Biography And Filmography:

Sarah Jessica Parker is one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood, and has shown her range and talent on Broadway, the big screen and television. A short blonde with a charming smile, she watched her image mature  over the years, from her role of Patty Greene on the sitcom "Square Pegs" (1982-83), to that of  Carrie Bradshaw on the show "Sex and the City" (1998- ). 

She made the jump to movies in 1979, when she appeared in "Rich Kids". She also had roles in "Footloose" with Kevin Bacon, "Firstborn" with Robert Downey Jr. and "Somewhere Tomorrow", and continued to appear in television movies including "The Almost Royal Family" (1984) and "Going For the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story" (1985). She then worked opposite Helen Hunt as a young teen who wants to enter a dance contest against the wishes of her father in the musical comedy "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1985). She then appeared in "Flight of the Navigator", a story set in 1978 about a boy who is moved eight years into the future and has an adventure with the alien ship that is responsible. 

She was then cast as Kay Ericson Gardner, an unhappy young woman who marries into the family around which the miniseries "A Year in the Life" was created. She kept busy with television movies and stage work before being hired for the role of an attorney on the legal drama "Equal Justice". 

She was well received for her funny role opposite Steve Martin in "L.A. Story" (1991), and she transitioned to leading role status for "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992) starring Nicolas Cage, and played the sexiest of three nutty witches in the Disney comic fantasy "Hocus Pocus" (1993). She was then cast next to Bruce Willis in the thriller "Striking Distance", and appeared in Johnny Depp's "Ed Wood" with Patricia Arquette. She then took a role as a young woman afraid of commitment in "Miami Rhapsody" (1995) with Antonio Banderas. 

The actress returned to Broadway to work with her real life husband, Matthew Broderick, in the musical revival "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". She also appeared as the girlfriend in "The First Wives Club", then as a television host in "Mars Attacks!", starring Glenn Close and Jack Nicholson, then as the nurse stuck between Gene Hackman and Hugh Grant in "Extreme Measures". She wrapped that year as an unmarried doctor looking for love in "If Lucy Fell" with Scarlett Johansson and Ben Stiller, and as the daughter of a Jewish publisher in the "The Substance of Fire". 

In 1998, she returned to television in the comedy "Sex and the City”, winning numerous awards for her role as the independent but needy Carrie. While the series followed a very specific group of women with extreme lifestyles different then those of the audience, the themes of sex, love and friendship hit a nerve with viewers who loved the series. Starring alongside Kim Cattral, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, she was the character that pulled everybody together, She would take home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2001, and win a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy four years in a row. 

She won the Emmy for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy in 2004 during  the shows final season. Thanks to her character's fashion savvy, she also become one of Hollywood's hottest sexy celebrities of the early 2000's, known for her good taste, accessories and shoes. 

She then appeared in a leading turn in the little seen romantic comedy “Life Without Dick” (2002), a  romantic comedy about a woman who innocently falls in love with a hit man (Harry Connick, Jr.) hired to kill her intolerable boyfriend (Johnny Knoxville). She was then cast in “The Family Stone” (2005) with Claire Danes, playing the high-powered girlfriend of the oldest son in a strange family who’s invited to their annual holiday gathering and causes embarrassment, misunderstanding and eventually aggression.

She then returned to comedy starring alongside Matthew McConaughey in "Failure to Launch" (2006) about a thirty something slacker who suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he'll finally vacate their home. More comedy followed with "Smart People" (2008) with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page, where into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother. 

Then it finally happened, the long awaited movie based on the television show "Sex and the City: The Movie" (2008), the sequel boasts all the original cast members from the television series, but unfortunately, one of the old group is killed off. 

She wrapped her year with the comedy "A Family Affair" (2008) where she plays a real estate agent who has a one-night stand with a distinguished older man. After becoming engaged to someone else and heading off to meet her fiancé's family, she discovers her future father-in-law was her bedmate.

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