Sarah Jessica Parker.

Sarah Jessica Parker was born on March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Stephen Parker and Barbra Forste (who married Paul Forste after divorcing Sarah's father). Sarah's mother had four more children with Forste, so Sarah has three full siblings and four half siblings. Trained in singing and ballet, Sarah was cast in the Broadway production of The Innocents, which prompted her family to relocate to New Jersey. Already a professional performer (she studied at the American Ballet School and the Professional Children's School), Sarah was cast in The Sound of Music (along with four of her siblings), and landed the lead in the Broadway run of Annie.

After a year as the free-spirited orphan, Sarah attended Dwight Morrow High School, while continuing to add more credits to her acting resume. She landed a role in the made-for-TV movie My Body, My Child before being cast as one of the lead roles in the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs, as high schooler Patty Greene.

Once a graduate, Sarah decided to pursue a full-time acting career rather than further her education. Since Square Pegs didn't last more than a year, Sarah moved on to supporting film roles in movies such as Somewhere Tomorrow (1983), Footloose (1984), Firstborn (1984), and the lead role in the teenage chick flick Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985). But Sarah's star has shot up since her portrayal of Manhattan sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO series Sex and the City, which was on the air from 1998 to 2004. The fact that she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy Series four times, as well as the Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 2004, only underscores the fact that she played the role of Carrie as though it were literally written for her. (By the way, the female singer she made out with on an episode of the show was Alanis Morissette).

During her stint on Sex and the City, Sarah continued to appear on the big screen in movies like Dudley Do-Right (1999), State and Main (2000), and Life Without Dick (2001). Since Sex and the City went off the air in 2004, she can add Strangers with Candy (2005), The Family Stone (2005) and Failure to Launch (2006) to her resume.


She may have portrayed the role of single, man-hunting Carrie in the Emmy-winning Sex and the City, but Sarah has been happily married to fellow actor Matthew Broderick, with whom she has a child, since 1997. She has had her share of famous lovers though, including Robert Downey Jr. (who she also lived with), and the late John F. Kennedy Jr. In her spare time, Sarah is a member of Hollywood's Women's Political Committee, and is UNICEF's representative for the Performing Arts.