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Sarah Jessica Parker Biography

Sarah Jessica Parker was born in Nelsonville, Ohio on March 24, 1965 to parents Stephen Parker and Barbra Forste (divorced). Sarah has 3 siblings and 4 half-siblings.
She began training to act and dance as a child. She attended both the American Ballet School and The Professional Children's School.
Here first role was at age 8 when she tried out for a local production of The Little Match Girl, and got the part.
As a child she performed in Broadway and off-Broadway plays including The Innocents and Annie (she starred as Annie, and her siblings were also in the cast). She even sang at the Metropolitan Opera.
She turned her attention to television in 1982 with a role in the made-for-TV movie My Body, My Child, then followed by the short lived TV series Square Pegs. Although the series didn't last long, she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series.
Her next move was to the big screen in 1983 beginning with a small roles in Somewhere Tomorrow. The following year she landed a role in Footloose and a leading role the following year in Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Her role in Footloose earned her a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama.
Over the following decade and a half she had many acting roles on TV, movies (including her outstanding roles in L.A. Story in 1991 and The First Wives Club in 1996), and even on Broadway until she had her big break in obtaining the lead role in Sex and the City in which she and the series received world-wide critical acclaim.
- Awards won and nominated for The First Wives Club (1996)
  - Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (nominated)
  - NBR Award for Best Ensemble Performance
- Awards won and nominated for Sex and the City (1998 - 2004)
  - American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication 2000 and 2001 (nominated)
  - Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series 1999 - 2004 (nominated)
  - Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series 2001 – 2003 (nominated)
  - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy 2000 – 2002, and 2004
  - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy 1999 and 1993 (nominated)
  - PGA Golden Laurel Awards Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic for Comedy 2002 and 2004
  - PGA Golden Laurel Awards Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic for Comedy 2003 (nominated)
  - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2002 and 2004
  - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2001 and 2003 (nominated)
  - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series 2001
  - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series 2000 and 2002 (nominated)
Sarah married actor Matthew Broderick on May 19, 1997. They originally met in 1991 when Broderick was directing her brother in a play. They had their first child, James Wilke Broderick in October 2002.
In 1999 she was awarded the Woman in Film Lucy Award.
She won the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award in 2002.

Biography by Ian Ripley, PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer

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