Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress. After making her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas' Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence 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), and The Maker (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's Proof, among other accolades. Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner in the NBC television series The West Wing, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. She received both a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO television miniseries Angels in America in 2003.
| Full name at birth | Mary-Louise Parker
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Ruth Jamison in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, Amy Gardner in the NBC television series The West Wing, Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO television miniseries Angels in America and Nancy Botwin in the Showtime television series Weeds
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| Date of birth | 2 August 1964
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| Place of birth | Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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| Age | 58
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| Occupation | Actress, Voice Actress, Writer
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| Height | 5' 8" (173 cm)
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| Weight | 128 lbs (58 kg)
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| Shoe size | 7
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Residence | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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| High school | Marcos de Niza High School, Tempe, Arizona, USA (1982)
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| University | North Carolina School of the Arts
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- She is a confessed fan of Corona beer.
- She is a regular practitioner of transcendental meditation.
- The song Butterfly in Reverse, by the band Counting Crows, was written with her in mind.
- In 2016, she was honored with the Ally Award in recognition of her work as an LGBT rights advocate.
- Born in Fort Jackson, a US Army installation in Columbia, South Carolina, Mary-Louise had spent her childhood in several different places including Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Germany, and France, due to her father’s position in the US Army. She has often talked in interviews about being unhappy as a child, due to this constant movement/relocation.
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