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
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
Saturday Night Live
1975
The View
1997
Sesame Street
1969
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Leute heute
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The View
as Self · 1997
Sesame Street
· 1969
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
· 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
Leute heute
as Self · 1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge · 2004
Glee
as Isabelle Wright · 2009
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
Sex and the City
as Carrie Bradshaw · 1998
American Playhouse
as Amy-Beth · 1982
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Hotel
as Rachel Sutton · 1982
The Larry Sanders Show
as Sarah Jessica Parker · 1992
GMTV
as Self · 1993
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest · 2005
Chelsea
as Self · 2016
Bambi
as Self · 1948
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self / Host · 1992
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self · 2011
Hocus Pocus
as Sarah Sanderson · 1993
ABC Afterschool Special
as Suzanne Henderson · 1972
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self · 1994
And Just Like That…
as Carrie Bradshaw · 2021
Today
as Self · 1952
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self · 2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self · 2010
Hocus Pocus 2
as Sarah Sanderson · 2022
Divorce
as Frances DuFresne · 2016
Billy on the Street
as Self · 2011
Sex and the City
as Carrie Bradshaw · 2008
Mars Attacks!
as Nathalie Lake · 1996
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
as Self · 2018
This Week
· 1981
Failure to Launch
as Paula · 2006
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
The Ben Stiller Show
· 1992
New Year's Eve
as Kim · 2011
Sex and the City 2
as Carrie Bradshaw · 2010
In Vogue: The 90s
as Self · 2024
The First Wives Club
as Shelly Stewart · 1996
A Year in the Life
as Kay Erickson · 1987
Striking Distance
as Jo Christman · 1993
Equal Justice
as Jo Ann Harris · 1990
Footloose
as Rusty · 1984
The Family Stone
as Meredith Morton · 2005
Square Pegs
as Patty Greene · 1982
Flight of the Navigator
as Carolyn McAdams · 1986
3-2-1 Contact
as Annie · 1980
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self (footage) · 2025
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mandy · 1951
Ed Wood
as Dolores Fuller · 1994
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Meryl Morgan · 2009
Escape from Planet Earth
as Kira Supernova (voice) · 2013
Extreme Measures
as Jodie Trammel · 1996
I Don't Know How She Does It
as Kate Reddy · 2011
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
as Herself · 2011
The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self · 2018
Nightcap
as Self · 2016
2 Dope Queens
· 2018
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self · 2025
Twist of Fate
as Miriam · 1989
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
as Janey Glenn · 1985
All Roads Lead to Rome
as Maggie · 2016
The Great American Read
as Self · 2018
Miami Rhapsody
as Gwyn · 1995
State and Main
as Claire Wellesley · 2000
A Year in the Life
as Kay Erickson · 1986
Smart People
as Janet Hartigan · 2008
L.A. Story
as SanDeE · 1991
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
· 2010
Here and Now
as Vivienne · 2018
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self · 2007
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Betsy / Donna · 1992
Dudley Do-Right
as Nell Fenwick · 1999
Sex and the Matrix
as Carrie Bradshaw · 2000
'Til There Was You
as Francesca Lanfield · 1997
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage) · 2010
Strangers with Candy
as Peggy Callas · 2006
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
And Just Like That... The Documentary
as Self · 2022
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
as Self · 2018
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood
as Narrator (voice) · 1998
One World: Together at Home
as Self · 2020
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
TV Land Moguls
· 2004
The New Yorker at 100
as Self · 2025
Life Without Dick
as Colleen Gibson · 2002
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self · 2001
Mademoiselle C
as Self · 2013
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Shalom Sesame
as Jerusalem Jones
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2023
The Ryan White Story
as Laura · 1989
If Lucy Fell
as Lucy Ackerman · 1996
The Gift of Song: Music for UNICEF
as Self · 1997
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
as Self · 2015
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Pauline's Voice Over · 2019
Life Under Water
as Amy-Beth · 1989
Firstborn
as Lisa · 1984
My Body, My Child
as Katy · 1982
The Making of 'Sex and the City'
as Self
Spinning Into Butter
as Sarah Daniels · 2009
$ellebrity
as Self · 2013
The Sunshine Boys
as Nancy Clark · 1996
The Substance of Fire
as Sarah Geldhart · 1996
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
as Herself · 1995
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
as Self · 2008
Hocus Pocus 3
as Sarah Sanderson
Owen
· 1995
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
as Narrator · 1998
In the Best Interest of the Children
as Callie Cain · 1992
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
as Self · 2024
Off the Record: The 9/11 Election
as Self · 2003
The Families Stone
as Meredith Morton
The Almost Royal Family
as Suzanne Henderson · 1984
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
as Maggie · 1985
VH1: Divas Live
as Self - Host · 1998
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
as Self · 2004
Sex and the City: A Farewell
as Carrie Bradshaw
Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King
as Self · 2008
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2004
The Room Upstairs
as Mandy Janovic · 1987
Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot
as Self · 2008
Dadah Is Death
as Rachel Goldman · 1988
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
as Self · 2008
Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together
as Herself · 2007
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
as Self · 2008
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker
as Self · 2011
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Sarah Sanderson · 2020
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
as Audience · 2010
Life After Tomorrow
as Self · 2006
Somewhere, Tomorrow
as Lori Anderson · 1983
The Times of Bill Cunningham
as Narrator (voice) · 2018
Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis
as Narrator
Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream
as Narrator · 2022
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
as Self · 2011
9/11 Untold Stories
as Self