Sarah Jessica Parker

Her Childhood

Born in the small Ohio town of Nelsonville (population 5,000), Sarah Jessica Parker was destined to be a movie star. Although her family spent time on and off welfare throughout her childhood, her mother Barbara, an elementary school teacher, sacrificed, scrimped and saved in order to send Parker to The School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio. As Sarah grew older, she continued on the road to stardom by attending The Professional Children's School in New York City as well as the prestigious American Ballet Theater.

In 1997, Sarah Jessica Parker married Matthew Broderick. In 2002, they welcomed their first child, James, and she is rumored to be pregnant with their second child.

Sarah Jessica Parker's Long Career

Carrie Bradshaw may be the role for which she is most well-known, but this five foot four inch powerhouse has over 50 acting credits to her name. Here are some of the most noteworthy.

• In 1974, at the age of nine, she was cast in the Hans Christian Anderson tale The Little Match Girl.
• In 1980, she played the role of Annie on the children's favorite 3-2-1 Contact.
• Played brainiac Patty Green on the short-lived T.V. show Square Pegs in 1982-83.
• Had a supporting role in the Kevin Bacon classic Footloose in 1984.
• Who can forget her role as Janey Glen in the 1985 film Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?
• In 1991, Sarah took on the role as SanDeE in the Steve Martin Comedy L.A. Story.
• Played the role of Betsy, opposite Nicolas Cage and James Caan, in the 1992 comedy/drama Honeymoon in Vegas.
• Starred with Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus in 1992.
• Played Dolores Fuller in the Oscar Award winning film, Ed Wood, opposite Johnny Depp.
• Was fashionista Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO show Sex and the City, which ran for six years.
• Starred opposite Mathew McConaughey in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch.
• Along with an all-star cast that consisted of Diane Keaton, Claire Danes, Dermot Mulrooney and Luke Wilson, Sarah Jessica Parker played the role of uptight business woman Meredith Morton in the film The Family Stone.
• Is currently filming the Sex and the City Movie.
• Has announced that she plans to star in the comedy A Family Affair.

Sex and the City Shoots her to Super-Stardom

The cast of Sex and the City

Parker has been a working actress ever since she was nine years old, but her Sex and the City role as Carrie Bradshaw was really when people started to stand up and take notice. The show about four single women trying to find love in New York City was loved by both critics and fans alike. When the show ended in 2004, rumors began spreading like wildfire about a planned Sex and the City movie. Production was put on hold, probably for various reasons, but rumors surfaced about the ongoing squabble between Sarah Jessica and co-star Kim Cattrall, who played the role of saucy Samantha Jones.

Sam and Carrie Versus Sarah and Kim

The two ladies played the best of friends on the show, but off-set it was rumored that they were anything but. The bickering began when Cattrall was reportedly miffed about how much Parker was being paid compared to how much she was being paid. As a result, the highly anticipated movie based on the award winning show was put on the shelf.

Mending Fences

It took a couple of years, but it seems that the two ladies have decided to make nice. With the launch of Sarah Jessica's new clothing line Bitten, Kim apparently sent her a congratulatory bouquet of flowers to which Parker sent Catrall a few items from her new clothing line. Fans can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as filming for Sex and the City is now underway.

Final Fun Facts

Just in case all of this information on Sarah was not enough, here are a few fun facts.

• She reportedly kept 70% of Carrie Bradshaw's wardrobe from Sex and the City.
• Manolo Blahnik designed a shoe in her honor named SJP.