Sarah Jessica Parker born March 25 1965 is an American actress and television producer She is the recipient of numerous accolades including six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022 She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City 19982004 for which she won two Emmy Awards four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters in American television She later reprised the role in films Sex and the City 2008 and Sex and the City 2 2010 as well as the television show And Just Like That 2021present Parker made her Broadway debut at the age of 11 in the 1976 revival of The Innocents before going on to star in the title role of the Broadway musical Annie in 1979 She made her first major film appearances in the 1984 dramas Footloose and Firstborn Her other film roles include LA Story 1991 Honeymoon in Vegas 1992 Hocus Pocus 1993 Ed Wood 1994 The First Wives Club 1996 The Family Stone 2005 Failure to Launch 2006 Did You Hear About the Morgans 2009 and New Years Eve 2011 In 2012 Parker returned to television for the first time since Sex and the City portraying Isabelle Wright in three episodes of the FOX series Glee She starred as Frances Dufresne in the HBO series Divorce 20162019 for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award Since 2005 she has run her own production company Pretty Matches which has been creating content for HBO and other channels