Sarah Jessica Parker on screen and stage

Sarah Jessica Parker is an American actress and television producer who has been acting in film, television and theater since the 1970s. 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 in September 2007

She made her first major film appearances in the 1984 dramas Footloose and Firstborn. Her other film roles include The Ryan White Story (1989), L.A. Story with Steve Martin (1991), Honeymoon in Vegas with Nicolas Cage (1992), Hocus Pocus with Bette Midler (1993), Ed Wood with Johnny Depp (1994), The First Wives Club again with Midler (1996), The Family Stone with Diane Keaton (2005), Failure to Launch with Matthew McConaughey (2006), Did You Hear About the Morgans? with Hugh Grant (2009), and New Year's Eve with Abigail Breslin (2011).

In 2012, Parker returned to television for the first time since Sex and the City, portraying Isabelle Wright in three episodes of the musical television series Glee. She starred as Frances Dufresne in the HBO series Divorce alongside Thomas Haden Church (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.

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.

As an actress

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Somewhere Tomorrow	Lori Anderson
1984	Footloose	Rusty
	Firstborn	Lisa
1985	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Janey Glenn
1986	Flight of the Navigator	Carolyn McAdams
1991	L.A. Story	SanDeE*
1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Betsy Nolan / Donna Korman
1993	Striking Distance	Jo Christman / Det. Emily Harper
	Hocus Pocus	Sarah Sanderson	Also sings "Come Little Children"
1994	Ed Wood	Dolores Fuller
1995	Miami Rhapsody	Gwyn Marcus
1996	Mars Attacks!	Nathalie Lake
	If Lucy Fell	Lucy Ackerman
	The First Wives Club	Shelly Stewart
	Extreme Measures	Jodie Trammel
	The Substance of Fire	Sarah Geldhart
1997	'Til There Was You	Francesca Lanfield
1999	Dudley Do-Right	Nell Fenwick
2000	State and Main	Claire Wellesley
2002	Life Without Dick	Colleen Gibson
2005	The Family Stone	Meredith Morton
2006	Strangers with Candy	Peggy Callas
	Failure to Launch	Paula
2007	Spinning into Butter	Sarah Daniels	Also producer
2008	Smart People	Janet Hartigan
	Sex and the City	Carrie Bradshaw	Also producer
2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Meryl Morgan
2010	Sex and the City 2	Carrie Bradshaw	Also producer
2011	I Don't Know How She Does It	Kate Reddy
	New Year's Eve	Kate Doyle
2013	Escape from Planet Earth	Kira Supernova (voice)
	Lovelace	Gloria Steinem	Scenes deleted[1]
2016	All Roads Lead to Rome	Maggie
2018	Here and Now	Vivienne	Also producer
	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael	Pauline Kael (voice)	Documentary
2022	Hocus Pocus 2	Sarah Sanderson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Little Match Girl	The Little Match Girl	Television film
1980	3-2-1 Contact	Annie	3 episodes
1982	My Body, My Child	Katy	Television film
1982–1983	Square Pegs	Patty Greene	Lead role, 20 episodes
1984	ABC Afterschool Special	Suzanne Henderson	Episode: "The Almost Royal Family"
1986	Hotel	Rachel	Episode: "Hearts Divided"
1987	The Room Upstairs	Mandy Janovic	Television film
1987–1988	A Year in the Life	Kay Erickson	Main cast, 22 episodes
1988	Dadah Is Death	Rachel Goldman	2-part miniseries
1989	Twist of Fate	Miriam	Episode: "Part II"
	The Ryan White Story	Laura	Television film
	Life Under Water	Amy-Beth
1991	Shalom Sesame	Jerusalem Jones	Episode: "Show 10: Passover"
1990–1991	Equal Justice	Jo Ann Harris	Main cast, 26 episodes
1992	In the Best Interest of the Children	Callie Cain	Television film
1994	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Sarah Jessica Parker/R.E.M."
1994	The Larry Sanders Show	Herself	Episode: "Next Stop . . . Bottom"
1996	The Sunshine Boys	Nancy Davison	Television film
1999	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Herself	Episode: "Curling Flower Space"
1998	Stories from My Childhood	Narrator (voice)	Episode: "Cinderella & The House on Chicken Legs"
1998–2004	Sex and the City	Carrie Bradshaw	94 episodes, also executive producer and narrator
2007	Project Runway	Herself	Episode: "I Started Crying"
2007–2010	Sesame Street		3 episodes
2010	Who Do You Think You Are?		Episode: "Sarah Jessica Parker"
2012–2013	Glee	Isabelle Wright	3 episodes
2016–2019	Divorce	Frances Dufresne	Lead role, 24 episodes, also executive producer
2016	Nightcap	Herself	Episode: "Babymaker"
2021–present	And Just Like That...	Carrie Bradshaw	Lead role, 21 episodes, also executive producer

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1976	The Innocents	Flora	Morosco Theatre (12 performances)
1978–1980	Annie	July / Annie (replacement)	Uris Theatre
1984	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Rachel	Circle in the Square Downtown
1988	The Heidi Chronicles	Becky / Clara / Denise (replacement)	Playwrights Horizons
1989–1990			Plymouth Theatre
1991	The Substance of Fire	Sarah Geldhart	Playwrights Horizons
1992			Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
1995	Sylvia	Sylvia	New York City Center / Stage I
1995–1996	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Rosemary Pillkington (replacement)	Richard Rodgers Theatre
1996–1997	Once Upon a Mattress	Princess Winnifred	Broadhurst Theatre
2001	Wonder of the World	Cass Harris	New York City Center / Stage I
2013–2014	The Commons of Pensacola	Becca	New York City Center / Stage I
2020	Plaza Suite	Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley	Colonial Theatre
2022			Hudson Theatre, Broadway[2]
2024			Savoy Theatre, West End[3]

As a producer

Year	Title	Notes
2002–2004	Sex and the City	28 episodes (executive producer) 18 episodes (co-executive producer) 16 episodes (producer)
2007	Spinning into Butter
2008	Sex and the City	Co-producer
2009	Washingtonienne	Executive producer; episode: "Pilot"
2010	Sex and the City 2
	Work of Art: The Next Great Artist	Executive producer
2012	Pretty Old	Executive producer; documentary
2013–2014	City.Ballet	Executive producer; TV series short
2016–2019	Divorce	Executive producer
2018	Here and Now
2021–present	And Just Like That...
2025	The Librarians	Executive producer; documentary

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Sarah Jessica Parker