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Sarah Jessica Parker

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Following the 1993 cult classic, 'Hocus Pocus 2' reunites Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters for a 2022 Disney+ sequel.
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Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra Forste (née Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a journalist. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. Sarah now had 3 full siblings and 4 half siblings. Her father was of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, and her mother had German, and some English, roots.

Trained in singing and ballet, Sarah was cast in the Broadway production of "The Innocents", which prompted her family to relocate to New Jersey. Already a professional performer (she studied at the American Ballet School and the Professional Children's School), Sarah was cast in "The Sound of Music" (along with four of her siblings), and landed the lead in the Broadway run of "Annie". After a year as the free-spirited orphan, Sarah attended Dwight Morrow High School, while continuing to add more credits to her acting resume. She landed a role in the made-for-TV movie My Body, My Child (1982), before being cast as one of the lead roles in the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs (1982), as high-schooler Patty Green.

Once a graduate, Sarah decided to pursue a full-time acting career rather than further her education. Since Square Pegs (1982) did not last more than a year, Sarah moved on to supporting film roles in movies such as Footloose (1984), Firstborn (1984), and the lead role in the teenage film Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985). Sarah was having lots of fun, although she had yet to land a star-turning role. After more television appearances in series and made-for-TV movies including A Year in the Life (1986), The Room Upstairs (1987) and Dadah Is Death (1988), Sarah finally landed the role of Steve Martin's bubbly lover in the 1991 comedy L.A. Story (1991). More substantial film roles soon followed, starting with a role opposite Nicolas Cage in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) (which foreshadowed her comedic talent), Hocus Pocus (1993) and Ed Wood (1994).

A big Woody Allen fan, she starred opposite the renowned filmmaker in the television movie The Sunshine Boys (1996), and that same year, she landed a starring role in Miami Rhapsody (1995). 1996 was a film intensive year with roles in The First Wives Club (1996), If Lucy Fell (1996), and Mars Attacks! (1996). All the while making a name for herself in film, Sarah was gaining respect as a theater actress, with her lead role as a dog (hard to imagine, but true) in the off-Broadway "Sylvia", and her Broadway roles in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (starring her present husband, Matthew Broderick), and the Tony-Award nominated "Once Upon a Mattress".

But Sarah's star has shot up since her portrayal of Manhattan sex-columnist Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998). Sarah's Golden Globe Best Actress victory in 2000 only underscores the fact that she plays the role of Carrie as though it were literally written for her. Sarah has been happily married to fellow actor Matthew Broderick for quite a while now. Before the marriage, she dated Robert Downey Jr. (who she also lived with), and the late John Kennedy Jr. When not serving as lead actress and producer of Sex and the City (1998), Sarah is a member of Hollywood's Women's Political Committee, and is UNICEF's representative for the Performing Arts.
BornMarch 25, 1965
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Before They Were Famous: Actors' Early Roles

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Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Mario Cantone, and Cynthia Nixon in And Just Like That... (2021)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in And Just Like That... (2021)
Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth in Sex and the City (2008)
Sarah Jessica Parker in Sarah Jessica Parker (2022)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in And Just Like That... (2021)
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus (1993)
Sarah Jessica Parker in Hocus Pocus (1993)
Sarah Jessica Parker and Stephen Colbert in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Sarah Jessica Parker in Mars Attacks! (1996)

Known for

Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
Sex and the City
7.3
TV Series
  • Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Sex and the City 2
4.5
  • Carrie Bradshaw
  • 2010
Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City (2008)
Sex and the City
5.7
  • Carrie Bradshaw
  • 2008
Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Craig T. Nelson, Luke Wilson, and Rachel McAdams in The Family Stone (2005)
The Family Stone
6.3
  • Meredith Morton
  • 2005

