: Ballet, singing
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Roast chicken
Favorite Music: 70s band Parliament, Trombone Shorty
Favorite Perfume: Lovely, her own fragrance
Favorite Book: New Grub Street
Favorite Sports: Basketball
Favorite Movie: The Way We Were, Melancholia
Favorite TV Show:
Interesting Facts:
- Made her first television special at the age of 8.
- Lived with Robert Downey Jr. from 1984 to 1991.
- Played Annie during the original Broadway run of “Annie”. Was third in the list of girls to play her.
- Named one of E!’s “top 20 entertainers of 2001.”
- Named the 52nd annual Woman of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals on February 7, 2002.
- Has been close friends with actor Willie Garson for over 15 years.
- Is the only one out of the four main female actresses of Sex and the City (1998) not to have done any nudity in the show, because she has a strict no-nudity clause in her contract.
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Very close friends with actor Ron Rifkin.
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Ranked #39 in VH1’s list of the “100 Greatest Kid Stars”.
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Hosted the MTV Movie Awards in 2000 and did a spoof with her co-stars in Sex and the City (1998) called Sex and the Matrix.
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Has a new fragrance, called Lovely.
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Manolo Blahnik named a shoe in her honor, the SJP.
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Her father was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her mother has German, and a smaller amount of English, ancestry.
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Has worked twice with Tim Burton, which makes him her most frequent director outside her colleges from the Sex and the City (1998) franchise.
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Once, live on air, she called up the radio show “Opie & Anthony” and called them out for heavy criticism of her and her appearance at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards.
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Sarah is an avid reader.
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She prefers to have BlackBerry over the popular iPhone.
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If Parker had a tattoo, she would have it on the bottom of her foot.
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The best gift, she has ever received is her children.
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