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Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25,
1965 to Stephen and Barbara Parker of Nelsonville, Ohio, the fourth of
eight children. Her parents' marriage fell apart soon after her birth,
and her mother later married a businessman named Paul Foste. Young Sarah
Jessica trained in singing and ballet, and became a professional
performer at an early age, as did several of her siblings. In 1976, her
family moved to New Jersey after Sarah landed her first Broadway role,
in The Innocents. (Her older brother, Timothy Britten Parker, was an
understudy in the same play.) Following that, she performed in the
national company of The Sound of Music, with four of her siblings.
Her appearance in an off-Broadway revue based on the songs of Charles
Strouse, who wrote the music for the Broadway play Annie, led to winning
a role in that production. In January 1979, she became the third actress
to portray the lead in that play, remaining in the role for 12 months,
until she outgrew it. She attended Dwight Morrow High School in
Englewood, NJ and performed in other plays until 1982, when she landed
one of the lead roles in the CBS sitcom, Square Pegs. She then
transferred to Hollywood High. After graduation, she decided to bypass
college in order to pursue acting full time. After the cancellation of
her series, she began appearing in movies, mostly in supporting roles,
as well continuing on the stage. She also won regular roles in two other
critically acclaimed, but low rated, television series, A Year In The
Life, and Equal Justice. During this time, she had a serious
relationship with actor Robert Downey, Jr., sharing quarters with him
for several years. After breaking up with him, she had a brief romance
with John Kennedy, Jr., before meeting the man she hopes will be her
partner for life, Matthew Broderick.
Her professional life experienced a similar change for the better at
about the same time. In 1991, she landed the part of SanDeE in Steve
Martin's movie, L. A. Story. Suddenly people noticed that not only was
she a superb comedienne, but she had also grown to be a very attractive
young woman. Since this latter fact in of supreme importance in
Hollywood, she was now able to land bigger parts in movies featuring big
stars such as Bruce Willis and Bette Midler. She has continued to work
on stage, garnering a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Actress for
her performance as the title character in the play Sylvia. She appeared
in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying with Mr. Broderick,
and last year she played the lead role in the Tony award-nominated
musical comedy, Once Upon A Mattress, on Broadway.
On May 19, 1997, Sarah Jessica married her longtime beau, Matthew
Broderick.
Ms. Parker is active in aiding charitable and political causes. Her
favorite charity is UNICEF and she works to raise money for AIDS
research and school music programs. She is starring on the HBO series,
Sex And The City, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as
Best Actress.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Occupation
- Actress
Date of Birth
- 25 March 1965
Birth Place
- Nelsonville, Ohio, USA
Mailing
Addresses
Sarah Jessica Parker
P.O. 69646
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
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