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Main facts
Occupation: Actress
Real Name: Sarah Jessica Parker
Date of Birth: March 25, 1965
Place of Birth: Nelsonville, Ohio, USA
Sign: Aries
Relations: Husband: Matthew Broderick
Education: American Ballet Theatre, Professional Children's School, New York
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Biography
Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965 to Stephen and Barbara Parker of Nelsonville, Ohio, the fourth of eight children. Her parents' marriage fell apart soon after her birth, and her mother later married a businessman named Paul Forste. Young Sarah Jessica trained in singing and ballet, and became a professional performer at an early age, as did several of her siblings. In 1976, her family moved to New Jersey after Sarah landed her first Broadway role, in The Innocents. (Her older brother, Timothy Britten Parker, was an understudy in the same play.) Following that, she performed in the national company of The Sound of Music, with four of her siblings.
Her appearance in an off-Broadway revue based on the songs of Charles Strouse, who wrote the music for the Broadway play Annie, led to winning a role in that production. In January 1979, she became the third actress to portray the lead in that play, remaining in the role for 12 months, until she outgrew it. She attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, NJ and performed in other plays until 1982, when she landed one of the lead roles in the CBS sitcom, Square Pegs. She then transferred to Hollywood High. After graduation, she decided to bypass college in order to pursue acting full time. After the cancellation of her series, she began appearing in movies, mostly in supporting roles, as well continuing on the stage. She also won regular roles in two other critically acclaimed, but low rated, television series, A Year In The Life, and Equal Justice. During this time, she had a serious relationship with actor Robert Downey, Jr., sharing quarters with him for several years. After breaking up with him, she had a brief romance with John Kennedy, Jr., before meeting the man she hopes will be her partner for life, Matthew Broderick.
Her professional life experienced a similar change for the better at about the same time. In 1991, she landed the part of SanDeE* in Steve Martin's movie, L. A. Story. Suddenly people noticed that not only was she a superb comedienne, but she had also grown to be a very attractive young woman. Since this latter fact in of supreme importance in Hollywood, she was now able to land bigger parts in movies featuring big stars such as Bruce Willis and Bette Midler. She has continued to work on stage, garnering a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance as the title character in the play Sylvia. She appeared in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying with Mr. Broderick, and played the lead role in the Tony award-nominated musical comedy, Once Upon A Mattress, on Broadway. On May 19, 1997, Sarah Jessica married Matthew Broderick
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