Mary-Louise Parker
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Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and writer. She is the recipient of two Tony Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. THEATRE includes The Sound Inside at Studio 54 (Tony Award); How I Learned to Drive (Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards and an Outer Critics Circle nomination), Heisenberg and The Snow Geese at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre; Proof at the Booth Theatre (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Obie, and New York Magazine Awards), Prelude to a Kiss at the Helen Hayes Theatre (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Theatre World and The Clarence Derwent Award); Four Dogs and a Bone at the New York City Centre; Babylon Gardens at the Circle Repertory Theatre; The Art of Success at the Manhattan Theatre Club; Communicating Doors at the Variety Arts Theatre, Reckless at the Biltmore Theatre (Tony nomination); Hedda Gabler at the American Airlines Theatre; Bus Stop at the Circle in the Square theatre; The Importance of Being Earnest at Hartford Stage; Up in Saratoga at the Old Globe Theatre; and Hay Fever at the Studio Arena Theatre. TELEVISION includes The Institute, Weeds (Golden Globe award, four additional nominations, three Emmy nominations, six SAG nominations), Angels in America (Emmy, Golden Globe, and Satellite Awards), The West Wing (Emmy nomination), The Robber Bride (Emmy nomination), Mr. Mercedes, When We Rise, Billions, Sugar Time, Saint Maybe, and A Place for Annie. FILM includes Omni Loop, Red Sparrow, Golden Exits, R.I.P.D, Red and Red 2, Behaving Badly, Pipe Dream, Chronically Metropolitan, Longtime Companion, Grand Canyon, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, Naked in New York, The Client, Bullets over Broadway, Boys on the Side, Reckless, The Five Senses, Saved!, Romance & Cigarettes, Red Dragon, Solitary Man, and Howl.
Known for
Credits
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Stephanie Boucher
Young Washington (2026)
as Mary Washington
R.I.P.D. (2013)
as Proctor
The Client (1994)
as Dianne Sway
RED (2010)
as Sarah Ross
RED 2 (2013)
as Sarah Ross
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
as Helen Grace
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
as Zee James
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
as Ruth Jamison
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024)
as Angie
Boys on the Side (1995)
as Robin
Behaving Badly (2014)
as Lucy Stevens / Saint Lola
Happy Hours (2026)
Actor
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
as Henrietta Stackpole
Omni Loop (2024)
as Zoya Lowe
The Oresteia (2026)
as Montie Middleton
Solitary Man (2009)
as Jordon Karsch
This Changes Everything (2019)
as Self
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
as Ellen
Romance & Cigarettes (2006)
as Constance
Saved! (2004)
as Lillian
Naked in New York (1993)
as Joanne White
Seneca (2023)
as Agrippina
Jamesy Boy (2014)
as Tracy
Red Dragon (2002)
as Molly Graham
Howl (2010)
as Gail Potter
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
as Dr. Valerie Crane
Goodbye Lover (1999)
as Peggy Blane
Grand Canyon (1991)
as Dee
A Place for Annie (1994)
as Linda
Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
as Julia Hirsch
Mr. Wonderful (1993)
as Rita
Miracle Run (2004)
as Corrine Morgan-Thomas
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw (2008)
as Self
Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025)
as Self
The Same Storm (2022)
as Roxy
Golden Exits (2018)
as Gwendolyn
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
as Bonnie Hanssen
Adieu Aurora (2022)
as Wilma Munro
Longtime Companion (1989)
as Lisa
Chronically Metropolitan (2016)
as Annabel
Too Young The Hero (1988)
as Pearl Spencer
Murder in Mind (1997)
as Caroline Walker
The Five Senses (1999)
as Rona
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes (1998)
as Self
The Best Thief in the World (2004)
as Sue Zaidman
Christmas in Conway (2013)
as Suzy
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts (2011)
as Self
The Best Is Yet to Come (—)
Actor
Reckless (1995)
as Pooty
Face (—)
as Tanya
Saint Maybe (1998)
as Lucy Dean Bedloe
Vinegar Hill (2005)
as Ellen Grier
Sugartime (1995)
as Phyllis McGuire
Kissinger Takes Paris (—)
Actor
Signs of Life (1989)
as Charlotte
Rachel Carson (2017)
as Rachel Carson (voice)
Cupid & Cate (2000)
as Cate DeAngelo
The Maker (1997)
as Officer Emily Peck
Pipe Dream (2002)
as Toni Edelman
Legalese (1998)
as Rica Martin
The Auction (2027)
as Paula Kletter
The Robber Bride (2007)
as Zenia Arden
The Quality Of Mercy (2002)
as Sarah Richardson
The Baltimore Waltz (2021)
as Anna
El Dorado (2025)
as Phillipa Rios