Mary-Louise Parker

 Mary-Louise Parker was born August 2 on the 2nd of August, 1964. She is an American actress. After her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she was awarded an Tony Award nomination), Parker was a household name for film roles in 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) as well as The Maker (1997). Parker took home 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 television 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 a 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 television series Weeds, which was on from 2005 until 2012, and for which she was nominated for three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series between 2007 and 2009 and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2006.Her subsequent film appearances include roles in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Red (2010), R.I.P.D. (2013) as well as Red 2 (2012). Parker returned to Broadway in 2019, and she starred in The Sound Inside. This production earned her her second Tony Award for Best Actress. Since 2007, Parker has contributed articles to Esquire magazine and released her memoir, Dear Mr. You, in 2015. In 2017, she was a guest star in the role of Roma Guy on the ABC miniseries for television, When We Rise. In 2018, she was an advisor to the political on Billions which is a Showtime show.



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