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Sarah Jessica Parker 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).


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.

Most recently, she appeared on Broadway opposite husband Matthew Broderick in Plaza Suite, and on the small screen in Hocus Pocus 2 and “And Just Like That”, HBO's new Sex and the City sequel series.

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STAGE CREDITS

Plaza Suite Plaza Suite
[West End]
London Production, 2024
Norma
Muriel
Karen
Plaza Suite Plaza Suite
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2022
Norma Hubley
Karen Nash
Muriel Tate
The Commons of Pensacola The Commons of Pensacola
[Off-Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2013
Becca
Wonder of the World
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Cass Harris
Once Upon a Mattress
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1996
Princess Winnifred
Sylvia
[Off-Broadway]
1995
Sylvia
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1995
Rosemary Pilkington [Replacement]
The Substance of Fire
[Off-Broadway]
1992
Sarah Geldhart
The Substance of Fire
[Off-Broadway]
1991
Sarah Geldhart
The Heidi Chronicles
[Off-Broadway]
1988
Becky/Clara/Denise
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
[Off-Broadway]
1984
Rachel
Annie
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1977
July [Replacement]
Annie [Replacement]
The Innocents
[Broadway]
1976
Flora

Movies

Somewhere, Tomorrow
[ 1983 ] Lori Anderson
Firstborn
[ 1984 ] Lisa
Footloose
[ 1984 ] Rusty
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
[ 1985 ] Janey
Flight of the Navigator
[ 1986 ] Carolyn McAdams
L.A. Story
[ 1991 ] SanDeE*
Honeymoon in Vegas
[ 1992 ] Betsy Nolan, Donna Korman
Striking Distance
[ 1993 ] Jo Christman
Hocus Pocus
[ 1993 ] Sarah
Ed Wood
[ 1994 ] Dolores Fuller
Miami Rhapsody
[ 1995 ] Gwyn
Extreme Measures
[ 1996 ] Jodie Trammel
If Lucy Fell
[ 1996 ] Lucy Ackerman
Mars Attacks!
[ 1996 ] Nathalie Lake
The Substance of Fire
[ 1996 ] Sarah Geldhart
The First Wives Club
[ 1996 ] Shelly Stewart
'Til There Was You
[ 1997 ] Francesca Lanfield
Dudley Do-Right
[ 1999 ] Nell Fenwick
State and Main
[ 2000 ] Claire Wellesley
The Family Stone
[ 2005 ] Meredith Morton
Strangers with Candy
[ 2005 ] Peggy Call
Failure to Launch
[ 2006 ] Paula
Spinning Into Butter
[ 2007 ] Sarah Daniels
Sex and the City
[ 2008 ] Carrie Bradshaw
Smart People
[ 2008 ] Janet Hartigan
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
[ 2009 ] Meryl Morgan
Sex and the City 2
[ 2010 ] Carrie Bradshaw
I Don't Know How She Does It
[ 2011 ] Kate Reddy
Escape from Planet Earth
[ 2012 ] Kira Supernova
All Roads Lead to Rome
[ 2015 ] Maggie Falk
Here and Now
[ 2018 ] Vivienne
Hocus Pocus 2
[ 2022 ] Sarah Sanderson
The Estate
[ 2022 ] producer

TV Shows

A Year in the Life
Kay Ericson Gardner
And Just Like That...
Carrie Bradshaw
Divorce
Frances
Equal Justice
Jo Ann Harris
Glee
Isabelle Wright
Sex and the City
Carrie Bradshaw
Square Pegs
Patty Greene

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2022 - Distinguished Performance Awards

Sarah Jessica Parker, Plaza Suite


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Drama Desk Awards - 2001 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Sarah Jessica Parker, Wonder of the World

Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Sarah Jessica Parker, Sylvia

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Sarah Jessica Parker been in?

Sarah Jessica Parker has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.

How many West End shows has Sarah Jessica Parker been in?

Sarah Jessica Parker has appeared on London's West End in 3 shows.

What awards has Sarah Jessica Parker been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance Awards (Drama League Awards) for Plaza Suite, Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Wonder of the World and Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Sylvia.

What awards has Sarah Jessica Parker won?

Sarah Jessica Parker has won the following award: Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for her performance in Wonder of the World.

What was Sarah Jessica Parker's first West End show?

Sarah Jessica Parker's first West End show was Plaza Suite which opened in 2024

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