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Actress

  • Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Doug Jones, Lilia Buckingham, Belissa Escobedo, and Whitney Peak in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
    Hocus Pocus 2
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in And Just Like That... (2021)
    And Just Like That...
  • The Pack Podcast (2020)
    The Pack Podcast
    • (voice)
  • Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church in Divorce (2016)
    Divorce
  • Sarah Jessica Parker in Here and Now (2018)
    Here and Now
  • Paulina Porizkova, Alexandra Wentworth, Lauren Blumenfeld, Ashley Park, and Don Fanelli in Nightcap (2016)
    Nightcap
  • Sarah Jessica Parker and Raoul Bova in All Roads Lead to Rome (2015)
    All Roads Lead to Rome
  • Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Heather Morris in Glee (2009)
    Glee
  • Brendan Fraser, George Lopez, Jane Lynch, Craig Robinson, and Rob Corddry in Escape from Planet Earth (2012)
    Escape from Planet Earth
    • (voice)
  • Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Til Schweiger, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Hilary Swank, Sofía Vergara, Josh Duhamel, Ludacris, Lea Michele, Seth Meyers, Abigail Breslin, and Zac Efron in New Year's Eve (2011)
    New Year's Eve
  • Sarah Jessica Parker in I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
    I Don't Know How She Does It
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City 2 (2010)
    Sex and the City 2
  • Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker in Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
    Did You Hear About the Morgans?
  • Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City (2008)
    Sex and the City
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, and Elliot Page in Smart People (2008)
    Smart People

Producer

  • David Duchovny, Kathleen Turner, Toni Collette, Anna Faris, Ron Livingston, and Rosemarie DeWitt in The Estate (2022)
    The Estate
  • And Just Like That... The Documentary (2022)
    And Just Like That... The Documentary
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in And Just Like That... (2021)
    And Just Like That...
  • Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church in Divorce (2016)
    Divorce
  • Sarah Jessica Parker in Here and Now (2018)
    Here and Now
  • Megan Fairchild in City.Ballet (2013)
    City.Ballet
  • Pretty Old (2012)
    Pretty Old
  • Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010)
    Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City 2 (2010)
    Sex and the City 2
  • Washingtonienne
  • Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City (2008)
    Sex and the City
    • (produced by)
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Williamson, and Paul James in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
    Spinning Into Butter
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    Sex and the City

Additional Crew

  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    Sex and the City
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All About 'Hocus Pocus 2'
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All About 'Hocus Pocus 2'
Our Favorite On-Screen Witches
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Our Favorite On-Screen Witches
Recall on the Globes Red Carpet: Stars' First Credits
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Recall on the Globes Red Carpet: Stars' First Credits
Sex and the City 2: "This Is the Best Mirage"
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Sex and the City 2: "This Is the Best Mirage"
All Roads Lead to Rome
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All Roads Lead to Rome
All Roads Lead to Rome
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All Roads Lead to Rome
Ed Wood
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Ed Wood
Ed Wood
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Ed Wood
Hocus Pocus: Blu-Ray
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Hocus Pocus: Blu-Ray
Hocus Pocus: Blu-Ray
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Hocus Pocus: Blu-Ray
$ellebrity
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$ellebrity
Footloose: Blu-Ray
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Footloose: Blu-Ray

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    • March 25, 1965
    • Nelsonville, Ohio, USA
    • Matthew BroderickMay 19, 1997 - present (3 children)
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    Appeared in "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" on Broadway with Matthew Broderick
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 8 Interviews
    • 36 Articles
    • 15 Pictorials
    • 399 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Despite playing the lead in a TV series about sexual relationships, Sarah Jessica Parker has always had a no-nudity clause in her contract. She has never done nude scenes in anything she has ever done and is always careful to take work that does not embarrass any of her family members.
  • Quotes
    Thank you. I've never won anything in my life. - on winning her 2000 Golden Globe Award for Sex and the City (1998).
    • Frequently plays rich modern women from New York
    • And Just Like That...
      (2021)
      $1,000,000 per episode

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