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.
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
Self
2024
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream
Narrator
2022
And Just Like That... The Documentary
Self
2022
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Pauline's Voice Over
2019
Here and Now
Vivienne
2018
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Self
2018
The Times of Bill Cunningham
Narrator (voice)
2018
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
2017
All Roads Lead to Rome
Maggie
2016
Escape from Planet Earth
Kira Supernova (voice)
2013
Propaganda
Self (archive footage)
2013
$ellebrity
Self
2013
New Year's Eve
Kim Doyle
2011
I Don't Know How She Does It
Kate Reddy
2011
Sex and the City 2
Carrie Bradshaw
2010
One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Audience
2010
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Meryl Morgan
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009
Sex and the City
Carrie Bradshaw
2008
Smart People
Janet Hartigan
2008
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
2007
Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together
Herself
2007
Spinning Into Butter
Sarah Daniels
2007
Strangers with Candy
Peggy Callas
2006
Failure to Launch
Paula
2006
The Family Stone
Meredith Morton
2005
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Self
2004
Off the Record: The 9/11 Election
Self
2003
Life Without Dick
Colleen Gibson
2002
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001
State and Main
Claire Wellesley
2000
Sex and the Matrix
Carrie Bradshaw
2000
Dudley Do-Right
Nell Fenwick
1999
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
Narrator
1998
'Til There Was You
Francesca Lanfield
1997
Mars Attacks!
Nathalie Lake
1996
Extreme Measures
Jodie Trammel
1996
The First Wives Club
Shelly Stewart
1996
The Substance of Fire
Sarah Geldhart
1996
The Sunshine Boys
Nancy Clark
1996
If Lucy Fell
Lucy Ackerman
1996
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
Herself
1995
Miami Rhapsody
Gwyn
1995
Owen
1995
Ed Wood
Dolores Fuller
1994
Striking Distance
Jo Christman
1993
Hocus Pocus
Sarah Sanderson
1993
Honeymoon in Vegas
Betsy / Donna
1992
In the Best Interest of the Children
Callie Cain
1992
L.A. Story
SanDeE
1991
Life Under Water
Amy-Beth
1989
The Ryan White Story
Laura
1989
Dadah Is Death
Rachel Goldman
1988
The Room Upstairs
Mandy Janovic
1987
Flight of the Navigator
Carolyn McAdams
1986
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Maggie
1985
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Janey Glenn
1985
Firstborn
Lisa
1984
The Almost Royal Family
Suzanne Henderson
1984
Footloose
Rusty
1984
Somewhere, Tomorrow
Lori Anderson
1983
Hocus Pocus 3
Sarah Sanderson
My Body, My Child
Katy
1982
Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis
Narrator
Hocus Pocus 2
Sarah Sanderson
2022
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Sarah Sanderson
2020
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
The Alec Baldwin Show
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
Self
2015
Mademoiselle C
Self
2013
Life After Tomorrow
Self
2006
Sex and the City: A Farewell
Carrie Bradshaw
And Just Like That…
Carrie Bradshaw · (33 episodes)
2021
The Great American Read
Herself · (1 episode)
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · (1 episode)
2018
2 Dope Queens
(1 episode)
2018
Nightcap
Self · (1 episode)
2016
Divorce
Frances DuFresne · (24 episodes)
2016
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self · (1 episode)
2012
Billy on the Street
Self · (1 episode)
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
Herself · (1 episode)
2011
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
(2 episodes)
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Live from Studio Five
Self · (4 episodes)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (5 episodes)
2009
Glee
Isabelle Wright · (3 episodes)
2009
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2005
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2004
TV Land Moguls
(6 episodes)
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Sex and the City
Carrie Bradshaw · (94 episodes)
1998
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1998
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (2 episodes)
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993
The Ben Stiller Show
(1 episode)
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
Self · (1 episode)
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Host · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
Equal Justice
Jo Ann Harris · (27 episodes)
1990
Twist of Fate
Miriam · (2 episodes)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
1988
A Year in the Life
Kay Erickson · (22 episodes)
1987
A Year in the Life
Kay Erickson · (3 episodes)
1986
Square Pegs
Patty Greene · (20 episodes)
1982
Hotel
Rachel Sutton · (1 episode)
1982
American Playhouse
Amy-Beth · (1 episode)
1982
This Week
(1 episode)
1981
3-2-1 Contact
Annie · (3 episodes)
1980
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
ABC Afterschool Special
Suzanne Henderson · (1 episode)
1972
Sesame Street
(1 episode)
1969
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
1953
Today
Self · (2 episodes)
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mandy · (1 episode)
1951
Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948
Shalom Sesame
Jerusalem Jones · (1 episode)