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| Birth Name(s) : Mary-Louise Parker |
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Full Mary-Louise Parker Biography
Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress. She has been the recipient of the Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Her best-known works include Fried Green Tomatoes, Boys on the Side, Proof, The West Wing, Angels in America, and her current role on Showtime's Weeds.
Though Parker was not a household name, she flourished out of the spotlight as a critics' darling. Her theater career continued when she appeared in Paula Vogel's 1997 critical smash How I Learned To Drive, with David Morse. After several independent film releases, she appeared in Let The Devil Wear Black and then a much-lauded role in The Five Senses (1999).
In 2001, Parker appeared alongside Larry Bryggman in David Auburn's Proof on Broadway, for which she won a Tony award. However, Parker again lost out when the play was made into a film and the role was given to Gwyneth Paltrow. But whatever her theatrical aspirations, she left theater for three years to look for other roles: among them, Red Dragon and Pipe Dream (2002).
Next was a guest role on the NBC drama, The West Wing, as women's rights activist Amelia "Amy" Gardner, which soon became a recurring role. Beginning in 2001, her character became Chief of Staff to the First Lady, and became a love interest for Deputy Chief of Staff Joshua Lyman. For this role, Parker was nominated for an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild award. During the fifth season, however, Parker became pregnant and her character was written out of the series after appearing in four episodes.
In 2004, Parker appeared in the comedy Saved!, and a TV movie called Miracle Run based on the true story of a mother with two autistic sons, as well as appearing in Craig Lucas' Reckless on Broadway. Parker took the lead role that had been Mia Farrow's on screen. The production, directed by Mark Brokaw, was critically acclaimed during its run and earned Parker another nomination for a Tony award for Best Actress in 2005.
She also starred with Tom Skerritt in the CBS television film Vinegar Hill as a down-on-her-luck schoolteacher who, with her family, moves in with her in-laws only to discover their bitter, loveless relationship.
In 2005, Parker took on the lead role in the television series Weeds, a Showtime comedy-drama. Parker plays Nancy Botwin, a suburban mother who, following the death of her husband, decides to sell marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her community reputation. She stars alongside Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins, her Saved! co-star Martin Donovan, and her Angels in America co-star Justin Kirk. The show's first season aired in 2005, with the second airing in 2006. The third season began production in 2007.
In March 2007, Parker played the lead role in the TV film The Robber Bride. Her next film, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, opened in cinemas in September 2007. It is an Andrew Dominik film in which she plays Zerelda Mimms, alongside Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Robert Duvall and Garret Dillahunt. She has also filmed The Spiderwick Chronicles for a 2008 release. In August 2007, the third season of Weeds premiered. Parker continues in her role.
In July 2007, Parker was nominated for two Emmy Awards, one for Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for playing Zenia Arden in The Robber Bride and the other for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Weeds.
In August 2007, she posed nude for an ad for the third season of Weeds. In the ad, she appears as Eve in the Garden of Eden, with a snake draped around her body and a cannabis leaf behind her ear.
On January 7, 2004, Parker, at age 39, gave birth to her first child, William Atticus Parker. The boy's father is actor Billy Crudup, whom Parker met when they co-starred in a 1996 revival of the William Inge play Bus Stop. After nearly eight years together, the couple split when the actress was seven months pregnant. There were rumors that the breakup was due to an affair between Crudup and his Stage Beauty co-star, Claire Danes.
Parker is currently dating her former Weeds cast member, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and had stated that the relationship was "going great".
Golden Globes
- 2004 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Angels in America)
- 2006 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Weeds)
Golden Globes
- 2007 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Weeds)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 2003 - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (The West Wing)
- 2004 - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries (Angels in America)
- 2006 - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (Weeds)
Satellite Awards
- 2004 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Angels in America)
Emmy Awards
- 2002 - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (The West Wing)
- 2007 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Weeds)
- 2007 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (The Robber Bride)
Tony Award
- 1990 - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Prelude to a Kiss)
- 2005 - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Reckless) |
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