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Karyn Parsons

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Karyn Parsons in The Ladies Man (2000)
30 years later, we're bringing the Banks family back together. Join Will and Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro and DJ Jazzy Jeff, for a funny and heartfelt night full of music and dancing in honor of the show that ran for six seasons and 148 episodes.
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Karyn Parsons decided to go into acting at the age of 13. She had her first TV role in the NBC drama The Bronx Zoo (1987), but she made her big break as Will Smith's cousin "Hilary Banks" on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). During the show's six-year run, she starred in movies such as Class Act (1992) and Major Payne (1995). After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), she starred in the short-lifted sitcom Lush Life (1996), co-starring Lori Petty, which only lasted three episodes before it was canceled. In 1998, she starred in her first lead role in the award-winning movie Mixing Nia (1998). She guest-starred in TV sitcoms before starring in 13 Moons (2002), in which she met her husband, director Alexandre Rockwell, whom she married in 2003. After their wedding, they had a child and now live in New York.
BornOctober 8, 1966
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Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, Joseph Marcell, and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Avery, Joseph Marcell, Karyn Parsons, and Daphne Reid in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Ferrell, Tim Meadows, and Karyn Parsons in The Ladies Man (2000)
Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Joseph Marcell, and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Ken Ober and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Avery, Karyn Parsons, Daphne Reid, and Glenn Shadix in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Tatyana Ali and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Avery, Janet Hubert, and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)

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Damon Wayans, Orlando Brown, Peyton Chesson-Fohl, Stephen Coleman, and Chris Owen in Major Payne (1995)
Major Payne
6.2
  • Emily Walburn
  • 1995
Lori Petty and Karyn Parsons in Lush Life (1996)
Lush Life
7.9
TV Series
  • Margot Hines
Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7.9
TV Series
  • Hilary Banks
Kristin Scott Thomas, Peter O'Toole, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Alfre Woodard, and Tom Sturridge in Gulliver's Travels (1996)
Gulliver's Travels
6.9
TV Mini Series
  • Lady-in-Waiting

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Actress

  • Jabari Watkins, Lana Rockwell, and Nico Rockwell in Sweet Thing (2020)
    Sweet Thing
  • Karyn Parsons, Peter Rini, Jill Shackner, Chinasa Ogbuagu, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Akosua Adoma Owusu in On Monday of Last Week (2018)
    On Monday of Last Week
  • Denis Leary, Julian Acosta, Lenny Clarke, Keith David, Diane Farr, Adam Ferrara, and Bill Nunn in The Job (2001)
    The Job
  • Static Shock (2000)
    Static Shock
    • (voice)
  • 13 Moons (2002)
    13 Moons
  • Tim Meadows in The Ladies Man (2000)
    The Ladies Man
  • Pam Grier, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Georg Stanford Brown, Tisha Campbell, and Steven Williams in Linc's (1998)
    Linc's
  • Heather Locklear, Amy Locane, Daphne Zuniga, Vanessa Williams, Grant Show, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Josie Bissett, Thomas Calabro, Doug Savant, and Andrew Shue in Melrose Place (1992)
    Melrose Place
  • Karyn Parsons and Isaiah Washington in Mixing Nia (1998)
    Mixing Nia
  • Lori Petty and Karyn Parsons in Lush Life (1996)
    Lush Life
  • Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  • Kristin Scott Thomas, Peter O'Toole, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Alfre Woodard, and Tom Sturridge in Gulliver's Travels (1996)
    Gulliver's Travels
  • John Larroquette in The John Larroquette Show (1993)
    The John Larroquette Show
  • Damon Wayans, Orlando Brown, Peyton Chesson-Fohl, Stephen Coleman, and Chris Owen in Major Payne (1995)
    Major Payne
  • Out All Night (1992)
    Out All Night

Producer

  • Sweet Blackberry Presents (2008)
    Sweet Blackberry Presents
  • Lori Petty and Karyn Parsons in Lush Life (1996)
    Lush Life

Writer

  • Sweet Blackberry Presents (2008)
    Sweet Blackberry Presents
  • Lori Petty and Karyn Parsons in Lush Life (1996)
    Lush Life
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    • Sweet Blackberry
    • October 8, 1966
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Alexandre RockwellFebruary 8, 2003 - present (2 children)
    • Lana Rockwell
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