Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2 1964) is an American actress. Following her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker gained notoriety for roles in films such as Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996) and The Maker (1997). Parker won the 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress in an independent film for her performance in David Auburn's Proof of Catherine Llewellyn. In the NBC TV series The West Wing she starred in the role of Amy Gardner, and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sustained Actress in an Drama Series. She won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America in 2003.Parker went on to enjoy large success as Nancy Botwin, the lead character in the tv series Weeds that ran from 2005 to 2012, and for which she was nominated for three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in an Comedy Series between 2007 and 2009 and was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2006.Her later film appearances include parts in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Red (2010), R.I.P.D. (2013) and Red 2 (2013). Parker returned to Broadway in the year 2019 and she appeared in The Sound Inside. This production earned her her second Tony Award for Best Actress. Parker has written articles for Esquire magazine since 2007. She also published Dear Mr. You in 2015. She was a part of the ABC miniseries"When We Rise, as Roma Guy. In 2018, she served as a political advisor on Billions the show, a Showtime show.



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