“Oh, I just hate having to polish all of these awards!”
Birthname:
Mary-Louise Parker
Hometown:
Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Assets:
She's hotter than she can act, and she acts well.
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Hobbies:
Hydroponics, anti-retroviral therapies
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Chicks She's Worked With
Nicole Kidman, Susan Sarandon, Drew Barrymore, Patricia Arquette, Emily Watson, Jena Malone, Heather Matarazzo, Elizabeth Thai, Eva Amurri, Nicki Clyne, Mandy Moore, Mary Stuart Masterson, Elizabeth Perkins, Mary Kate Olsen, Brooke Smith
Mary-Louise Parker
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Introduction
After moving to NY to pursue acting, Parker got a job measuring feet at a shoe store. Her best-known works include a movie about old women named Fried Green Tomatoes, and movie about gay people named Boys on the Side, a show about a president named The West Wing, another show about AIDS named Angels in America, and a show about selling ganja named Weeds.
Life Story
Mary-Louise Parker was born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. After attending the North Carolina School of the Arts theatre conservatory, she headed for NYC to pursue a career in theatre. Her her Broadway debut was in "Prelude to a Kiss" in 1990, where she won the Theatre World Award, the Clarence Derwent Award, and a was nominated for a Tony. Not a bad start.
For one reason or another, Parker has been involved with numerous productions concerning individuals with AIDS. The most famous of these was Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols (the Graduate) and written by Tony Kushner (bunch of stuff you would not know). She is now playing the lead role in Showtime’s well received show about a suburban-mom-gone-weed-slinger, entitled "Weeds."
In 2008, she was nominated for an Emmy in Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in "Weeds".
In May of 2009, Parker was the hit of the internet after she decided to do a nude scene on an episode of "Weeds" seen here. Speaking about the scene, she said "I wish I hadn’t done that. I was goaded into it”
Stuff she’s done, ie: movies, tv, albums:
Weeds, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Fried Green Tomatoes, Saved!, Angels in America, Red Dragon, Boys on the Side, Bullets Over Broadway, The Client, Signs of Life, West Wing, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Grand Canyon, Solitary Man
Dudes she has worked with:
Kevin Nealon, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Sam Shepard, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, Rob Lowe, Patrick Wilson, Al Pacino, Jeffrey Wright, Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Justin Kirk
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