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Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965Sarah Jessica Parker is an internationally recognized Emmy-winning American actress, with a portfolio of both television and movie work. She may be best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the television series

Early life

Parker was born in Nelsonville, Ohio to Stephen Parker, a Jewish American businessman [1], and Barbara. Her parents divorced early on in Parker's life and her mother remarried Paul Forste, a truck driver. Parker grew up with her mother, step-father and seven siblings (although she only has one full sibling, a sister). As a young girl, she trained in singing and ballet, soon being cast in the Broadway production of . Her family moved to New Jersey at this time to better support her dreams of becoming an actress. After a run of promising performances in several films and television shows, she met actor Robert Downey Jr., with whom she lived for seven years (between 1984 and 1991).

. The show lasted only one season before being cancelled by the network, but Parker's performance was critically well received. In the two years that followed, she was cast in four films - the most significant of those being in 1984. In the remainder of the 1980s, Parker had steady work, appearing in TV Specials and mostly unsuccessful films. She also appeared several times on .

By the early 1990s, her career was gaining momentum. In 1991, Parker appeared in a supporting role in the romantic comedy, ; both the movie and her performance garnered some positive reviews. The following year she landed an important starring role in the well-received film, was a higher grosser at the box office but received negative reviews. She next appeared opposite Johnny Depp in the critically acclaimed movie , in 1995, saw her back on familiar territory with more Romantic Comedy material and a leading role. She appeared in another Tim Burton-directed movie, had been sent to Parker and the show's creator Darren Star was determined that she be cast in his project; Parker adored the , despite some early doubts about being cast in a long-term television series, and agreed to star.

The first season of the show proved to be an almost instant success, elevating Parker to a higher status, possibly because of the writing's refreshingly honest approach to sex, although Parker had a strict clause in her contract.

Parker has become very influential in the world of fashion; she is considered one of the more stylish celebrities and has been recognized as "Best Dressed" in certain magazines. In addition to work in movie and television, she is also a very highly respected Stage actor, having appeared in well-reviewed lead roles in the off-Broadway play in 2000, and changed into 15 different costumes throughout the show. In August of 2003, Parker re-negotiated her contract with Nutrisse Hair Products to appear in Print and Television advertisements, for a rumoured seven-figure sum.

After the s six-season run ended in 2004, Parker won an Emmy award for her lead role (after five consecutive losses). Many gambling and betting establishments stopped taking bets on her Emmy victory, because it was so widely predicted that she would win. In the spring of 2005, the American fashion giant GAP dropped her from their advertising campaign. A friend of Parker commented to the press that "Sarah's spring campaign for Gap has only just started and she feels the announcement of her replacement in the same week that the new ads are appearing is a bit of a snub" [2].

Recently, she released a new fragrance called "Lovely".

In December of 2005, Parker appeared in her first theatrical film in several years, journalist John Kennedy Jr. and dated him for several months. In May 1997, she married actor Matthew Broderick, to whom she was introduced by her brother, just as she was becoming a bigger star due to the success of . The couple were married in a civil ceremony in a historic synagogue that is no longer used as a house of worship; both Parker and Broderick consider themselves "culturally Jewish" [3]. Parker and Broderick's first child, James Wilke Broderick, was born five years later on October 28th, 2002. Parker is a prominent member of the