Sarah Jessica Parker
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress and television producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. 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 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.
Known for
Credits
Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Sarah Sanderson
Sex and the City (2008)
as Carrie Bradshaw
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
as Sarah Sanderson
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Nathalie Lake
Failure to Launch (2006)
as Paula
New Year's Eve (2011)
as Kim
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
as Carrie Bradshaw
Striking Distance (1993)
as Jo Christman
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Shelly Stewart
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
as Kira Supernova (voice)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
as Carolyn McAdams
Footloose (1984)
as Rusty
The Family Stone (2005)
as Meredith Morton
Ed Wood (1994)
as Dolores Fuller
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Jodie Trammel
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Meryl Morgan
I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
as Kate Reddy
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self
All Roads Lead to Rome (2016)
as Maggie
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
as Janey Glenn
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Betsy / Donna
One World: Together at Home (2020)
as Self
State and Main (2000)
as Claire Wellesley
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
as Nell Fenwick
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
as Gwyn
Smart People (2008)
as Janet Hartigan
Here and Now (2018)
as Vivienne
Mademoiselle C (2013)
as Self
'Til There Was You (1997)
as Francesca Lanfield
And Just Like That... The Documentary (2022)
as Self
L.A. Story (1991)
as SanDeE
The New Yorker at 100 (2025)
as Self
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
Sex and the Matrix (2000)
as Carrie Bradshaw
The Gift of Song: Music for UNICEF (1997)
as Self
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1998)
as Narrator
America | A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
as Self
Strangers with Candy (2006)
as Peggy Callas
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Life Without Dick (2002)
as Colleen Gibson
My Body, My Child (1982)
as Katy
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
as Pauline's Voice Over
The Substance of Fire (1996)
as Sarah Geldhart
If Lucy Fell (1996)
as Lucy Ackerman
In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)
as Callie Cain
The Sunshine Boys (1996)
as Nancy Clark
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)
as Self
$ellebrity (2013)
as Self
Life Under Water (1989)
as Amy-Beth
The Ryan White Story (1989)
as Laura
R.E.M.: Rough Cut (1995)
as Herself
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985)
as Maggie
Owen (1995)
Actor
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (2024)
as Self
Firstborn (1984)
as Lisa
The Making of 'Sex and the City' (—)
as Self
The Families Stone (—)
as Meredith Morton
The Almost Royal Family (1984)
as Suzanne Henderson
The Room Upstairs (1987)
as Mandy Janovic
VH1: Divas Live (1998)
as Self - Host
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was (2008)
as Self
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City (2008)
as Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City' (2008)
as Self
Off the Record: The 9/11 Election (2003)
as Self
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% (2004)
as Self
Hocus Pocus 3 (—)
as Sarah Sanderson
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard (2010)
as Audience
Sex and the City: The Wedding Dress Photo Shoot (2008)
as Self
Sex and the City: A Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King (2008)
as Self
Spinning Into Butter (2009)
as Sarah Daniels
Dadah Is Death (1988)
as Rachel Goldman
Sex and the City: A Farewell (—)
as Carrie Bradshaw
Life After Tomorrow (2006)
as Self
From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interivew with Sarah Jessica Parker (2011)
as Self
Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together (2007)
as Herself
The Times of Bill Cunningham (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis (—)
as Narrator
Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983)
as Lori Anderson
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Sarah Sanderson
Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream (2022)
as Narrator
"Footloose": Remembering Willard (2011)
as Self
9/11 Untold Stories (—)
as Self